You cannot deny that whenever the Uprising team have an announcement to make, no matter who you are, you’re in for a treat. This team are one of the UK’s most dedicated, hardworking and wonderful events going who wave the flag for underground artists to have the opportunity to share an event or stage with some legendary artists.
Well, the sun is shining this lovely Saturday afternoon as I make my way over to the city of Manchester for a show that hundreds, even thousands of us have been eagerly waiting for; the guitar gods of our generation, Polyphia.
You cant beat a midweek gig to break the week up and blow some accumulated cobwebs away. At The Asylum in Birmingham, another killer gig by the Surprise You’re Dead label no less!
MPM Tog ‘Statler’ Manson picks me up in our tour bus and we head towards Birmingham, wondering what cocktail of road closures, diversions, and accidents the city is mixing for us this evening.
Getting a crowd to a metal gig in the Northwest can be a difficult undertaking at any time, never mind on a Sunday night, but upon ascending the stairs of Sandino’s it’s clear that tonight everyone has made the effort.
The weather is finally starting to warm up in the mid-west as I make my fourth trip to Milwaukee, WI this year. But, this is my first trip to the fabulous Fiserv Forum in 2023.
Foreigners Journey are no strangers to The Wharf as they’ve been performing here for nearly sixteen years, but tonight is a little different.
I was very excited to make my second trip of the year to The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, WI! This time to cover Pop Evil; a band I have followed and covered on multiple occasions since 2008. However, on this night the show is taking place in The Rave Hall, which is the second largest venue in the building. The …
After a long run of shows for this tour, the day had come where Nottingham would close off the end of a monumental European tour ruled by Cannibal Corpse, Dark Funeral, our very own UK’s Ingested and American Blackened Death metallers StormRuler.
Whenever there is a whisper or a chance that Corrosion Of Conformity may be coming to these shores there’s a buzz generated and the fact that their last visit ended up being cancelled due to the pandemic, you knew a good show was coming and there’s no doubt that’s what came.
Just a couple of miles north, a literal stone’s throw, outside of the very centre of London Hoxton goes, largely, unnoticed somewhat overshadowed by near neighbours such as Camden and Islington.
With a Mississippi-style exterior The Louisiana has been at the heart of Bristol’s vibrant live music scene for over 35 years.
Having not been to the Rescue Rooms this year I was keen to see how 2023 had been treating it. Getting inside was super easy, has there been a management change, it was refreshing to be met by human beings who have great customer service. I was overwhelmed by the change from my last visit that being reason I stopped covering bands here.
Off the back of a hugely successful support slot touring across the UK with Stone Broken Llanelli lads Scarlet Rebels are back in their native Wales for what is billed as ‘their largest headline show yet.
We’ve arrived in Ahoghill 15 minutes after the doors opened at the Diamond Rock Club up the stairs from the Diamond bar and it is already thronged.
It's a Friday night in Bristol and the Damned are playing at the O2 Academy. Oldies (like me) will recall this place used to be called the Locarno (and later the Studio) and it was where I saw the Damned for the very first time sometime in the very early 1980s.