Category: Gig Reviews
Within Temptation/ANNISOKAY/BLIND8 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome – 6 December 2024
Heading towards the end of the year Jase W got to play out the last month with one of the biggest shows this year with one of the biggest metal bands to come out of the Netherlands, Within Temptation. There was some difficulty to start with getting things arranged but it came through in the end and our man on the ground was now ready to get stuck into a huge show at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome. Along for the ride are Ukrainians BLIND8 and German synthy metalcore outfit annisokay.
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Myles Kennedy/Devin Townsend – Cardiff, Students’ Union Great Hall – 2 December 2024
By David O’Neill Tonight, I lost my Devin Townsend virginity! It was eight o’clock in...
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Dayseeker/Rain City Drive/Heart Of Gold – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 4 December 2024
December is here and it’s the home stretch to the end of the year and Jase W kicked off this month’s romp of shows with the best of sadboi metalcore acts, Dayseeker. It’s been a solid while since he saw these dance across New Century Hall in Manchester (admittedly with some crying) and this show on Melkweg’s OZ stage was a much more intimate affair.
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IDLES/Willie J Healey – Manchester, O2 Apollo – 6 December 2024
Neither rain nor wind was going to keep DJ Astrocreep away from finally getting to catch IDLES live. Despite the onset of Storm Darragh, the splendour and sound of Manchester’s Apollo awaited the big lad for the first time in a while for some music to fit the wild weather.
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Fit For An Autopsy/Sylosis/Darkest Hour/Heriot – Nijmegen, Doornroosje – 30 November 2024
Finally for another hectic month of gigs, a new venue and city for our man in Europe with Nijmegen’s Doornroosje, an infamous venue for its metal shows and Soulcrusher festival and he’s there for a night of blistering metal! Another stacked tour package with Sylosis as main guests along with Darkest Hour and Heriot as openers. This is going to be a heavy one for the annals of big metal shows and Jase W was there to get his ears around some fat riffs! Another lengthy journey across the Netherlands but a worthwhile one to get here to witness the sheer insanity that’s about to hit Doornroosje tonight.
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While She Sleeps/Malevolence/thrown/Resolve – Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg – 29 November 2024
November has been stacked for shows, like truly stacked and tonight’s show in Utrecht, the second night in this venue, While She Sleeps are smashing their way through Europe. To add incredible weight to this tour is fellow Sheffield natives, Malevolence, Swedish hardcore adjacent heavyweights, thrown, and finally French synthy metalcore outfit, Resolve. Who the fuck says Netherlands doesn’t get good metal tours? Jase W has got a year of staggering shows under his belt so far in 2024 that begs to differ…
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Bury Tomorrow/Make Them Suffer/Thornhill/As Everything Unfolds – Amsterdam,Melkweg – 27 November 2024
So after seeing Bury Tomorrow announce this tour with ÜK only dates, Jase W felt his heart sink because a tour like this with Make Them Suffer, Thornhill and As Everything Unfolds is an unbelievably stacked lineup. As luck would have it, European dates dropped and lo and behold, it’s at his local – Melkweg!
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Black Stone Cherry/Skillet/Ayron Jones – Manchester, AO Arena – 22 November 2024
Another trip over to Manchester saw DJ Astrocreep take in the aural delectations of Kentucky blues rockers Black Stone Cherry, a couple of days after photographer David O’Neill had caught them down in Cardiff. The big lad encountered a fair amount of travel chaos, as an idiot had decided to venture on to the train tracks at the first station out of Lime Street, so his pre-gig plans went out the window and he had to quickly make his way across Manchester for our first support…
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Fit For An Autopsy/Sylosis/Darkest Hour/Heriot – Manchester, O2 Ritz – 26 November 2024
Under the eerie glow of a crescent moon, Manchester’s O2 Ritz was transformed into a haven for heavy music, boasting one of the year’s most bone-crushing lineups, as our youngest contributor found out…
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Faces Of Death – Haarlem, Patronaat – 24 November 2024
Sunday night in the Netherlands has brought a weirdly warm day with pretty extreme wind thanks to errm.. Storm Bert? Anyway it’s time for a night of ear splitting metal courtesy of four rather angry bands. Sadly Veil Of Maya have imploded and left a gap that has seen Signs Of The Swarm take the main slot and Cabal jump in as supports along with Varials and To The Grave.
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Bury Tomorrow/Make Them Suffer/Thornhill/As Everything Unfolds – Manchester Academy 1 – 23 November 2024)
With winter’s chill setting in, what better way to escape England’s increasingly dark evenings than beneath the warm, bright lights of Academy One’s stage? Bury Tomorrow’s ongoing headlining boasts an impressive lineup, featuring some of the most exciting rock and metalcore acts in the alternative music scene.
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Wheel/Múr – Rebellion, Manchester – 19 November 2024
Another gig, another trip over to Manchester for the big lad known as DJ Astrocreep, this time to catch a double debut album release tour of Finnish prog metals Wheel and fellow Scandinavian act Múr, who venture a little more on to the fusion and experimental side.
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