The night kicked off with The Treatment. Having last seen the band at their secret show in Milton Keynes which featured their new lineup although the new members hadn’t been announced at that stage. I’d been impressed then so was looking forward to seeing how singer Mitchell Emms and Tao …
Read More »W.A.S.P, Manchester Ritz 14th September 2015
The Treatment is support on the current WASP tour, and this was my first time of catching them live since Mitchel Emms and Tao Grey joined. They are as energetic as ever and have a great good time feel about them, however not one track stood out for me, they …
Read More »W.A.S.P. Sign to Napalm Records; New Album Set For Release This August
Almost six years have passed since the world saw a new studio album from Metal Icons W.A.S.P. That is about to change as W.A.S.P. has signed a new worldwide record deal with Austria’s Napalm Records. W.A.S.P. will release their 15th studio album titled Golgotha this August. “W.A.S.P. are excited to …
Read More »The Defiled + Glamour Of The Kill – Mandela Hall, Belfast – Friday September 13, 2013
All ages gigs, when you get to a certain ‘vintage’, can be weird affairs at best and uncomfortable ones at worst. It’s OK if you’ve got your own sprog to keep an eye on, but when you’re there on your ownsome merely to observe the proceedings on stage, it can …
Read More »Maverick – Limelight 2, Belfast – Saturday August 17th 2013
There’s a saying about a week being a long time in politics, but in the music business a year can be very short – and that can certainly be said of Belfast upstarts Maverick, for whom this return to the legendary Limelight for their second headline slot in as many …
Read More »Graspop update: Overkill and WASP out – Iced Earth and Steak Number Eight in
Much to our regret both W.A.S.P. and Overkill have been forced to cancel their Graspop show for Saturday 29 June. W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has suffered a broken leg in a car crash. As a result, W.A.S.P. have been forced to cancel their 2013 European summer festival dates, including their …
Read More »W.A.S.P. and Overkill forced to cancel GMM 2013 appearances
This morning the Graspop Metal Meeting issued the following statement “Much to our regret both W.A.S.P. and Overkill have been forced to cancel their Graspop show for Saturday 29 June. W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has suffered a broken leg in a car crash. As a result, W.A.S.P. have been forced …
Read More »Helldorados – ‘Helldorados’
Germany has an undisputed reputation for producing damn fine rock and metal – from the progressive widdlings of Eloy through the fierce traditionalism of the likes of Accept, Helloween and The Scorpions, the industrial might of Rammstein to some of the most brutal thrash ever produced, in the shape of …
Read More »Power Theory – An Axe to Grind (cd)
Power Theory was envisioned and created in 2007 by Bob “BB” Ballinger with the intention to form a True Metal band with a mix of the nwobhm, 80’s German Power Metal, and a little Bay Area Thrash thrown in to shake it up. Power Theory became a tight metal …
Read More »Sacred Heart – The Vision (C.D)
The 80s rock and new wave of British Heavy Metal explosion created a lot of successful bands on both sides of the pond be it Iron Maiden, Angelwitch, Def Leppard, Diamond Head etc in the UK or Bon Jovi, Great White, WASP, Skid Row etc in the US. It …
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