From the get go, Avatar are always high energy and interacting with their crowd. With a giant throne on stage for the king to take his rightful place, Avatar kicked things off with a bang, opening with "A Statue Of The King"; fast, hard-hitting guitar shredding to get everyone pumped up and it worked a … Continue reading Gig Review: Avatar – The Garage, Glasgow (16th January 2019)
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Gig Review: Halestorm / Avatar / Rews – O2 Academy, Glasgow (23rd September 2018)
It’s been quite some time since Halestorm visited Glasgow and when a band of their magnitude rolls into town, especially on a weekend, it takes over the city. Wandering around the centre before the gig, there’s a number of people that you just know are heading down to the rock show tonight. And by the … Continue reading Gig Review: Halestorm / Avatar / Rews – O2 Academy, Glasgow (23rd September 2018)
Classic Covers: Hellfest All-Stars – Walk This Way
Gibson have shared the All-Stars cover of Aeromith’s "Walk This Way", filmed on the Gibson bus at this year’s Hellfest in France. Featuring members of Shvpes, In Flames, Inglorious and Chuck D of Public Enemy/Prophets Of Rage, the names of the genre put down an exquisite cover of the 1975 classic. This year’s Hellfest took … Continue reading Classic Covers: Hellfest All-Stars – Walk This Way
Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2017 – Day Two
Katie's review of this year's Tons of Rock is, like the festival itself, massive - so we're splitting it into three bite-size chunks. Even then, they're still bite-size to a large, scary Viking. Here's the second portion, covering June 23rd at Fredrikstern Fortress, Halden, Norway. Missed Part One? Clickety-here. Day Two Thursday had been perfect weather … Continue reading Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2017 – Day Two
Wednesday Video Roundup: Traits, Avatar, Northern Blues, As A Conceit, Touched By Ghoul, For I Am
Midweek and time to enter the downhill phase. Pop it into neutral and coast along to this bunch... Traits - "Fed To Me" "Oi oi @MoshTimes would be great if you could give our video a looksie". Yeah, OK then. This is the first video to be released by Leeds-based punkers Traits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmy8Rdgc1A&feature=youtu.be Avatar - … Continue reading Wednesday Video Roundup: Traits, Avatar, Northern Blues, As A Conceit, Touched By Ghoul, For I Am
Avatar / The Last Band – O2 Academy Islington, 23rd November 2016
A queue of bodies snaked through the N1 Centre on Wednesday night as fans waited for the doors of O2 Academy Islington to open. The show was just a few tickets short of selling out earlier in the week, and I wouldn't be surprised if the remaining few got snapped up just in time. This … Continue reading Avatar / The Last Band – O2 Academy Islington, 23rd November 2016