Category: Gig Reviews
Day Of Wreckoning – Swansea, Patti Pavilion – 21 June 2025
Following in the footsteps of boss man Monk having devoted ten weeks of his life to checking out the best that the NWoBHM – that’s the “New Wave of Belfast Heavy Metal” – has to offer, via his role as a judge in Bloodstock festival’s annual battle to find the hottest new talent the Überverse has to offer, our Valleys correspondent decided to venture down to Swansea to see what Wales had to offer in this ongoing quest, via this ambitious all-day programme pulled together by our friends over at Musipedia of Metal.
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RADAR FESTIVAL – MANCHESTER, O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 4 JULY 2025
It’s the start of RADAR Festival 2025 in “sunny” Manchester and the crew for this festival have been through the wringer to say the least. Following on from the issues having to drop Bob Vylan thanks to extreme media pressure on the venue, the atmosphere on day one is tense but hopeful despite some last-minute dropouts and seemingly no replacement headliner for Saturday. Beers are in and we’re determined that today’s going to be a big one with Carpenter Brut doing the big set at the end.
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NIHILANTH/INSIDIOUS VOID – BELFAST, VOODOO – 4 JULY 2025
With the heavy metal world preparing to say its fond farewells to one of its greatest icons just a few short hours later, Belfast was also getting ready to send one of its most promising exports on its way to greener (or should that be muddier?) pastures, with this show being billed as the “official Bloodstock warm up” for one of the two co-headliners.
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Day Of Wreckoning – Swansea, Patti Pavilion – 21 June 2025
Following in the footsteps of boss man Monk having devoted ten weeks of his life to checking out the best that the NWoBHM – that’s the “New Wave of Belfast Heavy Metal” – has to offer, via his role as a judge in Bloodstock festival’s annual battle to find the hottest new talent the Überverse has to offer, our man in the valleys decided to venture down to Swansea to see what Wales had to offer in this ongoing quest, via this ambitious all-day programme pulled together by our friends over at Musipedia of Metal.
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JERA ON AIR – YSSELSTEYN – 28 JULY 2025
Jase W had just about managed to survive until the third and final day of Jera On Air, but, freshly showered, fed and watered, he was ready to dive straight back into the heart of the action…
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Shiraz Lane/XIII Doors/James Kennedy And The Underdogs/Break The Day – Cardiff, Fuel Rock Club – 25 June 2025
Here at Über Rock we are constantly on the lookout for new bands not necessarily on anyone’s radar in the grassroots music scene around the ÜK. We frequently attend smaller venues and Fuel on Womanby Street in Cardiff can definitely classify itself as a small stage with big sounds, which is why our man Dave O headed back into the heart of the city and to this Midnight Tornado promoted gig to see what would prevail.
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JERA ON AIR – YSSELSTEYN – 27 JULY 2025
Jase W dodges the self-inflicted pain of a Dutch lager induced hangover to throw himself back into the heart of the action on the second day of Jera On Air’s 30th anniversary weekender…
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JERA ON AIR – YSSELSTEYN – 26 JULY 2025
Jase W dives head first into the summer festival season with the second of three weekender events in same period of time… how will his body stand up? There’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?
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Outbreak Festival – Manchester, BEC Arena – 15 June 2025
For well over a decade, Outbreak Festival has been a haven for all things hardcore, but in recent years its increasingly diverse line-ups have transformed it into a celebration of bleeding-edge alternative music. This year, the juxtaposed headline sets of Knocked Loose, Slowdive, and Alex G brought fans from across the alternative spectrum together under one roof at Manchesters B.E.C. Arena.
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Outbreak Festival – Manchester, BEC Arena – 14 June 2025
For well over a decade, Outbreak Festival has been a haven for all things hardcore, but in recent years its increasingly diverse line-ups have transformed it into a celebration of bleeding-edge alternative music. This year, the juxtaposed headline sets of Knocked Loose, Slowdive and Alex G brought fans from across the alternative spectrum together under one roof at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena, where Josh B was on hand to witness the subsequent action…
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Inglorious/Marisa And The Moths – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach – 9 June 2025
This was only David O’s second opportunity to cover a gig in Clwb Ifor Bach and the first in the larger of its two rooms. This is another one of the grass roots venues on Womanby Street in Cardiff, with a 250 capacity. So with the big voice and persona of Nathan James making his return to fronting Inglorious, it was also our man’s first opportunity to see Marisa And The Moths live prior to both bands appearing at Steelhouse Festival at the end of July.
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Normandie/Tropic Gold – Haarlem, Patronaat – 17 June 2025
As we entered a brief period of scorchingly hot weather to welcome in the summer this year, Jase W got himself along to Haarlem’s premier venue, Patronaat, to catch Swedish pop metalcore outfit, Normandie! Doing a few extra shows here and there to pad out their live dates jumping between festivals, our man on the continent was fortunate to have a headline set up the road prior to seeing them again at RADAR Festival in Manchester.
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