Category: Reviews – Live

Hellbound is always there, lurking in the crowd, while the band blisters the very air.

  • KEN mode live in Toronto, October 2018

    KEN mode live in Toronto, October 2018

    KEN mode & Birds in Row @ Bovine Sex Club, Toronto, 26 October 2018 Following the release of their impressive new album Loved in August, KEN mode has hit the road to bring the new songs to life. After a solid run of dates in the United States, the tour made its way across the…

  • Ready For Prog? Festival, 12-13 October 2018

    Ready For Prog? Festival, 12-13 October 2018

    Ready For Prog? Festival (formerly Very Prog Festival) October 12-13, Le Metronum, Toulouse, France A brand new festival dedicated to the prog metal genre, Very Prog Festival took place on 12th-13th October 2018 at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. Now however, after the first edition, due to legal reasons it has been rebranded to Ready…

  • Grim Reaper live in Toronto, October 2018

    Grim Reaper live in Toronto, October 2018

    Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper / Ammo @ The Mod Club, Toronto on 4th October 2018 Steve Grimmett is the absolute face of perseverance. Early last year, he developed a ravenous infection while touring in Ecuador. Frighteningly, doctors had to amputate his leg and he spent several weeks in hospital, far away from his England home.…

  • Glenn Hughes live in Dublin, September 2018

    Glenn Hughes live in Dublin, September 2018

    Glenn Hughes Plays Classic Deep Purple live at the Olympia, Dublin Sunday, September 30th, 2018 I always loved the Deep Purple albums featuring the talents of Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale, on the Burn, Stormbringer and Come Taste The Band albums respectively. In recent years Coverdale revisited his Deep Purple heritage with ‘The Purple Album’ and tour, and…

  • Jayce Lewis live in the UK, September 2018

    Jayce Lewis live in the UK, September 2018

    September 16th 2018 O2 – Academy Birmingham The show opener this evening was This Burning Age with their alternative rock somewhat haunting, violently beautiful, atmospheric, dark and broody. A band to watch out for!   www.thisburningage.com | www.facebook.com/thisburningage Wasn’t the best of nights for Coventry based Goth outfit Deadfilmstar. The warpaint make-up disappeared in the smoky darkness as…

  • Lord of the Lost | 04.10.2018 | Frankfurt

    Lord of the Lost | 04.10.2018 | Frankfurt

    The “Thornstar” tour kicks off masterfully on the 4th of October in Batschkapp Frankfurt. The Hamburge dark metal band Lord of the Lost is out conquering the European stages with their 7th album release. Thornstar is a concept album – lovingly researched and reproduced down to the last detail – about the demise of the Pangaen culture. The show…

  • Abigail live in Toronto, September 2018

    Abigail live in Toronto, September 2018

    Abigail photo courtesy of Suspicious Activities PR   Abigail / Warsenal @ Coalition, Toronto on 23rd September 2018 Perverse metal motherfuckers rejoice! Legendary Japanese black thrash metal royalty Abigail are nuking Toronto as part of their first ever Canadian tour. Promoter Neurotic Entertainments labels this Canadian tour as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so black thrashers out…

  • Cloven Hoof in Toronto, September 2018

    Cloven Hoof in Toronto, September 2018

    Cloven Hoof live @ Coalition T.O on Tuesday 18th September 2018 Make way for heavy metal royalty! New wave of British heavy metal veterans Cloven Hoof are making their debut in Canada, with Toronto being the sole Canadian date on their North American tour. There’s no doubt that Toronto’s subterranean metal scene is heavy metal-leaning…

  • METAL EVENTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS – FALL 2018

    METAL EVENTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS – FALL 2018

    The seasons turn and the metal goes on. As you settle into the fall (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), consider making your way out to one of the fall metal fests. Have we missed any good ones? Let us know! Festivals coming up in the final months of the year…

  • Rose Tattoo & Girlschool in Birmingham, UK, September 2018

    Rose Tattoo & Girlschool in Birmingham, UK, September 2018

    Rose Tattoo with special guests Girlschool September 11th 2018 O2 Academy Birmingham, UK 2018 is a busy year for Australian Rock N’ Roll Outlaws Rose Tattoo: the reissue of their 2007 album Blood Brothers followed by an East Coast of Australia tour, before heading to Europe to take on a long list of dates, including leading…