Takedown Festival had to be cancelled last year and so I was very pleased to get the green light to attend this year’s festivities instead. Having been brought up in Fareham (a kind of no-mans-land between Pompey and Southampton), I went to some of my earliest gigs at Portsmouth Guildhall, Hawkwind being the very first. … Continue reading Festival Review: Takedown Festival 2025 (Day 1) – Portsmouth Guildhall (4th April 2025)
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Into the festive season, what's not to love about a chilly walk towards Digbeth in Birmingham straight into a heaving crowd of metalheads at the o2 Academy? Placed in the upstairs stage, about halfway through the "A Feast on Sorrow" tour of Urne which followed from the release of their sludge and sombre induced album … Continue reading Gig Review: Urne / Mountain Caller / Tribe Of Ghosts – O2 Institute, Birmingham (12th December 2023)
Shells had a chance for a chinwag with RJD stormers Urne! Header image by Katie Frost Urne: official | facebook | twitter | instagram | spotify | bandcamp | youtube https://youtu.be/ZJwj-FXqGIU
If 2021’s Serpent & Spirit rightly sent ripples through the post metal world, then the sophomore album from London trio Urne should shake the very foundations. It’s a deeply personal release, acutely focused on experiences that frontman Joe Nally has shouldered in recent times. There’s little to cheer here. A reflection on the march of … Continue reading Album Review: Urne – A Feast on Sorrow
Another in our huge pile of interviews from Bloodstock 2021! Urne from London had calmed down a little after their Sophie stage slot to share a few words... Urne: facebook | twitter | instagram | bandcamp | youtube https://youtu.be/sSka5joG9uU
And then there were three. Stages, that is. With yesterday's triumphant opening of the Sophie Stage, today's "bonus" day kicked as the Jager and New Blood boards were also trodden for the first time in two years. Thirty-two acts paraded their wares, and we managed to catch a glimpse of quite a few around doing … Continue reading Bloodstock 2021 – Thursday Review