Category: Features
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: INFECTED RAIN
Our latest #VideoOfTheWeek comes from prog metal deliverants Infected Rain, who hopefully won’t be living up to their declaration of ‘Never To Return’… but, then, they’ll be doing exactly that when they release their latest album. a journey through ‘Time’, via Napalm Records on 9 February.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: AUTOPSY
Just in time for Halloween, our latest VOTW is an appropriately blood-soaked slice of grindcore terror from death metal legends Autopsy, who invite us to attend their ‘Rabid Funeral’ from their new ‘Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts’ opus disgustus, releaased this past Friday on Peaceville.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: DOMHAIN
Our latest choice comes from Northern Ireland blackened metallers Domhain, with the epic ten-minute-plus third and final instalment of their trilogy of videos to accompany their darkly beautiful, and ÜR-approved, debut EP, ‘Nimue’
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
Our latest #VOTW comes from blues-rock songstress Joanne Shaw Taylor, who celebrated Friday the 13th by weaving some of that ol’ ‘Black Magic’ with the acoustic-led latest single to be lifted from her most recent album.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: TIGERTAILZ
Our latest #VOTW comes from the latest incarnation of Welsh glam rock legends Tigertailz, who are delivering ‘A LIttle Bit Of Rock’ via the title track of their forthcoming new EP.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: KK’s PRIEST
Our latest Video Of The Week sees KK’s Priest summoning us to the altar to the sound of ‘Hymn 66’
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Mac Sabbath/Adolescents/The Hajj – Garden Grove, Garden Amphitheater – 2 September 2023
Our special ÜS West Coast recently packed her pruning shears and headed to Garden City to catch the insanity that is Mac Sabbath at one of their biggest headline shows to date.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: SINOCENCE
Northern Ireland metallers Sinocence return with a new line-up and a new single, the title track of their forthcoming new EP
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Looking For A Kiss’ – Richard Cabut (PC-Press)
Originally published in 2020, ‘Looking For A Kiss’, Richard Cabut’s dark tale of drug and sex-fuelled twisted times in the post-punk early 80’s has already gained a fearsome reputation and numerous plaudits. Now it’s re-issued in expanded form with new text, photos and artwork to enhance the narrative plus some additional non-fiction pieces to tie the whole thing together.
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The Uber Rockin’ Guide To… Steelhouse’s Sunday Showdown
It is a mark of Steelhouse’s stature as one of ÜR’s favourite festivals that it is one of the very rare occasions when your HQ team bite the bullet, max out the collective credit cards and traverse the singular most expensive of water in the Überverse for a weekend of classic rock as delivered by some of the finest exponents of the genre, both old school and new breed alike. And so it is that, in exactly four weeks time, Monk and DQ, along with our resident man in the Valleys, once again will be climbing that long and winding path to the top of the mountain, hooking up with a tonne of old friends and basking in whatever the (in)glorious Welsh weather chucks at them for three days of quality rock ‘n’ roll action…
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The Über Rockin’ Guide To… Steelhouse’s Saturday Shenanigans
It is a mark of Steelhouse’s stature as one of ÜR’s favourite festivals that it is one of the very rare occasions when your HQ team bite the bullet, max out the collective credit cards and traverse the singular most expensive of water in the Überverse for a weekend of classic rock as delivered by some of the finest exponents of the genre, both old school and new breed alike. And so it is that, in exactly four weeks time, Monk and DQ, along with our resident Valleys correspondent, once again will be climbing that long and winding path to the top of the mountain, hooking up with a tonne of old friends and basking in whatever the (in)glorious Welsh weather chucks at them for three days of quality rock ‘n’ roll action…
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The Über Rockin’ Guide To… Steelhouse’s Friday Frolics
It is a mark of Steelhouse’s stature as one of ÜR’s favourite festivals that it is one of the very rare occasions when your HQ team bite the bullet, max out the collective credit cards and traverse the singular most expensive of water in the Überverse for a weekend of classic rock as delivered by some of the finest exponents of the genre, both old school and new breed alike. And so it is that, in exactly four weeks time, Monk and DQ will be climbing that long and winding path to the top of the mountain, hooking up with a tonne of old friends and basking in whatever the (in)glorious Welsh weather throws at them for three days of quality rock ‘n’ roll action…
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