Monday, 29 October 2012

EUROBLAST TOUR: JEFF LOOMIS, Monuments,Vildhjarta, Stealing Axion @Academy 3 Birmingham 27/10/12

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A bit of an odd bill this. Jeff Loomis, the guitar genius behind the fantastic Nevermore and three bands from the “djent” side of things, ...
Friday, 26 October 2012

EVILE, Wolf @Academy 3 Birmingham 25/10/12

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Anyone who goes to a gig in Birmingham must be used to it by now. You know, that bit of the evening where the band says something like “It ...

LACUNA COIL @Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton 23/10/12

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n many ways RTM can thank Megadeth for the fact we are here tonight. The first time we came across Lacuna Coil was when co-vocalist Cristina...
Sunday, 21 October 2012

DOWN, Orange Goblin, Warbeast @Institute, Birmingham 20/10/12

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I t is difficult to quantify the influence that Philip H Anselmo has managed to exert on modern metal music. In the late 80s he joined a str...
Friday, 19 October 2012

JIM JONES REVUE, John J Presley @Academy2 Birmingham 19/0/12

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We confess to not knowing a great deal about John J Presley before this, but from the twenty minutes he and his two-piece band of a drummer ...

GALLOWS, Feed The Rhino, Brotherhood of the Lake @Academy 2, Birmingham 17/10/12

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RTM finds itself watching Plymouth’s Brotherhood of the Lake with its brother, who takes one look at them and says: “I don’t trust bands t...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012

TURBOWOLF, Black Moth, Cytota @Birmingham Institute Library, 14/10/12

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The last time RTM saw Cytota, buried deep on the Rise To Remain bill in the spring, we predicted big things for them. That remains the case...