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Midnight (1/8/25, New Cross Inn, London, England, UK)

When the merch table is conspicuously amiss at the New Cross Inn, you know it’s gonna be a mad one! Such was the sight that greeted me when I went to see Cleveland’s blackened-speed demons Midnight tear up the joint … Continue reading

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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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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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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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Carpathian Forest (20/3/25, The Underworld, London, England, UK)

Last Thursday night was a black-metal triple bill down at the Underworld, with Norwegian notables Carpathian Forest, last seen by me at last year’s Incineration Fest, returned to the Big Smoke for a fully fledged headline show, bringing along London-based … 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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Deathfiend and Vultur (22/2/25, Helgi’s, London, England, UK)

After the semi-disaster that was the previous night’s Manson gig, Saturday night’s visit to Helgi’s was just the redress I needed. Having missed them on their first visit to the capital in June due to gig clashes, I made a … Continue reading

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Dark Funeral (7/1/25, O2 Academy Islington, London, England, UK)

Last Tuesday night at the Islington Academy felt like stepping into a Black Mass on account of Swedish black-metal infernalists Dark Funeral occupying the joint as part of their winter Let the Devil In tour. They did a good job … Continue reading

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