No supports, no frills, no big production, just riffs, posing, pouting and a PA system louder than you can imagine. After a long hiatus Trivium are back on a press tour of the UK to promote their new album “In Waves”. And as the band say themselves this is their first show in a long [...]
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Sunn O))) + Om @ The Asylum, Birmingham – 10th December 2009
Despite the bill reading on paper like a misheard snippet of Black Country conversation, this colossal meeting of like-minded alchemists Sunn O))) and Om was quite possibly the hottest doom ticket in Birmingham for this year, and continues the time-honoured tradition of Capsule leading the way for top-drawer decibel abuse. The signs around the venue [...]
Efterklang + Nancy Elizabeth @ The Asylum, Hockley – 29th October 2009
Not knowingly on reviewing duties, and as is my wont, I turned up to the gig ten minutes before Efterklang were due on. As a result I can’t comment on how good support act Nancy Elizabeth was, although those who had seen her had good things to say – apparently you could hear a pin [...]
