Unstoppable industrial duo, NOX PULSO have just set loose their scorching new single and video, Night Trap – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9c3uTqSNfo . We wanted to find out more, so we grilled the guys……. What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which instrument? Duncan Williams: Vocals, Guitar Matt McIvor: …
Read More »Cell Games – Interview
Rising nu-metal crew CELL GAMES are on the rise aided by their slamming new single and video, Jailbreak – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIejA0Eo0KA . We caught up with the band to find out more about their movements and background: What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which instrument? Vocals: …
Read More »The Bites – Knockin’ On The UK Tour – review at Nightrain, 07.12.23
Hollywood new sensations The Bites embark on a 19-date tour of the UK, which includes two festival appearances and four in-store signings. Tonight sees them with support from Kath & The Kicks. Yorkshire-based Kath & The Kicks, from Leeds is the main support for ‘The Bites’ at Nightrain, The band …
Read More »House of Hosts – interview
Rising Welsh metallers, HOUSE OF HOSTS, have stepped up with their mightily impressive new single and video, Oblivion, – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM3b07HVC5s . With that in mind, we checked in with the band to find out more: What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which instrument? The band …
Read More »Philip Sayce with special guest Troy Redfern at Brudenell Leeds 24.11.23 – gig review
Master of the Stratocaster, Philip Sayce is on a small run of UK tour dates, and tonight is the penultimate show at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, with special guest Troy Redfern. What better way to get the blood pumping and warmed up on this freezing late November evening, than …
Read More »The Sisters of Mercy/The Virginmarys gig review Manchester Academy 21/11/2023
To say I’m excited about seeing and reviewing this gig would be an understatement. The Sisters of Mercy have been one of my favourite bands for a very long time, and it’s also my first time seeing them live since June 1997. On that gig, they were supported by Cubanate …
Read More »Sweet Houdini – interview
UK fuzzed-up alternative rockers SWEET HOUDINI have thrown down their new single and video, Dominatrix. Watch the video, here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmthHCGItQ . The Brit noise makers have big plans for 2024. For now, we asked the guys to fill us in with a bit of background detail: What’s the full …
Read More »The Answer, Wild Heart Tour – Club Academy Manchester 15/11/2023
On a wet and miserable midweek November evening, there is probably no better cure to any hump day blues than going to see The Answer. Continuing the live support of their latest album “Sundowners“, with their Wild Heart Tour, tonight is Manchester’s turn to see the Northern Irish band perform, …
Read More »Karmen Field – Intreview
Welsh prog heavyweights KARMEN FIELD have just unveiled their superb new video for the track, Benighted – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l37cTb5Nmk . The song is taken from their killer debut album, Black Star Emperor . With the band on the rise, we spoke to them to find out more: What is the full …
Read More »The Raven Age, Limelight 2, Belfast, 11/11/23- gig review
From the opening notes to the final encore, they were technically excellent and delivered a heady mix of perfect harmonies and soaring guitar solos all rolled into heavy, well crafted songs.
Read More »Terrorvision ‘TV30’ By Request Show with The Bar Stool Preachers – Gig review – Bradford 03/11/23
Terrorvision ‘TV30’ By Request Show with Support from The Bar Stool Preachers, St Georges Hall, Bradford 03/11/23 Britpop rockers Terrorvision celebrate 30 Years of bouncing hard and tonight’s gig starts with a big cheer and a sold-out home show at St. Georges Hall, Bradford. The Bar Stool Preachers Brighton-based ska-punk rockers …
Read More »Glenn Hughes and The Damn Truth at Academy 2, Manchester, – gig review 29/10/23
Glenn Hughes is celebrating his Deep Purple years, we try to find out if lady is still saying Burn...
Read More »Dom Martin – Buried in the Hail Tour – Yardbirds, Grimsby, 26 October 2023 – Gig review
Multi-award-winning Blues/Rock/Americana/Roots artist Dom Martin is touring his latest album ‘Buried In Hail’. Yardbirds Rock Club in Grimsby is the host, and in its newly refurbished surroundings there are plenty of tables on its ground level come balcony area for the fans who like to be seated and there’s even more …
Read More »Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton at the O2 Ritz, Manchester on 22/10/23, Gig Review
There is a Deathwish happening at the Ritz in Manchester, Charles Bronson isn’t here so something Fish-y must be going down..
Read More »Black Stone Cherry at Rebellion, Manchester, Gig Review 3/10/23
Alex and Ant head to Rebellion Manchester to find out if Black Stone Cherry are still blaming it on the boom boom...
Read More »The Damn Truth – UK Tour – review with Alex Spy at The Brudenell Social Club 16.10.23
Blues rockers The Damn Truth returned to the UK for a six-date headline tour as well as being special guests on Glenn Hughes’s 50th Anniversary ‘Burn Album’ Tour. Alex Spy is the main support. Alex Spy (Huddersfield) and drummer Stephen Derych (Rotherham) make up the two-piece. Heavily influenced by Muse/Royal …
Read More »Jared James Nichols UK headline tour with special guest DeWolff and Silveroller
Blues powerhouse Jared James Nichols brings his UK Headline tour with special guests DeWolff and Silveroller to Bradford’s Nightrain in support of his new self-titled album. If you want blues rock and roll in all of its guises, then tonight you got it. The Netherlands brings its own psychedelic formula in …
Read More »LoE and Maebe at the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 20/10/23
LOE (Last Of Eden) are playing their recent album in full, we head to the hills to find out what it is all about...
Read More »Ba’al – Live Review Grand Central, Manchester 17/09/2023
Ba’al, Prognosis, 4GEN7 Live Review Grand Central, Manchester Live music on a Sunday night has now become a weekly occurrence at GC, and tonight was offering a tasty line up of Ba’al, Prognosis, Idio, and Sparrowhawk. However, there is a late-in-the-day cancellation from the latter 2 bands, and so the …
Read More »RadaR Festival 2023 – Day 3 – Review
RadaR Festival – Day 3 – Review The final day kicks off for me with a parking spot right outside the venue – what a result! In previous years the festival had been located in Guildford in a venue that had incredibly elaborate chandeliers in the main room but it …
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