Tag: The Five Hundred

Live Review: Tech-Fest Techabilitation 2023: Saturday (2 of 3)!

After a night where the first five bands brought their A game to The Hairy Dog in Derby, the standard has been set for others to maintain and make the final Techabilitation a momentus occasion to send Tech-Fest off in style. Ten bands are primed and ready to do battle with an audience suffering from

Live Review: Tech-Fest 10th Anniversary (Friday)

Today would have been the day that saw American Death Metal pioneers Suffocation headline but their seemingly last minute decision to pull out of their headlining tour left Tech-Fest in something of a bind. Fortunately they have a powerful reach and were able to pull in Conjurer at the last minute, promoting Loathe to main

Live Review: Radar Festival 2022 Day #2 (Saturday)!

The second of three at the Casino Night Club in Guildford for Radar Festival is a big one with bigger crowds and slush puppy style pints of frozen Pimm’s on offer as well as a plethora of bands bringing riffs in plentiful supply from 13:00 to the midnight hour to keep us entertained. We predict

Live Review: Tech-Fest: Day #3: Saturday!

Saturday may be a day with showers on the weather forecast but the beauty of Tech-Fest is that the stages are inside interlinked hangers with a merch and bar area between them meaning that the weather isn’t a factor that counts against enjoying any of the bands. After yesterday’s Metal buffet, today is a shade

The Black Map #211: Throne Of Icarus from London!

As Festival Season fast approaches and gossip turns to line ups, just remember that the early bird catches the worm and those bands that are opening up such events deserve some attention. After all, it’s an honour to be selected to get any party started! One such event is Amplified Festival, returning after a leave

NEWS: Of Sheep and Wolves Shred Collab from Tiberius!

What do bands do when they write something out of keeping with their usual sound? Well rather than scrap it off, Tiberius have chosen to get their friends involved for an 80’s Metal inspired shred-off! So they’ve pitted against each other Tom Moore of Valis Ablaze and Adharma fame, Matt Jones from Birmingham Progressive Metallers