Category: Live Reviews

by Darren McIntyre album,Nottingham’s rising heavy outfit Phoenix Lake have been steadily carving a name for themselves on the UK metal circuit since forming in 2018. Blending heavy metal, hard rock and metalcore with melodic flair, the band have built momentum through relentless touring and a growing catalogue that includes an EP, [more…]

There’s a growing buzz surrounding The Zac Schulze Gang, and after witnessing their explosive performance at The Queen’s Hall, it’s easy to understand why. The blues-rock trio from Gillingham in Southeast England has spent the last few years building a reputation as one of the UK’s hardest-working live acts. Formed in 2020, [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Barry Douglas Chesney Hawkes is a singer / songwriter / occasional actor who started his career aged 19 in the film Buddy’s Song and featured his best known single The One & Only. Chesney was born into a musical family, his father Chip Hawkes of Tremeloes [more…]

Where – MacArts, Galashiels When: 7th March 2026 Support – Jake Martin Review and photographs by Linda McDermott If you’ve not been to a gig at MacArts in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, you’re missing out. Originally a church, the venue has been transformed into one of the area’s standout live music [more…]

Review by Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson Few modern blues-rock artists command a stage quite like Samantha Fish does. The Kansas City guitarist, singer and songwriter has built a formidable reputation over the past decade and a half, blending gritty blues traditions with fiery rock energy and fearless musicianship. With fourteen [more…]

Review by Darren McIntyre. Images by Scott Anderson. When it comes to modern metal flying the flag for Scotland on the global stage, few bands have made the impact of Bleed From Within. The Glasgow metal heavyweights have spent nearly two decades refining a ferocious blend of metalcore, groove metal and melodic [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson I quote the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait – The Man simply loved his hats! Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm aka Michael Monroe is a singer / songwriter / musician from Helsinki, Finland who is best known as frontman for Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks brought [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson I must confess to being a Buckcherry virgin so don’t judge! Buckcherry are a hard rock band from Anaheim, California who originally formed in 1995, they released two albums Buckcherry in 1999 & Time Bomb before dissolving in 2002. 2006 sees the reformation of [more…]

Review And Images By Ali Burman On a chilly Saturday night in West London, the grand surroundings of O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire were filled with the warm glow of blues-rock as powerhouse guitarist and singer Samantha Fish brought her electrifying live show to the capital. With rising UK trio The Zac Schulze [more…]

Where – The Corporation, Sheffield When: 27th/28th February 2026 Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott Day Two – Saturday 28th February 2026 Day two of the Call of the Wild Trailblazer Finals at The Corporation in Sheffield begins early with a VIP party before another ten bands battle it out for a [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Images by Scott Anderson Rubicon are a 5-piece rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut from Boston, Massachusetts, who delivered 4 albums between 2004 and 2019. The boys have had the pleasure of touring and opening for the likes of Disturbed, Black Label Society, DamagePlan, Sevendust, Shinedown & Nonpoint; they have [more…]

Where – The Corporation, Sheffield When: 27th/28th February 2026 Review by Linda McDermott Photographs by Linda McDermott and Matthew Pitfield Day One – Friday 27th Call of the Wild has become a firm favourite on the rock calendar, known for giving grassroots bands a proper platform while still bringing in heavyweight names [more…]