This year Reading Rising is a full blown weekender of an Alternative Music Festival, offering Pop Punk, Hard Rock, Alternative and Metal bands of all shapes and sizes with the tagline 22 Bands. 2 Rooms. 2 Days. 0 Clashes emblazoned upon their posters. As a paying punter you get 5 minutes between sets to walk
The final night of a largely sold out sixteen date UK and Ireland co-headlining tour finds Drowning Pool, Spineshank and (hed)p.e. to the 1865 in Southampton for a Nu-Metal headrush the night after Nonpoint and Lacuna Coil have wrecked the place. Is tonight’s show going to be the tidal wave after the earthquake or simply
Even though tonight has been sold out for a while there are fans queuing in the rain outside the 1865 in Southampton to see if they can get a ticket on the door. That’s how great the demand is and how loved Milan based Italians Lacuna Coil and Fort Lauderdale Americans Nonpoint are on the
The event organisers warn us to “get ready for a night of chaos, nostalgia and unmatched energy” with Chop Suey and Slip-Not on a UK and Ireland co-headlining tour and as it happens, tonight ends up being exactly that. Personally this writer isn’t usually one for tribute bands but will freely admit to having enjoyed
There are more than a few forlorn faces at The Bullingdon as doors open for day two of this years seventh incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender as the combination of Raging Speedhorn and one too many beverages of an alcoholic persuasion felt like mindless self indulgence. There is of course no better cure for
As is tradition, the dawn of the dead on the day after Halloween means its time for Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest. Those who attended the now infamous The Fight Before Rabidfest show at The Jericho Tavern will no doubt be hungover but they will also have witnessed a headlining set from London Metalcore heroes
After a triumphant Saturday that left everyone in a sweaty mess after Waterlines got the daisy chain gang in full flow, miraculously hangover free, we enjoy a Full English breakfast in preparation for day two of Slammer. Over much needed coffee Chris Underhill from My Latest Failure shares the bands plans to put out a
An annual event showcasing Underground Metal from around the United Kingdom with twenty bands shoehorned into the iconic venue that is Manchester Rebellion over two days of Metal madness, Slammer has long been exactly the kind of event that everyone should be attending. After all, why else would we be driving North with My Latest
The 2,300 capacity O2 Forum in Kentish Town is the venue for the London stop of the Zenith Tour, a run which has seen Scottish Metalcore Kings Bleed From With drag Americans After The Burial and Great American Ghost kicking and screaming across Europe. Having started in Antwerp Belgium on 10th September, it will fittingly
The last time we had the pleasure of witnessing Lionheart was all the way back in December 2018 when they supported German Metalcore stalwarts Caliban on their “Elements” album tour. As it happens, the set that they played was the very same one that they committed to tape in 2020 with their “Live at Summer
