This weekend’s Reading Rising festival, which was due to take place tomorrow (Saturday 18 December), has been cancelled, after members of several of the bands due to appear tested positive for Covid.
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Known as The Father of Rock ‘N’ Roll, the legendary Chuck Berry needs no introduction. His songs and his music are legendary and countless musicians have been inspired by his greatness. With a career spanning over 60 years, his list of accolades includes being the first member inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an induction in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and a Kennedy Center Honour.
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Whilst this is a new album, Italian rockers Small Jackets have been on the scene in one guise or another for almost 20 years. However, there hasn’t been any new music as far as David O can tell since their fourth album (originally titled ‘IV’) in 2013. So, without having heard of these guys before it was only fair to just listen to the album to avoid any lazy comparisons to any older stuff.
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Tonight’s show brought Jase W back to one of the staples for local dirty metal gigs in Manchester, Star and Garter. Sadly, Bound In Fear couldn’t make it so the line-up for the show is Karma’s Puppet, Odysseus, Godeater and Osiah, the headliner in question touring in support of their latest album ‘Loss’.
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Not to be confused with the Swedish sleaze act previously reviewed in these pages, this incarnation of Confess are Iranian/Norwegian metallers. The band has a new album out on 21 January through Swedish label Rexius Records. They have a unique back story, which deserves to be told: guitarist and vocalist Nikan Khosravi and fellow band member, DJ Arash Ilkhani, were arrested and imprisoned in one of Iran’s harshest prisons in 2015. The two were accused of Satanism and faced the death sentence for blasphemy. Nikan was sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison and 74 lashes and Arash was sentenced to two years. Fortunately, they were offered political asylum in Norway and fled Iran. The two have formed a new line up with Norwegian musicians, which helped them complete work on ‘Revenge At All Costs’.
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