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SAXON – BELFAST, ULSTER HALL – 4 NOVEMBER 2025
There are historic gigs, and then there are historic gigs. And believe us, this historic venue has hosted more than its fair share of both… and tonight was set to be another as two of the most historically important albums in the history of heavy metal were set to played, in full, back to back for the first time in their respective histories. Have we referenced the historic significance of this gig enough yet? Maybe… but we’ll probably do so a few more times before this review is finished…
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SABATON ‘LEGENDS’ (BETTER NOISE MUSIC)
Anyone who has been with us a while will know that Jonny B is a pretty BIG fan of Sabaton and has been since he stumbled across them at Hammerfest in 2011. The combination of historical lessons and epic metal music managed to scratch an itch that he didn’t know he had, the songs are catchy as hell and the subject matter is simply fascinating! If you’ve somehow been under a rock for the last decade, it’s pretty hard to miss that Sabaton have become one of the biggest successes in power metal, with multi-platinum albums under their belt, their own history channel on YouTube, their own cruise and even their own festival, Sabaton Open Air (although this has been on hiatus since the last event in 2022). And now they have their 11th album with rich to regale us with more tales…
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THE ÜBER RÖCK SINGLES CLÜB DAILY PICK – TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS
This punk rock maverick troubadour may claim that #LoveDontLiveHereAnymore but we’ve got plenty of said emotion to share with this fourth single from, and closing track on, his latest EP.
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RADAR – MANCHESTER, 02 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 6 JULY 2025
Three was the magic number as our terrifc trio of ninja reviewers stepped things up to the next level and headed back into the pit for the third and final day of this celebration of all things ‘core \m/
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RADAR FESTIVAL – MANCHESTER, O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 5 JULY 2025
Such was the intensity of the action at this year’s RADAR that, as our original reviewing duo recovered from the first day’s beatdowns we had to send for reinforcements, which meant our resident scouser hot wheeling down the motorway (well, the railway line, actually) to propel himself immediately into the thick of the action…
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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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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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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – WARD XVI
The theatrical gothic shock rockers are preparing to open the final chapter in the chronicles of serial killer Psychoberrie, unleashing the lunatics into the asylim as they declare that #BloodIsTheNewBlack on this first extract:
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THE ÜBER ROCK SINGLES CLUB – MARCH MADNESS (PART FIVE)
F*CK. WE’RE BROKEN. Well, almost. Yes, it’s been one helluva month here at ÜRHQ, what with it managing to cram in five weekends… yes, you read that right: FIVE BIG MASSIVE MUTHAFUCKIN’ ROCKIN’ ‘N’ ROLLIN’ WEEKENDS! In one month. HELL, it should be more than the body can take… or should be allowed to take… but, hey, we’re rock ‘n’ roll to the core and it takes no excuse for us to fire up the deathdecks, turn the amps up to maximum, mix up a few of our favourite cocktails and set some of the hottest sounds around a spinnin’ for your delectation and enjoyment. So, in the immortal words of da bruvas – hey, ho, let’s go…
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The Über Rock Singles Club – Helloween Havok
Well, it’s only a few days until our favourite night of the year – even though we’ve already attended our first fancy dress ball of the season – and so we’re throwing open the doors for this special edition of the Singles Club featuring some of the spookiest and, it has to be admitted, loosely Halloween-themed tunes that have been bothering our death decks in the lead up to All Soul’s Eve… so, let’s dive into the big gooey cauldron of rock ‘n’ roll fangtasticness, shall we? OK, if you insist…
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The Über Rock Singles Club – Awesome August (Part Two)
The summer may be dragging what’s left of its sorry ass to its inevitable conclusion, with the sun cream left to rot on the shelf for another year, but the temperature inside the Singles Club has always been HOT, as our latest opening proves with another batch of the catchiest earworms and hardest hitting ‘bangers to have come our way over the past couple of weeks… so, let’s stick the needle in thon there grooves and get on with the musical action, shall we?
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – downcast
‘Way back in the day, my predecessors at the towering sonic inferno that is ÜRHQ produced a range of merchandise that ironically declared “Über Rock Hates Your Band”. Somewhere in their wardrobe, one of the members of this Bristol-based quartet may well possess one of those iconic (and now much coveted) baseball caps and taken it as an influence for the equally ironic title of this, the second track in succession from their upcoming Wayne and Garth inflected new EP to blast straight to the top of our #SinglesClub playlist:
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