Author: Team Uber

Solothurn – ‘Servitude’ (Self-Released)

There can be no doubt that the Northern Ireland rock and metal scene has exploded into the post-Covid era with a sense of re-invigoration and declaring its intent to prove that it is one of the most relevant and vibrant anywhere in the Überverse, with both established acts and new kids on the block emerging from that enforced hibernation with a sense of unsatiated hunger that has resulted in one of the most exciting and productive periods in the region’s musical history.

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Amorphis/Sólstafir/Lost Society – Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg – 29 October 2023

Jase W figured he was going to run into the infamous Dutch train crowds sooner or later and today was that day as he arrived in Amsterdam Centraal for his train to Utrecht to be greeted by an army of people on the platform. Nevertheless he made it with ten minutes to spare before Lost Society kicks off tonight’s show with Amorphis at the headlining spot with special guests, Sólstafir.

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Thy Art Is Murder/Whitechapel/Fit For An Autospy/Spite – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 27 October 2023

It’s a rainy Friday, it’s early doors, and one of the biggest metal shows Amsterdam has seen this year, it’s the return of Thy Art Is Murder with one of the most stacked tour lineups of 2023. Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy and Spite in tow and Jase W has joined one of the longest lines he’s seen at a gig outside of Manchester’s Academy 1… it’s like every metalhead in the Netherlands has arrived for this show.

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Evil Blizzard – ‘Rotting In the Belly Of The Whale’ (Crackedankles)

Preston’s unholiest sons Evil Blizzard finally return this month with the follow up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘The Worst Show On Earth’ album.  ‘Rotting In the Belly Of The Whale’, the band’s fourh album, heralds a few changes, and promises to be their most furious, compelling and diverse album to date, released on their own Crackedankles label. Jim R discovers if this is the case…

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