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Live Reviews Archive
Spires, Incassum & Sworn To Oath At Manchester Alter Ego
Posted on December 18, 2011 | No Comments
There is something in the Manchester Metal scene that it is becoming something quite special. This tour has been gaining impressive reviews and slowly building their reputations from separate ends of the metal spectrum, the Manchester duo Incassum and Spires were set and rearing to...
Machine Head, Bring Me The Horizon, DevilDriver and Darkest Hour At Manchester Central 06/12/11
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No Comments
It was the night to sate all metal desires. A time for spreading the disease in Manchester. Carnage was about to tear up the floors as the massively anticipated The Eighth Plague Tour arrived… The onslaught of Darkest Hour, DevilDriver, Bring Me The Horizon and...
Shades of Avalon at Manchester Academy 5/12/11 and Roadhouse 10/12/11
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No Comments
Taking to the stage like a longboat to frozen water, Manchester’s melodeath brutes Shades of Avalon played two well known Manchester venues in the same week. Citing honourable influences such as metal and beer among bands like Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom and Immortal, although...
Defenders Of The Faith III Tour – Manchester 03/12/11
Posted on December 11, 2011 | No Comments
Five bands from across the world join forces to bring the third instalment of Metal Hammer‘s Defenders Of The Faith tour in full heavy metal mode. A nearly-full room in the Manchester Academy was locked and loaded for the battle. Consisting of members Tommy Helmet...
Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry & Theory Of A Deadman – Manchester MEN Arena 24/11/11
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments
Hearing names like Theory Of A Deadman, Black Stone Cherry and Alter Bridge appearing on a bill like this, one can wonder that it will a night to remember. With distinctive styles and reputations under each band’s respective belts, it was a night of good...
Xerath – Live Photos Damnation Festival 2011
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
Live photos from Xerath‘s immense show at Damnation Festival 2011.
Grand Magus – Live Photos Damnation Festival 2011
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments
Live photos of Grand Magus‘ face-meltingly good set at Damnation Festival 2011.
Chthonic – Live Photos Damnation Festival 2011
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments
Live photos of Chthonic‘s mind-blowing show at Damnation Festival 2011
A Man Called Catten – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
One of the highlights for me this year was the chance to see Paul Catten perform some Medulla Nocte classics from back in the day. There seemed to be a sudden change in the average age of the fans gathering at the front waiting to...
Devin Townsend Project – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 26, 2011 | No Comments
After one of the strangest intros I have ever seen at a metal show, it was left to Canadian legend Devin Townsend and his band to round off the day in a way that only Devin can. Led by the eponymous character from the album...
Turisas – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 26, 2011 | No Comments
Turisas are a band that I was pretty late getting into, but for me was worth the wait. A short set but packed with some of the favourites that have made them a hit on the touring circuit. Always ensuring an entertaining set, they started...
Within Temptation And Anneke Van Giersbergen At Manchester Academy 09/11/11
Posted on November 26, 2011 | No Comments
The Manchester Academy floor was filled with the lucky spectators who were able to get their tickets for this sold out show for the power symphony that is Within Temptation. The only space that could only be seen was the small space of either left...
Godflesh – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 23, 2011 | No Comments
One of the best sets of the day for me was always going to be Godflesh, and when Justin Broadrick and GC Green took to the stage, it wasn’t going to be anything other than spectacular. The sheer noise the two of them produced with...
Shining – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 22, 2011 | No Comments
Norwegian experimentalists Shining took to the Terrorizer Stage and immediately filled the room with a cacophonous noise that few bands on the day could live with. The quartet exploded onto the stage with a very different type of noise than any of the previous acts,...
Opeth & Pain Of Salvation At Manchester Academy 11/11/11
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No Comments
It was a damp and dreary Manchester evening, to be expected at this time of year, in particular in the North West. Brightening the miserable November evening and to mark the joyous occasion of having released new records this year, a duo of Swedish titans...
Betraeus “Towards The Sun” EP Launch Party
Posted on November 19, 2011 | 5 Comments
Things are brewing in the Manchester Metal Scene and it is going to make its mark in the UK metal scene very soon. Team TINAS was sent on a mission to document the “Towards The Sun” EP Launch Party of Manchester metal colossus Betraeus. The...
The Defiled, Revoker & Murder FM At The Roadhouse, Manchester 02/11/11
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No Comments
Camden Town high flyers The Defiled, Welsh rockers Revoker and Texans Murder FM invaded The Roadhouse in Manchester and when you hear these names, TINAS could not resist! Murder FM made their mark on the scene not too long ago with their industrial rock influences...
Absu, Infernal Stronghold & Villains At Club Europa, Brooklyn 11/11/11
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No Comments
The neckbeards gathered at Club Europa, Brooklyn on November 11th celebrated National Metal Day the right way: with a metal show. On the menu was local Villains, Philadelphia’s Infernal Stronghold, and black metal sorcerers Absu, who recently released the second instalment of their enigmatic trilogy,...
Evile – Damnation Festival Live Review 2011
Posted on November 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
Evile took to the stage to a packed main room eager to see one of the rising talents in British metal. The recent release of their third album “Five Serpents Teeth” and the great reviews it received guaranteed a lot of interest in the half...
Volbeat & Black Spiders At Academy 2, Manchester
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No Comments
Volbeat & Black Spiders At Academy 2, Manchester Friday 28th October, 2011 The sense of anticipation and impatience was tangible at the doors of Manchester Academy 2 as the crowd was going to be embraced with some good rock and metal, and beer or two,...