Dan Barnes, Author at The Razor's Edge

Live Review: Stonedead Festival 2026

September 4, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Stonedead Festival 2026 29th August 2025Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!You cataracts and hurricanoes, spoutTill you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks!”King Lear, Act III, scene […]

Behemoth Unleash New Single 'I, Scvlptor'

Album Review: Behemoth – I, Scvlptor

August 31, 2026 Dan Barnes 1

Album Review: Behemoth – I, Scvlptor Reviewed by Dan Barnes Not so much a new studio album as a revisitation of some of themes and ideas that didn’t make the grade originally but have been […]

Mastodon Announce New Album 'Marrow Deep'

Album Review: Mastodon – Marrow Deep

August 22, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Mastodon – Marrow Deep Reviewed by Dan Barnes I think it’s fair to say it’s been a turbulent time in the Mastodon camp recently, with the sudden departure of Brent Hines in the […]

Bloodstock 2026: Sunday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage

August 20, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Sunday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage 9th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch Apparently not learning my lesson from Friday, I’m having another Slushy and get the same brain freeze as I did then, only […]

Bloodstock 2026: Sunday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage

August 18, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Sunday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage 9th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch And before you know it, we’re at the last day of 2026. There’s rumours the sun might jog-on and give […]

Bloodstock 2026: Saturday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage

August 18, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Saturday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage 8th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch The reptiles had their moment on Thursday so now it’s the time for the amphibians of Froglord and their dedicated frog-attired fans. […]

Bloodstock 2026: Saturday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage

August 18, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Saturday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage 8th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch Forecasts show no respite from the sun today and the queues at the water points suggests dehydration might not be […]

Stonedead 2026: Festival Preview

August 16, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Stonedead 2026: Festival Preview Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch With Bloodstock now done for the year and August nights starting to draw in, thoughts turn to Newark and the annual – and essential – Stonedead show. […]

Bloodstock 2026: Friday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage

August 16, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Friday Review – S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage 7th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch It’s an early start for the S.O.P.H.I.E. stage as London sludge gang, Gurt make their triumphal return to the fields of Catton […]

Bloodstock 2026: Friday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage

August 16, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Bloodstock 2026: Friday Review – Ronnie James Dio Stage 7th August 2026Words: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch The use of the main stage last night gives this first day of Bloodstock proper something of a different feel, […]