12 January saw Steve Grimmett and Grim Reaper – guitarist Ian Nash, bassist Julian Hill and drummer Mark Pullin – in Portugal, headlining the Hard Metal Fest in Mangualde, where they appeared alongside, amongst others, Chris Holmes Mean Man, Northern Ireland-based thrash band Gama Bomb and French act Agressor. “It was fantastic,” says Steve. “They treated us very well, we got really well…
DESOLATION ANGELS recently did a whirlwind five-gigs-in-five-nights mini-tour of Europe. Road manager Paul Chatfield took a few notes and reported back the highlights. 3 Oct HAMBURG – Bambi Galore, Germany 4 Oct GELEEN – Café De Meister, Netherlands 5 Oct AALST – Negasonic Music Club, Belgium 6 Oct FISMES – British Steel Festival, France 7 Oct WESTERLO – Het Debuut, Belgium The tour…
Primitai, whose fifth album ‘The Calling’ was issued by Dissonance Productions in May, have had a busy few months supporting the release which guitarist Srdjan Bilić – Serj for short – reckons is, “with a bit of hindsight, our most accomplished and best produced album yet. We’re really happy with the reaction to it, especially the way it’s engaged people worldwide. We’ve had…
As is tradition for any Aggression tour, the band and crew spends the night before at my house drinking beer and Fireball whiskey. The fifteen-passenger van and uhaul trailer are parked and loaded in the driveway. It’s good to have everyone together the night before the trip to have a few drinks to get us all in the right mindset for what will…
AMULET – live in EuropeWith vocalist Jamie Elton leaving the UK and retiring from Amulet, the band set up a clutch of dates to wish him well which bassist Sam Mackertich chronicled for posterity.Hamburg, 14 June – Bambi GaloreOur brutal drummer Neil [Ganesha] and I flew to Eindhoven to collect our van and backline and then drove to Hamburg to meet the others.…