When I arrived it was vastly different from my last visit in the dark months of the year, daylight reigning supreme but the fans were out in force. I got there around 30 minutes before doors and the line was already going onto the pavement.
Fields of the Nephilim at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
On a cold, rainy Wednesday evening I made my way to Shepherds Bush in anticipation of seeing the goth rock legends Fields of the Nephilim for the first time. I had heard lots about the band over the years and their aesthetic resonates with how I enjoy my music: dark and mysterious.
Baest – Danse Macabre
Well… well… its been a while.
At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself
This band is not only At The Gates, but they have also broken through the portcullis and have laid waste to the castle if this new album is anything to go by.
Sepultura at KOKO, London
Death makes its mark on KOKO…
Black Royal – Lightbringer
Where can I start with the Finnish death/sludge metallers Black Royal? Well, how about, “fucking awesome”?
Horizon Ablaze – The Weight of a Thousand Suns
Horizon Ablaze released their new album The Weight of a Thousand Suns last week through Leviathan, leaving behind for the most part the dark, graven, blackened death metal box they were put in with the previous album Dodsverk, and ventured out into the progressive black metal wilderness stretching into the fiery horizon, following bands of the […]
Watain at The Dome, London
I made my way to North London having not been to The Dome before, however, as soon as I left Tufnell Park Station knew I was in the right place, with artwork and band names you couldn’t read nor pronounce on t-shirts as well as proudly displayed inverted crucifixes.
Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse
Watain have finally released some new material, much to the delight of their fans after five years of waiting. The band are a black metal triumvirate hailing from Uppsala, Sweden. Previously they have released new material every couple of years or sooner, and in recent interviews, lead singer Erik Dannielson explained that the previous release […]
In Flames and Five Finger Death Punch at the SSE Wembley Arena, London
This is one I was looking forward to— three bands who could legitimately headline their own shows and have done previously.