Day 2 – Hellfest 2023 – The Odyssey Continues Day two of Hellfest begins as the first day ended, hot and sticky which tends to be the norm and hence apart from the music, makes it the best festival to attend for us British types who are used to donning the wellies and heading to … Continue reading Festival Review: Hellfest 2023 Day 2
Author: Gavin
Festival Review: Hellfest 2023 Day 1
Day 1 - Hellfest 2023 - The Odyssey Begins To metalheads in mainland Europe, Hellfest is the pinnacle of festivals. Yes, you have the more well known Wacken and its smaller cousin in Belgium, Graspop, but Hellfest is always the one that people talk about and want to go to. Even at customs at Ijmuiden … Continue reading Festival Review: Hellfest 2023 Day 1
Gig Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar – QMU, Glasgow (1st November 2022)
The first day of November is All Saints day, but instead of saints we have three powerhouses of the metal world on display in Glasgow this evening. Doors at the QMU are the ungodly hour of 5.30pm due to the snowflake nature of the local authority regarding noise pollution but this also has its advantages … Continue reading Gig Review: Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Crowbar – QMU, Glasgow (1st November 2022)
Livestream Review: Crowbar (20th February, 2021)
What could lift our spirits more in this Covid world that we live in? Boris Johnson's head on a silver platter? A delivery of free beer to the house? Or ideally attending a real gig with other human beings? With none of these available for the foreseeable future, what more can we ask for on … Continue reading Livestream Review: Crowbar (20th February, 2021)
EP Review: Candlemass – The Pendulum
In an uncertain society where everything seems to be doom and gloom, it seems quite apt that the Kings of Doom, Candlemass, release their latest EP The Pendulum at the end of March. Following on from The Door to Doom in 2019 this EP is made up of songs left over from the recording of … Continue reading EP Review: Candlemass – The Pendulum
Festival Review: Hellfest 2018 (22 – 24 June)
France’s soirée of festival season is Hellfest, based in the sleepy town of Clisson, which lies half an hour from Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region of the country, and this year is it’s 13th incarnation In the beginning, starting off more on the heavy side, it’s grown into one of the most … Continue reading Festival Review: Hellfest 2018 (22 – 24 June)