Steelhouse started in 2011 as a two-day event over the last Friday and Saturday in July and is unashamedly marketed as a classic rock festival. However, there has always been a wide variety of musical styles and bands on the bill.
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Following in the footsteps of boss man Monk having devoted ten weeks of his life to checking out the best that the NWoBHM – that’s the “New Wave of Belfast Heavy Metal” – has to offer, via his role as a judge in Bloodstock festival’s annual battle to find the hottest new talent the Überverse has to offer, our Valleys correspondent decided to venture down to Swansea to see what Wales had to offer in this ongoing quest, via this ambitious all-day programme pulled together by our friends over at Musipedia of Metal.
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It’s the start of RADAR Festival 2025 in “sunny” Manchester and the crew for this festival have been through the wringer to say the least. Following on from the issues having to drop Bob Vylan thanks to extreme media pressure on the venue, the atmosphere on day one is tense but hopeful despite some last-minute dropouts and seemingly no replacement headliner for Saturday. Beers are in and we’re determined that today’s going to be a big one with Carpenter Brut doing the big set at the end.
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With the heavy metal world preparing to say its fond farewells to one of its greatest icons just a few short hours later, Belfast was also getting ready to send one of its most promising exports on its way to greener (or should that be muddier?) pastures, with this show being billed as the “official Bloodstock warm up” for one of the two co-headliners.
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Stephen Gibb, the eldest son of Bee Gee Barry Gibb, is a seasoned musician in his own right, having played a sideman role with numerous big names in rock. Taking more of a centre stage with new project Kill The Robot, this self-titled debut album puts his own song writing in the spotlight for a diverse but cohesive piece of work.
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