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An already healthy sized crowd was waiting in anticipation for German experimental outfit THE OCEAN to hit the stage, and when they did, the fans seemed to lap up every single moment of their hour set. What did impress ...

One of the most popular and well known bands to come out of the Black Metal scene, coupled with the fact that they were playing one of their classic albums in its entirety, it came as no surprise ...

An hour after the doors had opened, American metalcore outfit STRAIGHT LINE STITCH hit the stage to perform their 30 minute slot. The sound wasn't great throughout their set, with the vocals being the most obvious downfall. Too ...

It's always hard to tell how a support band will be received beforehand, especially when they and the headline act vary in style. Fortunately, there were more than a few hardened black metal fans in attendance tonight, ...

With the venue already at near capacity, I managed to catch the end of FURY UK's set with 'Call To Arms' and the superb 'Death By Lightning' coming across very well live. I have seen these guys a few times live before and always enjoyed their sets. They have some ...

Bloodstock Open Air is the one UK true metal festival that is always looked forward to each year by the true heavy metal fans. The festival has been supporting the metal scene for a decade now, and is for the ...

Upon arriving in Manchester, you could sense a feeling of excitement around the already packed venue as Finnish maestros CHILDREN OF BODOM returned to the UK after their headline performance at Bloodstock last year, bringing along with ...

OVERKILL are one of USA's 80's Thrash Metal greats, I am old enough to remember that era back then and boy was it an amazingly exciting time. I missed AFTER ALL and HEATHEN as the doors opened at a very early 5pm, I would have liked to have seen them but ...

Have you ever heard that catchphrase 'when hell freezes over'? Well in 2010 hell did indeed freeze over as temperatures in the UK plummeted ahead of Prestatyn's very own version of hell, HARD ROCK HELL IV. However, it takes a ...

Once again, Catton Hall played host to this years Mecca for metalheads, the one and only Bloodstock Open Air. Celebrating it's ten year anniversary, looking back, the festival has introduced some bands to the UK that metalheads probably would never ...