Category: Reviews – Live
Hellbound is always there, lurking in the crowd, while the band blisters the very air.
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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…
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Imperial Triumphant – Live – August 14th, Glasgow, UK
Sunday night – what better time for an evening of thinking man’s chaotic avant-garde black metal, namely Imperial Triumphant from New York. This show was another covid casaulty, originally penned in for last year but was inevitably postponed. Formed in 2005 by Zachary Ilya Ezrin, they released a few full-lengths but it was 2008’s Vile…
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Cattle Decapitation – Live – August 18th, Glasgow, UK
Hot off the trail of their debut appearance at Bloodstock Festival, American death/grinders Cattle Decapitation are back in Glasgow. In 2019, they released their prescient album Death Atlas and toured for it into the following year, before cancellations due to you-know-what. So this delayed European tour promotes that album and feels timely considering the global depression…
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POST-COVID @ TUSKA OPEN AIR 2022 IN HELSINKI
Northern Kings Lost Society Perturbator Beast in Black Carcass Heilung Insomnium Oranssi Pazuzu Jinjer Stam1na Amorphis Baroness Mercyful Fate Devin Townsend High on Fire Kreator Vola
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Mayhem & Mortiis Live Review – Glasgow, UK
Finally, infamous Norwegian black metallers Mayhem are in Glasgow. A show initially penned for two years ago pre-plague. It’s third time lucky for this rescheduled date and the city is ready for it – the show is entirely sold out. Support comes from fellow Norwegian band, Mortiis. He was in an early incarnation of the seminal…
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Opeth, Mastodon and Khemmis – Live Gallery: Toronto, ON – April 22 2022
It was an absolute joy to shoot the legendary Opeth at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday April 25, 2022. That sure feels great to write! Live shows in 2022, and one of the all-time favourites of many a metalhead, good stuff. Hey, but don’t let my nerding out about these prog darlings from Sweden…
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Paradise Lost & Moonspell – Glasgow, UK
It seems things are creeping back to… normal *touch wood*. Pioneers of goth metal Paradise Lost and Moonspell take over Glasgow for their Obsidian Moon Tour. With both pioneers crafting music for over three decades, it’s very welcome that there are no supporting acts, permitting both veterans to deploy longer sets to better reflect their careers.…
