Download Festival 2008 review
(alan@rockmatrix.co.uk)
Yet another year and another Download Festival. As usual with this festival a contriversial and varied line-up was the order of the day.rnrnFriday:rnrnThe opening day kicked off on the main stage with US band Black Tide (6.5/10) where each member is around 17 years old! Their take on 80s thrash was a nice way of opening the festival and covers of tracks...
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Festival review: Hellfire II @ NEC - 7-8/11/09
(alan@rockmatrix.co.uk)
Earlier in the year the Islington Academy in London was fortunate enough to host the first Hellfire festival, which included some fine headlining performances from the likes of Overkill, Firewind and Breed 77, as well as a collection of top British talent. Ten months later Birmingham got to witness the four staged indoor weekend of music at the vastly...
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Festival review - Download - 11-13/06/10
(alan@rockmatrix.co.uk)
In its short life the Download festival has become famous for the odd turkey headliner (My Chemical Romance, Feeder… you get the idea) but there were no such problems this year. In fact the festival boasted some of the biggest bands in the world in the form of AC/DC, Aerosmith and Rage Against The Machine.rnrnFRIDAY:rnrnWhile UNEARTH (7/10) and TRIGGER...
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Gig review: Saxon + Hammerfall @ Koko, Camden - 20/12/11
(alan@rockmatrix.co.uk)
You could never accuse Saxon of never playing their hits. When you go to a Saxon gig you know that most of the crowd pleasers will be included and everyone in the building will have face-wide smiles come kicking out time. But where some bands tour the world playing only their well known tracks and maybe the odd newbie Saxon demand their fans to hear the...
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