I'd been looking forward to tonight since I first read about it and snapped up my ticket way back in September last year. To see two of my favourite bands on the same bill (Lamb of God and Between the Buried and Me), along with a band I've been meaning to catch live for some time (Job for a Co... [More]

I feel as though I must pre-empt this blog entry with a huge fan-boy warning. Opeth have been one my favourite bands for some time now, so the following post may seem rather biased, but to me, and a lot of other Opeth fans, this is rather significant news... The Swedish prog metal overlords have ... [More]

Considering both the number of metal fans that are in Manchester, and the fact that tonight's show was a mere £10 a ticket, Club Academy is inexplicably quiet tonight. This becomes depressingly apparent as opening act Apparitions of the End blast through an impressively tight 20-odd minu... [More]

  Following an extensive three-month tour of North America and Europe in support of their latest epic 'The Incident', British prog stalwarts Porcupine Tree return to the UK for four more dates in December: 06/12 – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 08/12 – Newcastle O2 Academy 10/12 &... [More]

Mastodon are a band of contradictions. They're heavier than a lot of other bands out there, yet have no metal pretensions. They sing about fantasy worlds and mythical creatures, yet aren't the sort of guys you'll see propping up the counter at Fantasy Workshop. They've recorded concept albums base... [More]

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a band that's been around for over 20 years might start taking it a little easier. However, this is far from the case where UK grindcore legends Napalm Death are concerned, who having spawned the genre back in the 80s, still tour with remarkable frequ... [More]

Cannabis Corpse, as the name suggests, are interested in two things: death metal and smoking weed.   Filtering the music of Cannibal Corpse through the haze of 'doober' smoke ('Blunted at Birth', 'I Will Smoke You', 'Staring Through My Eyes that are Red'… you get the picture), th... [More]