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Words: Antony Roberts

Photos: Antony Roberts (Monarch/Pagan Altar), Neil Shaw (Sea Bastard)

It was Halloween and this always means there is a slew of Metal gigs around the UK.

Brighton had a night of doom in the form of Pagan Altar and Sea Bastard with a free after show featuring France's Monarch.

We headed over to the Green Door Store, a fairly recently opened venue conveniently situated directly underneath Brighton train Station.  Much like Camden's Unicorn this venue

Day 2 of Live Evil was a mix of running between Live Evil itself, and Doom Over London II at the Purple Turtle, missing more bands than we wanted to, trying to cover both festivals, and bumping into friends.  Rather than try and put together an unfair review on bands we didn't fully see, here's a selection of photo's taken.  Every band we did get to witness at both festivals were amazing.

Photos by Antony Roberts.

Words: Gary Lukes

Photos: Antony Roberts

Yob/Dark Castle/Kongh/Dead Existence

London Purple Turtle - Monday, 10th October 2011

Despite establishing themselves as scene stalwarts of late, this was actually the first time I’d been exposed to Dead Existence in a live setting.  Opening with an elongated, spacious instrumental section, the band gradually build the tension; slowly turning the screw before hammering it into more familiar territory and nose-diving deep into raging sludge.

Live Evil Festival 2011 Day 1 review

Words: Antony Roberts
Photos: Antony Roberts

SETLISTS are taken from setlist photos and may not be 100% accurate due to changes

We headed to the second annual Live Evil Festival this weekend at the Camden Underworld.  For those who've been living under a rock this festival started last year under the idea of selecting the line up using the Darkthrone Band Of The Week blog handpicked by the legend that is Fenriz.

Described by the organisers Mark Lewis from Mythology Agency and Marek Steven (aka Skill Wizard) as "presenting underground Black metal, Thrash, Speed, Death, Heavy Metal, Metal Punk and Doom bands from around the world" it sounds like every real metal heads wet dream.  Having missed it last year due to