Author: Elena Francis
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Wayfarer & Wode – Glasgow, UK – April 28th, 2023
Tonight is an opportunity to escape to the wild west with atmospheric black metallers Wayfarer. Given America’s rich Wild West heritage, it’s baffling that it’s taken this long for a band to weave together metal and American folk inspired by the western post-Civil War period. For some odd reason, many American folk bands prefer to…
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Voivod & Cryptic Shift – Glasgow, UK – April 19th, 2023
Decisions, decisions. Tonight Canadian prog metal weirdos Voivod are in Glasgow, the same night as Cannibal Corpse and Dark Funeral. Despite the former’s legendary fame, Slay is particularly busy with punters who select cosmic chaos instead. The doors open at 6:30pm, yet the sole support Cryptic Shift takes the stage at 8:15pm. The audience’s mandatory…
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Swallow the Sun & Draconian – Glasgow, UK – April 10th, 2023
What better way to celebrate Easter Sunday than a gloom-drenched evening with Nordic doom metallers Swallow the Sun and Draconian? This funerary co-headlining tour stops in Glasgow’s Slay on its UK tour. The venue is busy, defying both economic despair and festive familial commitments. Sweden’s Draconian are a well-established hybridisation of gothic and death/doom metal,…
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Napalm Death – Glasgow, UK – March 9th, 2023
Grindcore legends Napalm Death return to Glasgow with the Campaign for Musical Destruction 2023 tour. Just in December, these crazed Englishmen in Glasgow opened the eclectic bill of Volbeat and Skindred at the Hydro arena. Now, they’re rightfully headlining the Classic Grand and the show is sold out. Like many, this gig fell victim to…
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Archspire – Glasgow, UK – March 7th, 2023
Canadian Technical Death Metallers Archspire are bringing their Tech Trek Europe Tour to Glasgow. It’s been just over three years since these madmen were last in the city and the Cathouse is rammed with eager attendees. France’s Benighted hit the stage with a grindcore-flecked death metal attack. Song structures bristle with infinite brutality and an…
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Left to Die – Glasgow, UK – March 6th
Few death metal bands have left such an imprint on the genre as Florida’s seminal band Death. This influential act was formed by Chuck Schuldiner back in 1984. He left this earthly plane far too soon by passing away from pneumonia after being weakened by brain cancer in 2001. Left to Die is a tribute…
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Raven – Glasgow, UK – March 4th, 2023
Heavy metal veterans Raven are playing in Edinburgh tonight, their first show in Scotland’s capital since 1982. This was precisely a year before their seminal All for One album came out, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. This tour pays tribute to this release by having the band play it from start to end.…
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Katatonia & Solstafir – Glasgow, UK
Still reckoning with the fallout of Covid-19, Katatonia’s tour finally makes its way to the UK following its postponement. These Swedish dark rockers always put on an entertaining show, so needless to say, the venue is packed to the rafters with attendees. The supporting act is majestic post-rockers/metallers Sólstafir from Iceland. This music label is…
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Dying Fetus, Live Review – Glasgow, UK
It’s a cold, wet Wednesday night – perfect for some mid-week savagery. What’s better than cramming into a densely frequented Classic Grand to catch American death metal icons Dying Fetus live in Glasgow? A few years have elapsed since they last brigaded Scotland, so this is the ideal antidote to the new year lull in…
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Nile & Krisiun Live in London at The Garage, November 6th 2022
American Brutal and Technical Death Metallers Nile have returned to entomb London yet again. They’re actually here to support their 2019 release Vile Nilotic Rites, a venture that was put on pause due to the pandemic. Such a prolonged absence has certainly made their fans’ hearts fonder. The Garage is full of admirers on an unseasonably mild Sunday…