With independent venues closing all over the country, it’s unusual to find new(ish) venues starting to come out onto the scene. JACS Aberdare is one of those venues that our valleys correspondent had heard of but never visited, for a variety of reasons, despite having hosted some gigs he would have gone to in other venues closer to home.
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Having discovered them via the power of our ‘Video of the Week’ feature last weekend, Astrocreep now finds himself having been drawn into the New Pagans’ web, after covering their album a few days’ ago and now making the usual jump across to Manchester to catch them in a live setting now, too. Will the trains work with him for once? Only one way to find out!
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Something wicked and heavy this way comes. Swiss metal quintet Burning Witches have been on the radar since their self-titled debut release in 2017. However, it was 2018’s follow-up ‘Hexenhammer’ that really put them on the map. Combining elements of NWOBHM, thrash and a unique twist all of their own, Burning Witches have nailed an explosive delivery of heavy metal. Since their previous album they’ve undergone a line-up change and now welcome lead singer Laura Guldemond to their coven. Album number three now looks to capitalise on what they’ve already achieved and push them further.
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Like many of his fellow teenagers growing up in the Troubles-ravaged Northern Ireland of the late 1970s and early 1980s, music was Monk’s escape from the mayhem going on around him. It was one of the few uniting forces, bringing together people from different backgrounds who didn’t really care who the other person was, where they came from or what foot they kicked with, just who were their favourite bands and artists. It was one of the few reliable constants in their lives – as were the regular visits by the man who was the closest thing the island of Ireland came to a genuine “rock god”, Rory Gallagher, who never failed to brave the bombs and the bullets to entertain the fans on the northern side of the border on an annual basis.
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Both HRH AOR and Hammerfest have been postponed, due to the continuing spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19, across the United Kingdom, where there are now 90 confirmed cases.
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