WARWICK/JOHNSON, Steve Mercy @Oobleck at The Custard Factory, Birmingham 13/11/15

A lesson in losing a little more slowly. The Black Star Riders duo unplug again. "Here's a happy little tune about killing your wife." Shouldn't...

EYES OF THE RAVEN, One For Sorrow, The Darkhorse, Shebrew, Tower Of Crows @The Flapper, Birmingham 12/9/15

Birmingham unleashes it's inner stoner The sweaty confines of The Flapper lend themselves to downtuned, meaty rock. Big riffs just sound great down here and...

IAN ANDERSON: Jethro Tull- The Rock Opera @Symphony Hall, Birmingham 11/9/15

Modern day Jethro brought to life in a night at the opera The very phrase probably would have sent MVM running for the hills a...

STEELWING, Noctum, Dakesis, Pelugion @Rainbow Basement, Birmingham 1/9/15

Metal? It's just fine, cheers MVM had Coventry's Pelugion marked out as ones to watch the other week when they opened for Witchsorrrow at...

RESIN, Sumer, Captain Horizon, Beckon Lane @Firebug Bar, Leicester 28/8/15

Resin launch their "Persecution Complex" EP and bring some of their mates along Beckon Lane haven't down the M1 to die wondering. The Nottingham four...

BRITISH LION, The Raven Age @Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 16/8/15

Steve Harris' "other" band hits the East Midlands and keeps it in the family Just in case the lavish backdrop with their name 10 feet...

DESERT STORM, Grifter, Mother Corona @The Iron Road, Evesham 15/8/15

As good a stoner rock trio as you'll find anywhere. Oh, and a man got naked. If, like MVM, you have only listened to Oxfordshire's...

The Tubes: @Bilston Robin 13/08/2015

Garry finds that thirty years is worth the wait I've been a fan of The Tubes for over thirty years now but it's taken until...

MORDRED, Seething Akira, @Asylum 2, Birmingham 5/8/15

The genre lines get blurred in the home of metal Portsmouth's Seething Akira have a challenge. They reckon they can drink more than Birmingham. To...

DEATH ANGEL, Our World Below? @Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 4/8/15

Californian thrash kings make a bid to get the big four increased by one. Even if Our World Below? Weren't rather good we'd like them....

TWO DAYS OF ROCK: DAY TWO – TEN FOOT WIZARD, Sky Valley Mistress, Superhooch, Master Charger, Line Of Fire, Malias, Abomination Federation, Hanzo @Arches,...

Day two sends eight more bands to Coventry Rugby trio Hanzo promise fuzzy Garage Rock with a surf rock type vibe. They aren't lying. Songs...

TWO DAYS OF ROCK – Day One: SIGNS OF FIRE, Morass Of Molasses, Ironrat, Eyes Of The Raven, Lawless Lands @The Arches, Coventry 1/8/15

Day one of a two day rock and metal fest as five superb bands get things going Local boys Lawless Lands know how to get...

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