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FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Stonedead Festival 2025
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Stonedead Festival 2025 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Tim Finch It’s Download Festival weekend as I write this introduction to Stonedead, bringing home the […]
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Album Reviews
Album Review: Rumkicks – Hit A Nerve
Album Review: Rumkicks – Hit A Nerve Reviewed by Dan Barnes Formed in Seoul, South Korea in 2018, Rumkicks is a trio of young ladies […]
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Album Review: Black Magnet – Megamantra
Album Review: Black Magnet – Megamantra Reviewed by Dan Barnes I had Oklahoma-based Black Magnet’s sophomore album, Body Prophecy, on my 2022 Top Ten Albums […]
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Live Review: Carnivore A.D. – Manchester
Live Review: Carnivore A.D. – Star & Garter, Manchester 15th July 2025 Support: Chain of Survival Words: Dan Barnes Reformed in 2017 with the addition […]
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Boxset Review: Peter & The Test Tube Babies – The Albums 1990-1998
Boxset Review: Peter & The Test Tube Babies – The Albums 1990-1998 Reviewed by Dan Barnes The third of Cherry Red Records collections of East […]
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Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Sunday
Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Sunday 6th July 2024 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: William Mawdsley Oddly, the most disrupted line-up for Radar came on […]
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Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Saturday
Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Saturday 5th July 2024 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: William Mawdsley As Saturday comes it’s difficult to gauge to what […]
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Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Friday
Live Review: RADAR Festival 2025 – Friday 4th July 2024 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: William Mawdsley I can only image how stressful the week leading […]
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Live Review: Unleash The Archers – Manchester
Live Review: Unleash The Archers – Club Academy, Manchester Support: All For Metal 9th July 2025 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Tim Finch Having spent the […]
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Boxset Review: Obituary – Godly Beings
Boxset Review: Obituary – Godly Beings Reviewed by Dan Barnes The Too-Long-Didn’t-Read review goes like this: “Obituary’s first four albums are being rereleased as a […]