Empire State Bastard – the new side project of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil has built up one hell of a new metalcore band with Naomi Macleod of Bitch Falcon, Mike Vennart of Oceansize and Dave Lombardo from Slayer. We caught them on the final night of their debut tour at Camden’s Underworld, where opened up…
Cassyette has only grown from strength to strength over the past couple of years, a headline show at Electric Ballroom is another great marker of her achievements and the night certainly was electric. Fan favourites Mayhem, Sad Girl Summer and Petrichor were sung loud by the fans and energetic support came from Lozeak and Calva…
Go big, or go home. At their first Wembley show, Beartooth went gargantuan. With a setlist stuffed full of hits, and a production stuffed full of pyro and confetti, the final UK night of the Below tour felt like a celebration of a band stepping up to the next level. Highlights included a screaming Caleb…
After rescheduled sessions due to the pandemic, Napalm Death finally got to perform their Campaign For Musical Destruction tour in London at the Electric Ballroom. And if a pandemic had to stop them from playing last time, the current absence of the bassist Shane Embury and Barney Greenway’s broken leg, did not! As the truly hardcore they are, they manage…
Playing the second to last show before Panic! At The Disco’s discontinuation after 19 years, Brendon Urie gave The O2 a final flourish of pop and pizzazz on a night to be remembered. Matt Higgs was there to capture the spectacular, check out all the action from the night in the photo gallery below.
After a triumphant gig here in Cambridge a few years ago at the Portland Arms, the Pigsx7 juggernaut rolled back into town to headline the much larger Junction for Green Mind, and not only did they prove they are more than capable of keeping the intensity they have built their reputation on despite the larger…
Through time, space and metal music, the conceptual metallers STARSET brought their stories into the sold-out Manchester Academy 2. They possess a journey that was not only phenomenally captivating, just astronomical fun. Check out the action from the night, captured by our photographer Sabrina Ramdoyal in the gallery below!
Beginning the UK leg of their European tour, Bullet For My Valentine tore up Cambridge Corn Exchange in a show that saw them at their very best. With Atreyu and Jinjer in tow, it was a night of metal to remember, and Matt Higgs was there to photograph it all. Check out our live photo galleries…
After having to cancel their spring tour last year, Hundred Reasons are finally back to take their new album Glorious Sunset out on the road. Hitting up Leeds’ O2 Academy to catch their show was out photographer Emma Stone. Hell Is For Heroes My Vitriol
Hailing from Finland by the troupe’s brainchild Anton Kabanen, Beast in Black took the sold-out Manchester Academy through what was probably a night of every recognisable power metal hit with their three album catalogue. The proof was in the pudding with their approach of playful humour which enamoured their crowd accompanying their tight musicianship to…
