Gig Review: Alcatrazz / Girlschool / Tytan – Bannerman’s Bar, Edinburgh (5th February 2023)

Well here we are back at Bannerman's to catch one of the bills of the year in the form of Tytan, Girlschool and Alcatrazz, talk about value for money. The venue was packed out right from doors opening and first up tonight are Tytan as Andy’s keyboard heralds some “Money for Love” from Rough Justice and he leads … Continue reading Gig Review: Alcatrazz / Girlschool / Tytan – Bannerman’s Bar, Edinburgh (5th February 2023)

2018 Crew Review: Gary Cooper – Photographer

[Apologies to Gary for the delay in getting this up - it got lost in our mailbox!] Best album(s) of 2018 Tommy Concrete's Unrelaxed is one of the highlight albums of the year for me, just a stunning piece of work from a man who really shines on this album. Also Alien Weaponry's TU, an amazing album by these young … Continue reading 2018 Crew Review: Gary Cooper – Photographer

Gig Review: Tytan / Runemaster – Bannermans, Edinburgh (14th July 2018)

A real metal night tonight with those NWOBHM legends Tytan but opening up for us tonight are those Nordic-inspired local boys Runemaster. I said last year when reviewing the boys for you all to think Amon Amarth meets early Black Sabbath and I stand by that with the boys' crunching hard riffs and the Guv’s … Continue reading Gig Review: Tytan / Runemaster – Bannermans, Edinburgh (14th July 2018)

HRH NWOBHM – Sheffield O2 Academy, Dec 2-3 2016 [DAY 2]

After a good night's sleep and a big breakfast we head back to the arena for day 2 of HRH NWOBHM. Want to find out about what happened on Day 1? Check out the first part of this behemoth! The first band up today are Savage kicking things off upstairs on the smaller stage. Original … Continue reading HRH NWOBHM – Sheffield O2 Academy, Dec 2-3 2016 [DAY 2]