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Photos of Hell at Birmingham Academy on 12th November 2013

Photos of Bleed From Within at Birmingham Academy on 12th November 2013

Photos of Carcass at Birmingham Academy on 12th November 2013

Photos of Amon Amarth at Birmingham Academy on 12th November 2013

Some photos of Chthonic performing at Islington Academy on 14th November.  

Some photos of Satyricon performing at Islington Academy on 14th November.  

I’ve been a fan of Ted Nugent for at least 35 years, bought all his albums and 6 of these  have been live  so to me it seemed a strange decision to release another one especially as the concert was recorded over 2 years ago on his I Still Believe …

In The Iron Grip Of Steve Asheim Florida death metallers Deicide return to the fray with In The Minds Of Evil, their 11th studio effort, released via Century Media Records. Recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof, the album boasts eleven tracks of blistering, blasphemous music, …

The cavernous Odyssey Arena – built more for ice hockey and other sporting activities than gigs – is curtained off about two-thirds of the way down its length, indicating that tonight’s gig might be suffering the effects of booking two arena shows within 100 miles of each in two cities …

A selection of pictures from the Queens Of The Stone Age gig at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena with support from Little Matador.   All photos by Paul Verner/LIVE:i www.livei.co.uk

German Stoner Rock band Sumosluts released their third album Fat.Hot.Sexy on Friday 13th September 2013 on Noisehead Records. Formed in Bamburg, Germany in 2010 their Debut album ‘An Awesome Piece of Shit‘ was released in 2011, followed by ‘Time To Freak Out‘ in 2012 and now ‘Fat.Hot.Sexy‘ When I hear …

On an evening where darkness has well and truly taken over the late afternoons in the Black Country, the queue of black garbed rockers has been gathering outside Birmingham’s O2 Academy for one of, if not THE finest tour packages of 2013. Opening proceedings are Walking Papers. A band formed …

A gallery of images from the Ghost show supporting Alice in Chains in Birmingham on 13/11/2013 Read a review of the show here All photos by Down The Barrel Photography  

A gallery of images from the Walking Papers show supporting Alice in Chains in Birmingham on 13/11/2013 Read a review of the show here All photos by Down The Barrel Photography

Damnation Festival encompasses a great deal of underground bands, with a variety of acts from around the world playing crust, grind, doom, thrash, extreme metal, to even, this year with Shining, (not the extreme, grotesque, blood everywhere on stage, black metal band) but the band that involves black jazz into …

Bolton’s Railway venue hosted the first night of the Tigetailz uk tour, with Scottish group Estrella as support. Estrella play primarily 70/80s infused rock, and they did just that, they rocked. Since kicking off their first UK Tour and the release of their debut album “Come Out To Play” – …

For many bands, it must be a burning ambition – often unfulfilled for all too many – to headline the most iconic venue in their hometown… in the case of Belfast, the venue in question is the Ulster Hall, a Victorian building which is the city’s equivalent, as more than …

A collection of photographs from the Distortion Projects “Rock The Hall” night down in the Ulster Hall, Belfast on the 15th November 2013.  Acts featured were Rabid Bitch of the North, Skypilot, Zombified, Triggerman, Sinocence (with guest appearance from Ray Haller from Sweet Savage) & Stormzone. Photographs by Marc Leach …

My first time at Queens Hall, what an amazing place, and a first meeting with the guys and lady of Blues Pills. Coming out onto the main stage, this group of young musicians looked completely at ease as they set about getting ready for their first gig of only two …

In 1993 Def Leppard released a Four track live E.P, Live: In the Clubs, in Your Face; and that was that. We had to wait another 28 years before anything official surfaced from the Leppard camp, that appeared in 2011 and was off course ‘Mirrorball’. Now only two years later, …