Bristol – R o c k 'N' L o a d

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Samantha Fish // Felix Rabin // Live Review // Trinity Arts Centre // Bristol

Its 7 pm on a Saturday night and in the center of Bristol at The Trinity Arts Centre, there’s a huge queue outlining the building in a completely rammed car park. Tonight’s attraction is American si...

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Palaye Royale // Charming Liars // Counterfeit // Live Review // SWX // Bristol

On a regular Monday night in Bristol, you’d think it would be pretty quiet. It’s the start of the week and everyone has that Monday feeling going back to work as the cogs of reality start to turn. But in th...

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Steel Panther // Wayward Sons // Live Review // O2. Academy // Bristol

WAYWARD SONS Wayward Son’s Toby Jepson announces at the beginning of the set, that tonight, he’s playing his home-town, so there’s much raucous applaud from the audience from the start. The band dives str...

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Oli Brown // Steve Mercy // Live Review // The Thunderbolt // Bristol

Steve Mercy A gusty wet Friday night in Bristol saw the welcome return of hot blues guitarist Oli Brown and his band during the latter end of his latest UK Tour. The Thunderbolt on the outskirts o...

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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 ...

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