Dan Barnes, Author at The Razor's Edge

Live Review: Arch Enemy – Manchester

August 12, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Arch Enemy – Rebellion, Manchester 11th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Rich Price Arch Enemy bring the curtain down on their twelve-date Root of All Evil tour, which has seen them swapping theatres for clubs, […]

Live Review: Opeth – Halifax

August 4, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Opeth – The Piece Hall, Halifax 1st August 2026Support: Paradise Lost, KatatoniaWords: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch It’s Yorkshire Day apparently, a fact I was unaware of as I crossed the border into hostile territory. […]

Album Review: Various Artists – Death Metal Tribute to OZZY

August 3, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Various Artists – Death Metal Tribute to OZZY Reviewed by Dan Barnes Has it really been a whole year since Ozzy left us? I guess if you’re reading this you’re one of the many, many people […]

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Sunday

July 31, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Sunday 26th July 2026Words: Dan Barnes It’s a noon start for Milton Keynes mob, Repulsed, and an impressive crowd consider some folk won’t have left Rebellion earlier than 4am. […]

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Saturday

July 31, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Saturday 25th July 2026Words: Dan Barnes The world wakes up on Saturday morning to the tragic news that Sick of It All’s Lou Koller had lost his battle with […]

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Friday

July 31, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Offal Fest 4 – Friday 24th July 2026Words: Dan Barnes I’ve been coming to shows in Manchester for decades – literally four of ‘em – so it’s always interesting when I get to […]

EP Review: Embodiment – Cryptomorph

July 22, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

EP Review: Embodiment – Cryptomorph Reviewed by Dan Barnes Cryptomorph represents the return of Bristol’s Embodiment following the release of their sophomore album, Palingenesis in 2020 and that damned pandemic that put a crimp in […]

Album Review: Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve [Reissue]

July 21, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve [Reissue] Reviewed by Dan Barnes Sweden’s master of musical mayhem and scientists of sonic chaos, Meshuggah, celebrate milestones for two of their most important works: Catch Thirty-Three, perhaps […]

Album Review: Madball – Not Your Kingdom

July 19, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Madball – Not Your Kingdom Reviewed by Dan Barnes It’s been an eight year wait for this new Madball record, following 2018’s For the Cause, a gap that even the hiatus of 2001 […]

Offalfest 4: Festival Preview

July 17, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Offalfest 4: Festival Preview Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch We at The Razor’s Edge are stoked to be covering the fourth edition of Offal Fest in Manchester later this month; two and a half days of […]