Paradise Lost

It’s taken far longer than any of us expected – and it’s nowhere near back to pre-2020 levels – but the world is finally starting to heal. For some, tonight marks their first live show of the year, for others since the pandemic wreaked havoc across the world; in any event, despite the chill in the air there’s a buzz ar

So, the ‘Club’ was visibly swelling with palpable excitement and anticipation for the openers, Gothic Deities Moonspell, all the way from the warmer climates of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal. As they strode onto the oversized step that is the stage, Ribeiro et al looked genuinely happy to be spending the evening in o

Damnation Festival is the festival most metal fans await for the most as each year passes. The mixture of different genres is at its most diverse here. From tech-death to black metal to doom, its guaranteed that there will be someone on the bill for everyone.

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.

Kiev, Ukraine

Gorilla, Manchester, UK

Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK