Category Archives: The UK

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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Black Occult Fest 2025 (2/3/25 New Cross Inn, London, England, UK)

Sunday’s outing was something rather special: an indoor festival down sarf London way featuring bands of varying but adjacent genres, namely noise, power electronics, neofolk, and my main draw, black metal. In short, a combo of familiar  sounds (and faces) … Continue reading

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Cyndi Lauper (11/2/25, O2 Arena, London, England, UK)

Cyndi Lauper’s return to London last Tuesday was quite a bit different from her previous stop-off in the Big Smoke. Whilst her Royal Albert Hall show back in June was much more celebratory (with Cyndi memorably kicking off proceedings with … Continue reading

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Slipknot (21/12/24, The O2 Arena, London, England, UK)

Last Saturday night saw a year’s worth of anticipation erupt in an hour and a half of moshpit finest as Iowa’s nine-headed masked monster, Slipknot, graced the capital in the second of two O2 shows concluding the UK leg of … Continue reading

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The Chameleons (7/12/24, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK)

A post-punk triple bill last Saturday night, with me revisiting a couple of familiar acts plus one never seen live before. First came a familiar band, Statesiders Vision Video, with a new keyboardist (complete with fishnets and teddy bear mascots) … Continue reading

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Been Awhile, Ain’t It?

Feels like an aeon since I last wrote anything substantial here (i.e., other than a post of this vein), during which time, I’ve been occupying my time with the rigours of work, assisting in the proofreading and/or copyediting  of some … Continue reading

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Halal & Hypocrisy XV: Choads Out For Choudary!

“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to … Continue reading

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Secularising Sharia: An Open Letter to Sadiq Khan

You first came to my attention in the run up to the election that put you in office, when you were pitted against your fellow vote whore Zac Goldsmith in a neck-and-neck PR rivalry. Being a bloke with a sliver … Continue reading

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The Cumberbatch “Coloured” Conundrum

Oh, how the mighty fall! Turns out that after years of being lauded as both an actor by the press and a heartthrob by his adoring fangirls, Benedict Cumberbatch finally let slip his fine-shined shoes, revealing the pus-packed warts of … Continue reading

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