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Nemesis – The Fermain Tavern – 28/04/07

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Danny and Brin of NemesisAfter it came up and caused some conversation in a flashback post on Instagram recently, and I noticed the original version of this review had dropped off the BBC website where it was originally posted, I thought I’d revisit this show from April 2007 when...
May 6, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Amongst the subjects of discussion beloved of heavy metal fans; from the relative merits and nuances of the sub genres of black metal to which band has the best cash in branded beer and how much of it can you drink in one sitting, one subject always gets things...
February 20, 2020 by Tom Girard
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The Head Of Helier – Self-titled EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The Channel Islands has long fostered a music scene featuring some of the heaviest sounds going from Guernsey’s Earthcorpse to Jersey’s Masticated and Demise Of Sanity you’re likely never far away from someone with an interest in the darker side of music. With that though the notion of one...
January 12, 2020 by Tom Girard
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Brunt – Ataraxy

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard By their own admission, and fitting of much of their music, instrumental psychedelic doom three-piece Brunt aren’t a band to rush things, being (in a positive way) something of the musical version of JRR Tolkien’s Ents. Now, three years on from the release of three track EP Blackbeard comes...
November 26, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Byzanthian Neckbeard – Minaton

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After a five year break from recordings Byzanthian Neckbeard have released two in as many months first the Extinction EP and now the full length album, Minaton. Continuing some of the themes of their From The Clutches Of Oblivion debut they start the album with a great wrong footing...
November 12, 2019 by Tom Girard
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The Darkness – Easter In Cancelled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A couple of years ago Lowestoft’s finest rock band, The Darkness, released a record that felt something like a return to form with Pinewood Smile followed by a live album that seemed to capture the band in fully rejuvenated spirit live as well — so, when I heard about...
October 18, 2019 by Tom Girard
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WaterColour Matchbox – Pathways

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Back in 2017, when they released their debut album Fragments, Artefacts & Ruins, WaterColour Matchbox was little more than a two piece studio project for Peter Mitchell and Mikey Ferbrache just beginning to look into expanding to live performances. Now, as they release their second full length record, Pathways,...
September 27, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Byzanthian Neckbeard – Extinction EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Five years ago Byzanthian Neckbeard dropped their debut album, From The Clutches Of Oblivion, the waves of which carried them as far as the Blookdstock metal festival in Derbyshire and The Underworld in Camden. Since then, despite the loss of one guitarist, the trio have continued to cement their...
September 23, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Ghost – Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard As seems to have become their modus operandi after releasing new album Prequelle last year Swedish goth-black-pop-rockers Ghost are back with a new EP, Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic. It is, according to their own increasingly convoluted, self-created back story, a throw back to the ‘original incarnation’ of the...
September 19, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Andrew O’Neill’s History Of Heavy Metal

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard After reading A History Of Heavy Metal by comedian and musician Andrew O’Neill a couple of months ago I was lucky enough to pick up the DVD of the live show he put together to accompany it after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Recorded at Camden’s famed Underworld venue, it...
September 16, 2019 by Tom Girard
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3Teeth – Metawar

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard I first discovered 3Teeth when I saw them supporting Ministry in London on 6th July 2019, the day after the release of their third album, Metawar. After Hyperstition, an intro that drops us very much into the present, Affluenza kicks off a maelstrom of industrial metal that paints a...
September 4, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Black Sabbath – The End (Blu-ray)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A little over two years ago, as I write this, the band that really defined what became heavy metal called it a day after a farewell world tour that wound up in their home city of Birmingham England. Dubbed The End this final Black Sabbath concert was captured on...
August 27, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Havoc Events presents Byzanthian Neckbeard, Granite Wolf, Burning At Both Ends and From Darkness – The Fermain Tavern – 09/08/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Byzanthian NeckbeardNine months ago Havoc Events returned from a decade long break with a night of heavy metal at The Fermain Tavern. Now, after a few other shows, they are back with another night of the heavy stuff featuring Byzanthian Neckbeard, Granite Wolf, Burning At Both Ends and From...
August 11, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Rammstein – Untitled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard It seems May 2019 is the month for big comebacks. So far The Wildhearts have broken a ten year silence for new material to give us the rather excellent Renaissance Men and still to come The Stray Cats are back to mark their 40th anniversary, now we can add...
May 24, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Rock of Ages 2 – Princess Royal Centre For The Performing Arts – 02/01/09

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Brutus Stonefist – TallpicturesAnother look back to early 2009 and the second Rock Of Ages event that definitely took a turn for the heavier with a selection of some of Guernsey’s top young metal bands of the time in Brutus Stonefist, Elmer Henley and Murder For 10, along with...
May 6, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Black March featuring From Darkness, Ironfoot, Of Abscess And Amputation and Gentle Suburban Boys – The Fermain Tavern – 09/03/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard From DarknessLate last year Havoc Events staged a metal night at The Fermain Tavern and it obviously inspired others as, with a very similar line up, Black March was announced once again highlighting the heavier side of Guernsey music scene that is, arguably, less seen today than it was...
March 13, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Granite Wolf and Gentle Suburban Boys – The Vault – 01/02/19

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Gentle Suburban BoysAfter a quiet first month of the year for music in Guernsey February started with a bang as a pair of the island’s heavier bands newcomers Gentle Suburban Boys and comparative veterans Granite Wolf, did their best to tear the roof off The Vault on Friday 1st....
February 4, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Blacksmith – Chapter One EP

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Power metal, in its myriad variations, is and I think always will be a strange beast, and it’s into this world that Guernsey trio Blacksmith (Adam Powell – Guitar and vocals, Iain Baxter – bass and vocals, Josh Davies – drums) have leaped feet first with their debut release,...
January 8, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Havoc Events Metal Night – The Fermain Tavern – 17/11/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Gentle Suburban BoysA decade ago Guernsey’s metal scene was a place packed with heavy metal bands, with the likes of Iron Cobra, Astral Casket, Ferox and more regularly gracing stages. Staging shows for theses bands, amongst others, were Havoc Events, made up of Martyn Brown (now seen non guitar...
November 20, 2018 by Tom Girard
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Stormbringer and Granite Wolf – The Vault – 24/02/18

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Granite WolfIt may have been threatening ice and snow outside on Saturday 24th February 2018, but, with around 100 crammed into the ‘cosy’ surroundings of The Vault in St Peter Port and geared up for some heavy metal, that was very easily forgotten. Granite Wolf got things going in...
March 1, 2018 by Tom Girard