Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Reviews: Bygone, Jester Majesty, Indigosaur, EverRise (Rich Piva & Matt Bladen)

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Bygone - Bygone (Svart Records) [Rich Piva] The Boston band Bygone sounds like their name. A band from another time; but this Bygone’s time ...

Reviews: Cryoxyd, Muffasonic, Funeral Vomit, Bob Saliba (Mark Young, Spike, Joe Guatieri & Cherie Curtis)

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Cryoxyd - The World We Live In (Dolorem Records) [Mark Young] The shadow of Death amongst other heavy hitters looms large on The World We L...

Reviews: Sun Of The Suns, Various Artists, Versus, Black Pig Meat (Spike & Matt Bladen)

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Sun Of The Suns – Entanglement (Scarlet Records) [Spike] This is a record that attempts to chart the collision of the cosmic and the persona...
Monday, 15 December 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: Nothing More (Alex Tobias)

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Nothing More, Catch Your Breath, Solence & Ankor, O2 Academy, Bristol, 06.12.25 Nothing More finish up their European tour dates in Bris...
Sunday, 14 December 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: Chelsea Grin (Lee Burnell)

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Chelsea Grin, Signs Of The Swarm & Mugshot, Electric Bristol, 05.12.25 There’s nothing quite like venturing over the bridge on a dark an...
Saturday, 13 December 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: The Commoners (Nat Sabbath)

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The Commoners & Candar at KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton 04.12.25 There’s something wonderfully unpretentious about a cold December nigh...
Friday, 12 December 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: Thrakian (Matt Bladen)

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Thrakian, Dosed & Gnasch, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff, 04.12.25 A trio of top quality bands playing a local show for only a few pennies? Sig...

A View From The Back Of The Room: Quireboys (Debby Myatt & Tony Gaskin)

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Quireboys, Soho Dukes & Matty James Cassidy, KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 29.12.25 The final night of this 3 day run of gigs wa...
Thursday, 11 December 2025

Reviews: Windswept, Phantoms Of Future, Doomherre, Madness Blues (Mark Young, Spike, Rich Piva & Matt Bladen)

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Windswept - The Devils Vertep (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young] Bleak, uncompromising amongst others are descriptions that are trotted out with...

Reviews: Sarayasign, Winds Of Neptune, Atavistia, Ophelia's Eye (Cherie Curtis, Rich Piva, Mark Young & Matt Bladen)

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Sarayasign – Shadows Of The Dying Light (Black Lodge Records) [Cherie Curtis] Hailing from Sweden - Sarayasign, brings us 12 melodic, high c...