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This should have been a review of a LORDI concert, but unfortunately it's a brief rant about a frustrating experience. The HMV Institute's website stated that the gig had a 10pm curfew. Based on that knowledge, I had booked the ...

Arriving at an already packed house, EVILE were duly getting the crowd warmed up with their brand of skullcrushing thrash. Leading the charge for the rebirth of the UK thrash scene for a fair few years now, the crowd ...

7 o'clock, time to party? Well it was actually 8 o'clock when main support act THE QUIREBOYS took to the stage, in front of a packed house, who were intent on not missing tonight's warm up - and with ...

The collaboration of OYSTERBAND and JUNE TABOR dates right back to 1990 and the release of the excellent 'Freedom and Rain' album. 21 years on, in 2011, the follow up to that record was released. 'Ragged Kingdom' has been lauded ...

Along with the headliners tonight, I had seen England based metalcore outfit MALEFICE earlier in the year at the Bloodstock Open Air festival. MALEFICE did a good job of getting the crowd going with a lively on stage presence, and ...

MAGNUM are without doubt one of the greatest rock bands the UK has ever produced. Aging like a magnum of fine vintage Champagne, they continue into their twilight years making album after album of high quality, thought-provoking rock ...

After 30 years in the business and having influenced everyone from METALLICA to HAMMERFALL, frontman Dave Hill has more than a few DEMON stories to tell. DEMON have been busy chaps recently; whether tearing it up at festivals in Germany ...

[gallery]There seems to be a lot of hype about RECKLESS LOVE at the moment, and the Scandinavian four-piece are looking to build up their following in the UK with an extensive tour of the country. Stoke's intimate Sugarmill venue was packed to the rafters tonight with a few hundred ...

As the latest leg of the Killfest tour rolled into Sheffield, a healthy sized crowd flooded into the venue for a night of metal old and new. Main support came in the form of Canadian outfit, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD whose brand of modern heavy metal went down an absolute ...

[gallery]As I entered the venue, Scottish Priate metallers ALESTORM were raising the jolly roger flag with their fun metal songs about wenches, mead, oh, and chopping up midgets!? As ever, their set was lapped up by the fans who enjoyed the jolly old romps such as 'Shipwrecked' and 'Keelhauled', while ...