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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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Overthrow (24/3/25, The Black Heart, London, England, UK)

Monday night saw the Unholy Kingdom of Redemption tour hit the Black Heart in London, which was perfect for me given that it was a night off, I rather like the headliners, Overthrow, and the gig only cost nine quid; … 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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Kim Wilde (19/3/25, indigo at the O2, London, England, UK)

I’d been looking forward to Wednesday night’s Kim Wilde gig for quite some time, and in the end, it certainly lived up to the anticipation. Before that, though, fellow ’80s luminaries Cutting Crew took to the stage for a short … Continue reading

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Descendents and Circle Jerks (15/3/25, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK)

Saturday night at Shepherd’s Bush gave London a triple-bill of old-school American punk rock to throw down to, with Detroit, Michigan, punkers Negative Approach serving as support for double-headling So-Cal stalwarts the Circle Jerks and the Descendents. The former were … 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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Uriah Heep (26/2/25, London Palladium, London, England, UK)

Impressed as I was with their support slot when I saw Priest last year, and considering that this was being touted as their touring swansong, I decided to give Uriah Heep’s Magician’s Farewell tour a gander last Wednesday. Support came … Continue reading

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Pantera (25/2/25, OVO Arena Wembley, London, England, UK)

Much has been made of the re-emergence of seminal ’90s-dominating groove metal juggernaut Pantera. Many have called it a soulless, tasteless cash grab that tarnishes the memory of its late founders, the Abbot brothers, that is, original sticksman Vinnie Paul … 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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