Monthly Archives: September, 2014

Review: Hammerjack: Five Track Demo

Guildford rockers burst onto the scene with hedonistic demo and invoke the spirit of the late 1980s As a kid your humble correspondent had a serious...

EDGUY, The Wild Lies, Skarlett Riot @Nuneaton Queens Hall, 13/9/14

Edguy keep tongues firmly in cheek for small club show If rock is dead as Robert Plant claimed this week, then no one told...

GENERAL, Bong Cauldron, Nomad, Hung On Horns @Scruffy Murphys, Birmingham 12/9/14

Coventry's finest debut some new stuff along with a brilliant supporting cast   What is it about three piece bands? How do they do it? Opening...

BENJAMIN BOOKER @Bodega Social Club, Nottingham 11/9/14

Can the hotly tipped US hotshot live up to the hype?   Rock stars are supposed to exude star quality and be unapproachable. If that's true...

Review: Left For Red – Mercy Flight EP

As the Brummie metallers prepare for take off in 2015, we take a look at last year's Mercy Flight For a band that has just...

KODIAC JACK, Guerrilla Monsoon, HammerJack, Aramantus @Roadhouse, Birmingham 9/9/14

Kodiac Jack add their name to the growing list of great UK hard rockers with this showing Here so much these days, Aramantus are almost...

Maximum Volume News Gets A General Exclusive

Clutch approved Midlanders grant Maximum Volume a first  this weekend Coventry rockers General are playing Birmingham Scruffy Murphys in Friday 12th September - and have granted...

Review: The Hip Priests – Black Denim Blitz (2014)

  MVM's Resident punk expert Donnie gets on his black denim for the new one from East Midlands sleaze lords, The Hip Priests Four full-length albums in...

Airbourne Live In Portsmouth

In the first of her guest columns, blogger Skylla39 talls us about what it was like to see Airbourne the other week. Check out...

BARON GREENBACK, Lifer, Eyes Of The Raven, Shebrew @Flapper, Birmingham 6/9/14

A BRILLIANT EVENING OF STONER ROCK IN BIRMINGHAM "Born from when molten lava meets the cool air" is the opening phrase on their Facebook page,...

EP Review: Nexus One – Pure Hate

  MAXIMUM VOLUME Checks out Thrash's new breed. About five years ago there appeared to be a new Thrash revival.  Taking the spirit and intensity of...

UNEARTH, Shadows Fall, The Acacia Strain, War Of Ages, Pay No Respect, Skies In Motion @Hairy Dog, Derby 3/9/14

Shadows Fall play their penultimate ever show in the UK  Ok, The Hairy Dog. Sounds dodgy, right? But in fact it’s a decent, compact place...

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