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Bewitcher/Devastator/Fracture Point (24/5/25, The Black Heart, London, England, UK)

Since checking out the first three albums in their discography, I’d been eagerly, eagerly waiting for a chance to see Portland “black magick” speedsters Bewitcher on stage, and on Saturday night, it finally arrived, in all its full-throated, riff-coated glory, … Continue reading

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Lene Lovich (17/5/25, Downstairs at the Dome, London, England, UK)

Downstairs at the Dome was hit by a quirky new wave last Saturday thanks to Lene Lovich and her plucky band. They were heralded, once again, by Anglo–Argentinian electropoppers SHH and by an act hitherto unknown to me, percussion-heavy goth-hymnalists … Continue reading

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Go West (8/4/25, London Palladium, London, England, UK)

I almost bailed on seeing Go West at the London Palladium, two Thursdays ago, partly on account of one of the vocalists, Richard Drummie, having to sit out proceedings due to illnessAlmost. In the end, I’m glad I didn’t. Johnny … Continue reading

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Inhuman Nature (2/5/25, Downstairs at the Dome, London, England, UK)

May’s series of gigs kicked off last fortnight with some crossover-thrash brutality courtesy of London upstarts Inhuman Nature, who commenced their Greater Than Death tour with a hometown release show for their album of the same name. Having seen them … Continue reading

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Sidious and Vorga (23/4/25, The Black Heart, London, England, UK)

The first show in the Cosmic Insurrection tour on the month’s penultimate Wednesday was the perfect cap-off to my distinctly black-metal April of gigs. At least that’s what I’m typing in another universe, where things didn’t go arse over tit. … Continue reading

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Stahlsarg (18/4/25, Helgi’s, London, England, UK)

Good Friday: the perfect day to bear witness to the Suicide of God, not on the hills of Golgotha, mind you, but in the maw of Hackney, more specifically, Helgi’s, which paid host to black-metal triple bill headlined by military-history … Continue reading

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Behemoth (12/4/25, O2 Academy Brixton, London, England, UK)

Saturday the 12th of April not only marked the day the “Unholy Trinity” of Behemoth, Satyricon, and Rotting Christ, descended upon London’s Brixton Academy but also the first time I’d been to the venue since it reopened a year ago, … Continue reading

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Lordi (8/4/25, Islington Assembly Hall, London, England, UK)

Fun and frolics at the monster show last fortnight as Lordi swept through the capital once again, this time to promote their new album, Limited Deadition. They brought with them Italian industrial rockers  Sick ‘n’ Beautiful, who put on quite … Continue reading

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Taake (5/4/25, The Underworld, London, England, UK)

Another evening of black metal at the Underworld on Saturday, with yet another Norwegian act headlining the bill, this time, the controversial Taake, marking the 20th anniversary of their third album, Hordalands doedskvad (Death Poems of Hordaland), or Doedskvad for … Continue reading

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Subterranean Manifestation IV (29/3/25, Downstairs at the Dome, London, England, UK)

Saturday’s shenanigans were certainly memorable for multiple reasons. Where to start? I suppose the beginning’s as good a place as any. I was kinda worried when the opening time for the fourth Subterranean Manifestation arrived with no doors opening. Not … Continue reading

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