Orange Goblin live in concert.
ON TOUR

Orange Goblin

31
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

83
%
Based on 
31
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
82
%
Based on 
7
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Orange Goblin is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 31 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Orange Goblin is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. Orange Goblin concert reviews describe live shows and performances as bluesy and soulful.

ON TOUR

KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (October 9); The Dome & Boston Music Room, London, United Kingdom (October 12); Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, United Kingdom (October 26); le champilambart, Vallet, France (November 1); Edison Lot, Baltimore, United States (May 22)

Latest Release

Science, Not Fiction - サイエンス・ノット・フィクション (24 July 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
London, United Kingdom (1995 - present)
Bio
Orange Goblin, previously Our Haunted Kingdom, are a stoner metal band from London, United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Louder Sound

April 19, 2024
100
%
Orange Goblin level Wellington's Valhalla during their first ever New Zealand tour

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

April 16, 2024
%
“I came up with the name Orange Goblin as all our favourite bands had colours in their name (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Pink Floyd etc.)” Ben Ward.

Scenestr (Australia)

April 16, 2024
%
I arrive at Brisbane's well-known live music venue The Zoo (11 April), following the throng of people climbing its black and gold glittered steps.

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 15, 2024
%
It may have taken them almost thirty years to do it, but Orange Goblin finally made their way down to New Zealand last night to play the first of three massive shows across Aotearoa!

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

November 17, 2021
90
%
Looking back at 2019, the ease of getting bands to travel to the UK was in a way, taken advantage of.

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

November 11, 2021
90
%
BETA, Copenhagen, Denmark

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 24, 2021
70
%
When festival season was wiped out last year thanks to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, for us music fans, it felt a hammerblow with our summer being quiet and solitary away from the buzz of a packed crown or the roar of amplified noise on an outdoor stage.

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Image Credit

David Tyler [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons