Bristol – R o c k 'N' L o a d

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Sumo Cyco // As Sirens Fall // Suburban // Live Review // The Exchange // Bristol

SUBURBAN There’s a somewhat James-McAvoy-in-Split essence to singer Rap Harvey Dent as he creeps on stage and crouches to survey his current captives. Behind him sits session drummer Jake Fogarty. The set...

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Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown // w Airbourne // Live Review // O2 Academy // Bristol

With an already packed out O2 Academy in front of them, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown took to the stage under crimson light and started out with the fast-paced 'Drive Me Mad', taken from this year's latest...

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Lacuna Coil // Eluveitie // Infected Rain // Live Review // SWX // Bristol

Infected Rain Infected Rain is a Moldovan nu-metal/nu metalcore band, formed in 2008 in Chișinău they are here making their debut tour in the UK. It’s a packed sell-out night at a very busy SWX on ...

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Periphery // Plini // Astronoid // Live Review // O2 Academy // Bristol

ASTRONOID With a 30-minute set time, these guys land on stage with a boom. A genre described as Dream Thrash, there are many layers of sound to this music. It's hypnotizing; relaxing; meditative even but w...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION // OSIAH // EMBODIMENT // SODOMIZED CADAVER // LIVE REVIEW // THE FLEECE // BRISTOL

Darkness looms and not only because of the end of British Summertime. An impressive snake of bodies wind around the corner of St Thomas Street, Bristol, all patiently waiting for those heavy doors to open an...

Killswitch Engage // Revocation // Tenside // Live Review // O2 Academy // Bristol

Tenside. You would normally expect a Tuesday night at any gig venue to be half-filled, even large city venues. However, the o2 Academy in Bristol is opening its doors to a sell-out crowd. Opening band, Tens...

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Black Star Riders // Wayward Sons // Stone Broken // Live Review // O2 Academy // Bristol

WAYWARD SONS There is a blast of Circus style music. Whirling white lights illuminate a marvellously red and yellow spiralled drum kit giving an extra big top feel, as the band take to stage. Though their ...

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RavenEye // Caged Animals Tour // Live Review // Mother’s Ruin // Bristol

Billed as the small and dirty pre-album UK tour for RavenEye’s forthcoming album Caged Animals, tonight sees the trio grace the walls of a backstreet pub in Bristol for the first of a 6 gig stretch. If they ...

ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL HEADLINERS COHEED AND CAMBRIA/ MESHUGGAH & BATTLES

ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL HEADLINERS COHEED AND CAMBRIA/ MESHUGGAH & BATTLES 15TH /16TH / 17TH AUGUST 2019, BRISTOL WINNER OF BEST SMALL FESTIVAL AT THE UK FESTIVAL AWARDS B...

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Light The Torch – Democratus – RXPTRS – Live Review – Thekla – Bristol

DEMOCRATUS There are sirens coupled with a solemn drum beat and a speech about the general state of the government can be heard over the speakers. 5 band members arrive on stage and the music begi...

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Monster Truck – Royal Tusk – Live Review – O2 Academy – Bristol

ROYAL TUSK A yellow flag with the words Royal Tusk is displayed as a backdrop to the as the 4 players take their positions – all at front of stage, in line - accompanied by the theme from A Clockwo...

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Larkin Poe – Foreign Affairs – Live Review – The Fleece – Bristol

On a dismal night in the centre of Bristol, a long queue had formed on the cobbles outside of The Fleece mixed with young and older folk. With no tour bus in site, anyone wandering past would quest...

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