Exeter Phoenix TheatreSunday 16th MarchJust a few short months ago I was in a massive arena watching Those Damn Crows playing their biggest ever headline gig in the Capital City of Wales. It was a triumphant “Coming of age” show that demonstrated just how ready the Bridgend boys are to …
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It has been five long years since singer Phil Campbell left The Temperance Movement and the band went on hiatus. Having watched the band from the start I was gutted and no matter how many Phil solo shows, Byson Family gigs or even seeing the main man play in a …
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Oh, Ginger Wildheart, how we have missed you. If ever there was a man to provide some much-needed escape from these crazy, fucked-up times then that fella is the lean-looking, all-smiling, wise-cracking Ginger Wildheart bouncing around the stage at The Garage in Glasgow for the first time in 30 years …
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With his time with both Ritchie Blackmore, and Michael Schenker now behind him, Chilean-born (now residing in Romania) vocalist Ronnie Romero is out to build an audience on the strength of his solo material. Given the high quality of the material to be found on his debut solo album of …
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Back in the UK for the first time this year, original death metallers Suffocation brought their Embrace the Suffering tour to Slay, Glasgow. Support came from Nuclear Blast label mates Mélancolia and Fuming Mouth, Vancouver’s Carcosa, and seven man AngelMaker. First up were Australia’s Mélancolia. I always think being first …
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Maybe it’s the cool t-shirt for sale at the merch desk emblazoned with “Louder, Faster, & Out Of Control” on the back – in Motörhead “Everything Louder than Everything Else” font no less (conscious or not, but regardless, a fantastic tip of the hat to Lemmy and his renowned love …
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If a sign of a good gig is waking up the morning after with ringing ears, aching calf muscles, a croaky voice, and a perma-wide smile that is impossible to get rid of, then Bowling For Soup’s triumphant return to Edinburgh as part of the ‘A Hangover You Don’t Deserve …
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A cardboard cutout of Tom Jones; a stage-invading, sax-playing goblin (at one point, complete with a long blue-haired wig); a large superhero-style prop hammer; songs about unicorns; punters wearing unicorn headwear; copious shouts of “HOOTS” at every possible opportunity…all this can only mean one thing: Gloryhammer are back in town. …
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After overcoming a handful of hurdles that the last few years have thrown at Ash Costello, the charismatic performer returned to the UK & Europe with New Years Day for the Californian’s first jaunt to these shores in 5 years (the worldwide lockdown curtailed their trek in 2020 that saw …
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For fans of melodic hard rock, the early stages of 2025 are shaping up to resemble the famous scene in ‘The Two Towers'” where Gandalf comes to the rescue at the Battle of Helm’s Deep. “Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to …
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