Takedown Festival 2026 – The Review
Takedown Festival 2026. My first official festival of the year and one that will take some beating. Not just because of an incredible bunch of bands, but because of how well organised it was.
Live
Live Review: Kreator with Carcass, Exodus, and Nails at Brixton Academy, London (27/03/26)
It’s no surprise that the queue to get into Brixton Academy has gone completely around the building way before doors have opened, such is the strength of a bill that features hardcore metal band Nails, thrashers Exodus, death metallers Carcass, and thrash legends Kreator, who are headlining this shindig.
Live Review: Beyond Extinction with Mastiff and Tribe of Ghosts at The Black Heart, London (07/03/26)
A bill featuring Tribe of Ghosts, Mastiff, and Beyond Extinction, with the latter headlining and performing their debut full-length album, Where They Gather in full. Oh, yes please.
Live Review & Interview: Silverburn (Supporting Crowbar) at The Electric Ballroom, London (27/02/26)
A few hours before they took to the stage in London, I sat down with Silverburn’s Jimbob where we really went into detail about the Crowbar tour and all things Silverburn!
Live Review: Vexed with InRetrospect and Kila Kosa at The Black Heart, London (25/02/26)
Vexed are in town and in a celebratory mood. Their first London headliner… finally. Packing out the Black Heart on a Wednesday in Camden and all without having released new music since 2024.
Live Review: 15 Years of Sons of the North – Black Spiders at The Lexington, London (14/02/26)
We’re all just that little bit older, but it’s a night of turning back the clock and from the moment Black Spiders arrive on stage, everyone is having fun.
Live Review: DREAMCRUSH EU/UK Tour – MØL with Tayne and Cold Night for Alligators at The Underworld, London (12/02/26)
Alongside Tayne and Cold Night for Alligators, the Underworld played host to MØL when they stopped by in London, and what a night it was.
Live Review: The Witches & Kings Tour 2026 feat. Burning Witches and Hammer King at The Dome, London (23/01/2026)
Burning Witches arrive in the UK for the first of 3 dates here, with Hammer King, as part of their mammoth The Witches & Kings Tour 2026 European headline tour.