Monthly Archives: October, 2014

THE MENTULLS, Tom Walker Trio @Roadhouse,Birmingham 23/10/14

More proof that the blues is getting younger as The Mentulls hit Birmingham "It's been a strange old few weeks," says Tom Walker. It...

BLACKBERRY SMOKE, Aaron Keylock @Institute, Birmingham, 22/10/14

Blackberry Smoke crown an incredible year with a Dixie Hoedown featuring added Redneck backbeat. You have to love the Blues. Perception wise, to paraphrase Billy...

REVIEW: Fury – The Lightning Dream (2014)

Metal obsessed UK quartet kick up a storm on debut full length release There have been libraries full of books dedicated to working out...

CHUCK PROPHET AND THE MISSION EXPRESS, Jonah Tolchin @Oobleck Birmingham 20/10/2014

Former Green On Red man plays Birmingham gig. While MVM Scribe aghast at unisex toilets My first visit to the Ooblick since its opening and...

Review: Jimmy Barnes – Hindsight (2014)

Aussie rock legend keeps his classics alive with collaborative new album When you think of Aussie rockers who have had an influence on generations of rock...

Destroyed Beyond Belief, Our World Below?, Slaughter Horse @Birmingham Academy 3 19/10/14

Three local bands set about destroying the world in Birmingham. And that's no horseplay The stellar cast of local metal that is forming the...

REVIEW: Gandalf’s Fist – A Forest Of Fey

Maximum Volume Music's resident proggist Andy finds plenty of reason to be excited as a walk in the forest results in something of a...

TOROUS, Signs Of Fire, Black Tongue Messiah @Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham 17/10/14

A trio of bands prove that underground metal is thriving in the X Factor age Black Tongue Messiah bring groove. And lots of it. Appreciably...

OPETH, Alcest @Institute Library, Birmingham 16/10/14

Are they prog? Are the metal? Are they One Direction fans? Opeth bring the surprises to Birmingham That there's sold-out signs up at The...

Featured Band: HellsBelles

Manchester metal band, formed from the ashes of Discharge, are our featured band this week Singer Paul Quigley formed the HellsBelles in 2004 from the...

BERNIE TORME, The Broken Chords, Redline @Zephyr Lounge, Leamington 15/10/14

The show that even Jasper Carrot couldn't spoil. You can't beat rock n roll. Ask Bernie Torme. Appropriately for the area that invented...

Review: Revolving Beast / Turbojugend Kokomo (Split)

An eight-track split from the two ends of the Self Destructo spectrum come together to create chaos.  Revolving Beast North Carolina has a proud heritage of...

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