Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Quest Fest 2026 Preview (Matt Bladen)

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Quest Fest 2026 Preview For the fifth time we don our armour, pick out our favourite accessories from out inventory and hopefully roll a Nat...

Reviews: Avulsed, Spiders, Triggertone, 30,00 Monkies (Will Bond, Matt Bladen, Jordan Griffiths & Mateusz Stefanow)

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Avulsed - Nordic Embryogenesis (Xtreem Music) [Will Bond] Spanish death metal merchants Avulsed have served up their new album Nordic Embryo...
Monday, 5 October 2026

A View From The Back Of The Church: Devin Townsend (Simon Black)

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Devin Townsend, The Gate Cardiff, 02.10.26 For a man who spends a lot of his increasingly rare free time attending gigs and having lived in ...

Reviews: A-tota-so, Hubris, Cinema Stereo, Forsaken Eternity (Matt Bladen, Mike Bailey, Keith Boswell & Myrto-Panagiota Zacharof)

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A-tota-so - I Told You So (bUTTONpUSHER) [Matt Bladen] The self confessed "silly little band" A-tota-soreturn with another record ...
Sunday, 4 October 2026

A View From The Back Of The Room: The Hu (Paul Hutchings)

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The Hu / Skáld – The Prospect Building, Bristol, 01.10.26 The last fingers of summer are fading, and autumnal colours fill the trees. Time t...
Saturday, 3 October 2026

A View From Across The Pond: W.A.S.P & KK's Priest (Rich Piva)

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W.A.S.P & KK’s Priest, Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL, 23.09.26 I don’t get a ton of cool shows that are an hour or less of a dri...
Friday, 2 October 2026

Reviews: Amon Amarth, Butcher Babies, Spirit Possession, Colossloth (Matt Bladen, Keith Boswell, Yasmin Mason & Rick Eaglestone)

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Amon Amarth - The Allfather Awakens (Metal Blade Records) [Matt Bladen] The Vikings Are Coming! Or that's what they would have you belie...

Reviews: Spider Kitten, The Crawling, Karmen Field, Deathcult (Matt Bladen & Mark Young)

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Spider Kitten - God Don't Sleep (APF Records) [Matt Bladen] You're always going to get something weird and heavy from South Wales ps...
Thursday, 1 October 2026

Reviews: Europe, Coldrain, Moon Destroys, Rorcal (Matt Bladen, Jordan Griffiths, Rich Piva & Mateusz Stefanow)

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Europe - Come This Madness (Silver Lining Music/Hell & Back) [Matt Bladen] Come This Madness has been a long time coming, Swedish legen...

A View From The Back Of The Room: Ofnus, Domhain & Adfeilion (Matt Bladen)

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Ofnus, Domhain & Adfeilion, The Bunkhouse, Swansea, 26.09.26 The third and final date of trio shows featuring Domhain and Adfeilion, it ...