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ORPHANED LAND Gig Review

ORPHANED LAND Gig Review Support: ARTWEG / ARKAN London / Borderline, Tuesday 22nd of November 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis The story of the Israeli Prog/Folk Metal outfit Orphaned Land is not that of an average band. Apart from … Continue reading

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Gig review: SAXON – London Koko, 20 December 2011

Saxon is one of those bands that I have seen more times than I can count, but I have never lacked the motivation to attend any of their shows. What was it that made their performance at the London Koko … Continue reading

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NAPALM DEATH Gig review

NAPALM DEATH Gig review Support: Flowers Of Flesh And Blood / The Atrocity Exhibit London Underworld – Friday 16th December 2011 By Yiannis (John) Stefanis Twenty one years ago, and still at a fairly impressionable age, the author of this … Continue reading

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Machine Head/ Bring Me The Horizon/ Devil Driver gig review

SECC, Glasgow  Machine Head must have more Air Miles than any other band on the planet. After their seemingly endless three year tour in support of ‘The Blackening’ album you could have forgiven the band if they had disappeared on … Continue reading

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OPETH Gig Review

OPETH Gig Review Support: PAIN OF SALVATION London / O2 Brixton Academy, Sunday 13th November 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Sweden is a country with a very rich musical heritage (no pun intended) so the fact that it is … Continue reading

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ICED EARTH Gig Review

ICED EARTH Gig Review Support: Fury UK London / O2 Islington Academy, Friday 4th November 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis My ‘relationship’ with the US Power/Thrash Metal quintet Iced Earth goes a long way back in time. It all … Continue reading

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AMON AMARTH Gig Review

AMON AMARTH Gig Review Support: Septicflesh & As I Lay Dying London / The Forum, Sunday 23rd October 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Earlier in the year Swedish Death Metal legends Amon Amarth visited the United Kingdom in support … Continue reading

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ANATHEMA Gig Review

ANATHEMA Gig Review Support: Nosound, Engineers & Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) Acoustic. London / The Union Chapel, Friday 30th September 2010 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis One of the negative things about the ever growing importance of technology in … Continue reading

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SEPULTURA Gig review

SEPULTURA Gig review Support Acts: NIGHTLORD London O2 Islington Academy, 30th June 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Twenty seven years ago In Belo Horizonte, capital city of Minas Gerais/Brazil, two young brothers decided to form a band by the … Continue reading

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RUSH Gig Review

Metal Church - The Present Wasteland

RUSH Gig Review Wednesday 25th May 2011 The O2 Arena – London By Yiannis (John) Stefanis The week between the 23rd and the 29th of May was pretty stressful for me, involving a bad cold, a fast –approaching essay deadline … Continue reading

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FIREWIND Gig review

FIREWIND Gig review Support Acts: BREED 77 / PRIMITAI London Relentless Garage, 7th January 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Playing the six string for a legend of Metal such as Ozzy Osbourne is a dream that every guitar player … Continue reading

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