2014

I think it's Jesse, one day I'll get the hang of this photo malarky. — I think it’s Jesse, one day I’ll get the hang of this photo malarky.

Package tours are becoming more and more common, but few this year are likely to elicit the response that the announcement of Trivium and Killswitch Engage taking to the road together did. These two metal titans have been on redemptive paths in the last few years. Killswitch reuniting with Jesse Leach and remembering how to kick ass (although I was actually a Howard fan) and Trivium slowly rebuilding their damaged reputation and fighting back up to the top of the metal ladder (which they should have been on top of a long time ago.)

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09/02/2014 0

Nails w/ Blind To Faith at Classic Grand 13/11/2013

Image courtesy of earsplitcompound.com. My phone died so I couldn’t get one.

Blind to Faith apparently don’t play live shows very often. So to have them on tonight’s bill alongside Nails, who are hitting up the UK for the first time in three years and admit it will probably be another three before they can make it back, just adds to the sense of occasion as the Classic Grand gears itself up for some very very angry men.

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14/11/2013 0

Letlive w/ Night Verses and The American Scene at King Tuts 12/10/2013

The American Scene seem a strange band to open proceedings to a packed King Tuts. Their rather dull indie doesn’t really get anywhere and never manages to grab the crowds attention. There is no doubting there will be gigs where The American Scene go down great but tonight is not that night and while they walk off the stage to polite applause it is nothing compared to what is to come.

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