The Über Rock team arrived back at the O2 Academy ready for the second day of HRH Metal, and Jonny B the only one of the pair of ’em that was feeling worse for wear. His reward? He got to cover all of the stages again, while Astrocreep smooched about in the backstage area chatting up the bands. Well, it served Mr Bakes right for shuffling in sometime around 5am that morning…
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London-based experimentalist Grimm Grimm, the former vocalist for The Screaming Tea Party Koichi Yamanoha, now tours as a rather intriguing blend of experimental and psychedelic folk. Given the later than usual doors, our travelling gigaholic managed to avoid the usual travel chaos that getting to Manchester for 7pm doors entails and arrived in time for the first support act to go on stage…
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A local gig for some not so local bands sees our normally road-tripping gigaholic take in the aural delights of London’s King Nun, with a couple of bands in support.
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The ÜR team headed to Birmingham, the home of metal, on the weekend after the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s debut album for a weekend of metal goodness at HRH Metal. While the big lad took care of the interviews, it was left to Jonny B to cover the stages for the next couple of days. With three stages to cover and lots of competing slots, he did his best to catch as many of the bands as possible – and he didn’t do a bad job! So with things kicking off at 1pm on the first day, it was time for JB to make his way down to the third stage to check out the first band…
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Unfortunately, due to the wonderful weather we had in Scotland the week of this gig, getting to the venue was a struggle, so getting to there in time for the support slots wasn’t possible despite Jess R’s vigorous attempts. From what she had heard, though, both of the supports, Unprocessed and Tides Of Man, they put on great shows that the crowd were able to enjoy a lot.
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