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Live Review: Burning Witches – Manchester
Live Review: Burning Witches – Academy 3, Manchester 25th January 2026 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Tim Finch The third stop of a brief three-show visit […]
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Album Review: Urne – Setting Fire To The Sky
Album Review: Urne – Setting Fire To The Sky Reviewed by Dan Barnes Album number three from this London trio has big shoes to fill, […]
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Album Review: Crystal Lake – The Weight of Sound
Album Review: Crystal Lake – The Weight of Sound Reviewed by Dan Barnes After an eight year wait, Tokyo metalcore survivors, Crystal Lake, unleash album […]
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Live Review: Slaughter to Prevail – Manchester
Live Review: Slaughter to Prevail – Victoria Warehousem Manchester 17th January 2026 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Tim Finch Possibly the biggest tour in Europe at […]
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Album Review: Steve Hogarth – SQPR
Album Review: Steve Hogarth – SQPR Reviewed by Dan Barnes Marillion frontman, Steve Hogarth – known colloquially as simply, H – returned to Rome’s Sala […]
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Album Review: The Eternal – Celestial
EP Review: The Eternal – Celestial Reviewed by Dan Barnes Formed in Melbourne, Australia by guitarist / vocalist, Mark Kelson after the dissolution of his […]
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Album Review: Thunder – Live [REISSUE]
Album Review: Thunder – Live [REISSUE] Reviewed by Dan Barnes There was a time, back in the early Nineties, when Thunder were damn-near unstoppable. Reconstructing […]
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Album Review: Mother Vulture – Cartoon Violence
Album Review: Mother Vulture – Cartoon Violence Reviewed by Dan Barnes Following up 2022’s Mother Knows Best debut was not going to be an easy […]
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Album Review: Kreator – Krushers Of The World
Album Review: Kreator – Krushers Of The World Reviewed by Dan Barnes The undisputed pinnacle of the Teutonic Big Four – meaning no disrespect to […]
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Live Review: The Wildhearts – Preston
Live Review: The Wildhearts – Blitz, Preston 6th December 2025 Support: Meryl Streek Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Tim Finch The last time The Wildhearts played […]