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Live Review: Stonedead Festival 2026

September 4, 2026 Dan Barnes 0

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 […]

Live Coverage: ArcTanGent Festival – 2026

September 3, 2026 therazorsedge Comments Off

Live Coverage: ArcTanGent Festival – 2026 Festival Preview We look ahead to what is in store at ArcTanGent Festival 2026 Reviews Thursday Review Friday Review Saturday Review Galleries Thursday Gallery Friday Gallery Saturday Gallery Interviews […]

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Saturday

September 1, 2026 Matt Noble Comments Off

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Saturday 22nd August 2026Words: Matt NoblePhotos: Rich Price The warm, fuzzy tones of Brummie witch coven Meatdripper begin the final day of music nicely on the PX3 stage. The crushing doom […]

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Friday

September 1, 2026 Matt Noble Comments Off

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Friday 21st August 2026Words: Matt NoblePhotos: Rich Price The ungodly hour of 11 in the morning didn’t deter Worn Out from rousing an impressive turnout to fill the PX3 tent for […]

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Thursday

September 1, 2026 Matt Noble Comments Off

Live Review: ArcTanGent 2026 – Thursday 20th August 2026Words: Matt NoblePhotos: Rich Price My first band of the weekend was Belgian post-metallers Psychonaut. Their low tunings give them a sludgy quality from the early Baroness playbook, […]

Live Review: Accept – Wolverhampton

August 31, 2026 Tim Finch Comments Off

Live Review: Accept – KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton 27th August 2026Support: Tailgunner Words & Photos: Tim Finch Tonight was on for the story books, a night that will go down as an “I was there moment”. […]

Live Review: AFI – Birmingham

August 25, 2026 Tim Finch Comments Off

Live Review: AFI – O2 Institute, Birmingham 24th August 2026Support: TR/STWords & Photos: Tim Finch There is something fitting about AFI bringing their dark, dramatic blend of punk, post-hardcore and gothic alternative rock to Birmingham’s O2 […]

Live Review: Hollywood Vampires – Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Live Review: Hollywood Vampires – Birmingham

August 23, 2026 Tim Finch Comments Off

Live Review: Hollywood Vampires – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 19th August 2026Support: The Jesus and Mary ChainWords & Photos: Tim Finch The Utilita Arena Birmingham was packed for an evening built around rock royalty as Hollywood Vampires […]

Live Review: Crypta – The Asylum, Birmingham

Live Review: Crypta – Birmingham

August 20, 2026 Tim Finch Comments Off

Live Review: Crypta – The Asylum, Birmingham 14th August 2026Support: ExorcismWords & Photos: Tim Finch The Asylum in Birmingham was set for an evening of uncompromising extreme metal as Brazilian death metal force Crypta brought […]

Live Coverage: Bloodstock Festival – 2026

August 20, 2026 therazorsedge Comments Off

Live Coverage: Bloodstock Festival – 2026 Festival Preview We look ahead to what is in store at Bloodstock Festival 2026 Ronnie James Dio Stage Preview S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage Preview And we speculate (ahead of time) on […]