After some confusion about the starting times, I made it to the venue to witness some new faces for myself and see one of the first bands I ever discovered in my early teens live for the first time. The Word Alive are on tour as the main support for Novelists (both bands promoting their … Continue reading Gig Review: Novelists / The Word Alive / Elwood Stray / Ashen – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (23rd February 2024)
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Gig Review: Bury Tomorrow / August Burns Red / Novelists – Electric Ballroom, London (2nd November 2022)
It's Wednesday and you know what that means! If you don't, it means its gig day! Well for the last few weeks that is, and there’s no better place to be than the Electric Ballroom in Camden. However the doors opening time had been pushed from 6pm to 7pm which meant I got there an … Continue reading Gig Review: Bury Tomorrow / August Burns Red / Novelists – Electric Ballroom, London (2nd November 2022)
Festival review – UK Tech-Metal Festival, 30th June – 4th July 2022
It's early morning on the 30th of June which can only mean one thing, it's time for me to make the 176 mile pilgrimage to UK Tech-Fest, which is probably my most anticipated festival of the year. After what was a boring 4 hours of motorways it was time to finally see some metal. Thursday … Continue reading Festival review – UK Tech-Metal Festival, 30th June – 4th July 2022
Interview – Matt Gelsomino of Novelists
After apologising for near-perfect English and poor hearing (due to the toils of live music), vocalist Matt Gelsomino is as enthusiastic round the back of the venue tonight as he is onstage later. Read on for the Novelists mainman talking about Noir, their situation as a modern French metal band and even the streetwear trend … Continue reading Interview – Matt Gelsomino of Novelists
Make Them Suffer / Novelists / Cursed Earth – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton (28th October 2017)
It's an odd sort of night at the peculiarly-titled but locally-endeared venue as all three bands on the bill are freshly sporting new albums. Cursed Earth have re-released two EP's under the same title as Cycles of Grief: The Complete Collection, Novelists are touring Noir and Make Them Suffer lead the pack with Worlds Apart. In addition to this … Continue reading Make Them Suffer / Novelists / Cursed Earth – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton (28th October 2017)
Novelists talk movies, books and albums
Novelists recently dropped new album Noir and are about to hit the road across the UK to blow you away with some of the songs on it. They took to answering a few questions for fans in the run-up and we have a quick snippet of an interview for you. So if you want to know … Continue reading Novelists talk movies, books and albums