Nestling in the shadows of Sheffield Ice Arena, and dwarfed by the high-wire activity centre that overlooks it, you will find Don Valley Bowl; the home of Rockin The Bowl festival, and given that we are the Steel City itself – the subtitle of: Forged In Fire Set In Steel, …
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Being part of Napalm Death means that you are going to be spending a lot of time on the road. One of the hardest working bands on the circuit, Napalm Death, and tour buses go together hand in hand like Boris Johnson and lying; but then the world stopped turning …
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After a warm-up gig up the road in Aberdeen, it was time for Top 20 selling artists Mason Hill to show their hometown crowd just how much they have grown as a band over the last few years. A feat made all the more noteworthy considering that 18 months or …
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With Those Damn Crows recently selling out an outdoor show at Cardiff Castle, what better time to pay tribute with our own photo gallery from the last few years. Images from shows at Monsterfest Inverness, Steelhouse Festival, Stadium Rocks Festival, and Exeter. Photo credits – Dave Jamieson/Rob Wilkins Connect with …
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“Getting bigger every time I see them (in terms of the number of band members, now with keys and a second guitar to add depth and maturity to the sound) and just more and more polished, Collateral blew me away yet again. Now if you were to list what you …
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Imagine you love music but never really see the bands you like playing together on the same bill. Or in your local town. What do you do? Well, a lot seem to moan on tour announcements, expecting bands to play their local village hall in between Wembley and headlining Download. …
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“A quick chat with Baz before Massive Wagons came on stage led to the joke that they were going to look like the Spice Girls after Speedhorn’s violent assault on the ears and that they might start with a nice ballad, but Wagons are a band that knows how to …
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“I have seen Collateral several times and each time the band gets bigger and bigger, numerically as well as sonically! Cruelly denied the chance of a major tour by covid that could have broken them on to a much bigger stage, they bring a mid-Atlantic, classic rock sound that is …
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Stone Broken, added to the lineup in place of the covid restricted Black Spiders are always a great watch and listen and today is no different. With the “Broken Army” singing every word at the front, Rich Moss leads them through a set of by now well-known songs with just …
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Orange Goblin at The YardFeaturing Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Massive Wagons, Raging Speedhorn, White Raven Down, and Mother Vulture31st July 2021Review and photos – Rob WilkinsYou wait an entire pandemic for a gig and then two come along in the space of a week! I had barely got home …
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