Sean is at this year's wonderfully heavy Lords of the Land festival at Glasgow Barrowlands today, and is drip-feeding us reviews band-by-band. The final part will come through tomorrow as his phone was on 1% when he sent this... Part 1 was published earlier. Leading the way into the early evening are Norwegian black metal … Continue reading Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review part 2
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Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 3
Today the music conference was to see black metal legend Ihsahn host a guitar clinic at the official hotel. There was already a queue forming with people eager to listen to what Ihsahn had to say about song writing, playing guitar and his equipment. Even as a non-musician I found this an extremely interesting way … Continue reading Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 3
Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review
Sean is at this year's wonderfully heavy Lords of the Land festival at Glasgow Barrowlands today, and is drip-feeding us reviews band-by-band. We'll update through the day and evening! Glasgow’s Lords of the Land fest makes its third installment at the Barrowlands. Each year it's gotten bigger and better, and with more exclusive performances on … Continue reading Lords of the Land 2018 – live(ish) review
Gig Review: Persefone / Oddland / Defecto – The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (3rd April 2018)
It's almost like Christmas comes early every time that I get the chance to see Persefone. The Andorran prog metallers have been going from strength to strength recently and this time decided to play a few dates in the UK instead of the usual London only show. With having relocated to the Manchester area and … Continue reading Gig Review: Persefone / Oddland / Defecto – The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (3rd April 2018)
Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 2
One of my favourite things about Inferno Festival is the associated conference which sees movie screenings, guitar/drum clinics and various discussions on different aspects of the music industry. On day two I was off to the hotel cinema, beer in hand to watch RocKabul. RocKabul is a documentary about Afghanistan's first metal band, District Unknown, … Continue reading Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 2
Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 1
The arrival of the Easter holidays meant that it was time to pack my bags and head to Oslo for this year's sold-out edition of Inferno Metal Festival. This was the first year that the festival would be held in John Dee and Rockefeller over all four days. Although I missed the opportunity to check … Continue reading Festival Review: Inferno Norway 2018 Day 1