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Neurosis add Leeds date to 2014 UK trip

Neurosis May 2014 UK

Oakland based genre creating earth shifters Neurosis have announced a date on 4th May in Leeds in addition to their appearance at the first edition of Temples Festival.  Now correct me if I am wrong here, but I think this might be their first date North of London since 1997 when they supported Entombed with Breach.  It's been a long time overdue!!  The date is at Leeds met university and tickets are available here with support to be announced soon. Keep an eye on the event page here and we'll update it as soon as the support is announced.

Just in case you've been stuck in a cave the last few months Neurosis...


 

By |2014-02-01T00:00:00+01:00February 1st, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Nails announce 2014 European tour and London date

Nails European Tour 2014

After crushing the UK in November 2013 with sell out dates Nails are heading back for a European tour in June 2014. The tour includes a single UK date in London at Birthdays on the 26th June 2014.  Todd Jones had this to say:

"NAILS will be returning to European soil June-July 2014 to celebrate the release of Abandon All Life with our Tyrants across the Atlantic. We'll be playing legendary metal festivals such as Tuska Metal Open Air, Graspop Metal Meeting, With Full Force Festival, and Roskilde in Denmark, as well as multiple headlining shows in Germany and one in Paris. Before arriving in Europe, we will be making a stop in London to play one exclusive show in the UK. Last November we played some of the best...

By |2014-01-27T00:00:00+01:00January 27th, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Blood Ceremony announce May 2014 dates with Spiders

Blood Ceremony UK tour 2014

Blood Ceremony have announced 4 UK dates in addition to their appearance at this years Temple Festival. Last year the Toronto fourtet released "The Eldritch Dark" on Rise Above (Europe)/Metal Blade (US) to rave reviews from webzines and print magazines, and made a fair few end of year lists.  They play on the first day of Temples Festival supporting Electric Wizard and the newly announced Brutal Truth, along with Jucifer, Moss, Witchsorrow, Anaal Nathrakh, Winterfylleth, Wodenthrone, Code, and Flayed Disciple.  Tickets are available here.  In addition to Temples Festival they will play 4 UK dates with support coming from Spiders (Sweden).  The dates are as follows...

By |2014-01-24T00:00:00+01:00January 24th, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Desertfest announces day splits for 2014 Camden Festival

Desertfest 2014 day splits

The organisers behind Desertfest have today announced the splits for each of the days (see poster).  If you didn't catch the news recently Kvelertak were announced as the second headliner, and as previously announced the reformed Spirit Caravan will be headlining the Friday.  The Sunday headliner will be announced shortly.  They join the likes of Elder, Blue Pills, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Dragged Into Sunlight, Kongh, Sourvein, Barracho and many more. Desertfest takes place between the 25th and...

By |2014-01-24T00:00:00+01:00January 24th, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Atlantean Kodex announce The Annihilation of Glasgow Nov 2014

Atlantean kodex the annihilation of glasgow

After releasing one of the best trad metal albums of 2013 (The White Goddess) Atlantean Kodex have announced they will be returning to the UK for The Annihilation of Glasgow on the 15th November 2014.  Not much more is known at present, ticket prices and support acts are to be confirmed but this was the announcement made earlier today:

"Then, close to the hour of midnight, all the iron gates of Glasgow burst open and emptied forth a frenzied throng that blackened the plain, so that all the visiting drinkers and revelers fled away in fright. For on the faces of this throng was writ a madness born...

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00+01:00January 20th, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Ghouls Night Out – An Occult night with Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell

Do as thou wilt london february 2014 ASCS

Looking for something just a little bit different? Well Ghoulsnightout.co.uk host a monthly horror themed evening at the Lexington in Pentonville Road just down from Angel station in London.  Each month the evenings combine a mix of comedy, film, music and and anything else that takes their interest.  This February 9th 2014 sees "Do As Thou Wilt" a special night of interest to rock fans as Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel are playing.  Not only that but there's an absolute pile of stuff going on during the evening which is hosted by metal comedian Andrew O'Neill.  Check the full details below from the press release:

Join occult comedian Andrew O'Neill as he hosts this night of spectral terror with...

By |2014-01-19T00:00:00+01:00January 19th, 2014|Featured Gigs|0 Comments

Indian – From All Purity review

Indian From All Purity review

The Blues.  When I think of the classic description of Blues Music, I think of 'My woman left me, my truck broke down, I gambled and drank my pay away and my dog went under a car'. Now add to that list of woes 'My skin got sand-blasted off, my eye-sockets got scoured out, my woman emasculated me and I was forced to eat my dog' and that just about sums up the stomach wrenching vibe I'm channeling from this opus. This is harsh, pounding...

By |2014-01-15T00:00:00+01:00January 15th, 2014|CD Reviews|0 Comments

Metalgigs is still going

Godsized Brighton Concorde 2

Just a very quick update for you all and a random photo of Godsized with an impressive beard.  This is just to let you know that gig listings are continuing to be updated, but news posts have stopped, i didn't want people to come on the site and think it's not being updated, it is on the listings page, just not on the news. I'd like to thank all the bands, promoters, and the public who are adding listings to help keep every one of our 10,000+ visitors a month in the know about the latest gigs.  

Due to ongoing personal family matters I will not be updating the news for the foreseeable future, but will continue with the listings side.  To all those that have offered to help during this period, the best thing you can do is add gigs if you see they are missing and keep the site listings fresh whilst I deal with the ongoing matters. Keep an eye and follow the facebook page as i will be using this for tour announcements and news updates from now on.  THANK YOU to all those that have reached out, your support is appreciated, Antony Roberts (Metalgigs owner).

 

By |2013-10-16T00:00:00+01:00October 16th, 2013|Site Updates|0 Comments

ALBUM REVIEW: Power Trip Manifest Decimation

Power Trip Manifest Decimation coverIf, after the intro of building feedback leading into a swinging butchers block of a riff, echo-drenched vocals and huge, cavernous drums you are not transported directly back to the (wholly imagined on my part) mean streets of 1988 New York teeming with the likes of Leeway, The Cro-Mags and Thrash Metal period Agnostic Front, then I don't know WHAT to think.

Throw in the relentless intensity of 'Beneath the Remains' Sepultura, the 'careering wildly out of control' feel of 'Eternal Nightmare' and the total headbang/neckbreak of 'Taking Over' and you've got yourself a hell of an album, what i think of as crossover much more than the party thrash of Municipal Waste or Toxic Holocaust...

By |2013-10-05T00:00:00+01:00October 5th, 2013|CD Reviews|0 Comments