Live Review : Cannibal Corpse + Municipal Waste + Immolation + Schizophrenia @ O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on September 27th 2024

Having an addiction to live music is not a cheap pursuit. Club gigs are now coming in at around twenty quid and to see a more “name act” in either an Academy, Apollo or various O2 establishments is probably going to set you back the best part of fifty notes. If you are parting with that much hard currency for a night out, you want dependability. You want to be reassured that you will have a good time and are getting adequate bang for your buck. Cannibal Corpse are nothing but dependable.

Live Review : Skunk Anansie + Gen and the Degenerates + Holocene @ O2 Warehouse, Manchester on April 8th 2022

Taxi traumas... 30 minutes late and with much swearing… it finally turns up and I arrive slightly disorientated and not in the best mood. I grab a drink and can hear Holocene, a singer-songwriter and guitarist aka Sian Kelly sounding great, but sadly she finishes as I am about to watch. Having caught up on YouTube I’m really disappointed to miss her as I’m sure she gave a brilliant performance; powerful vocals (think slightly Taylor Momsen-esque from The Pretty Reckless), melodic guitars, all a bit reminiscent of a chilled version of Garbage.

Live Review : Neck Deep + Wargasm @ The O2 Warehouse, Manchester on February 24th 2022

After the time to travel and to get my tickets sorted at the box office I unfortunately miss the opening two bands of the night but after a quick search of my bag and person, that’s a new one to me, I’m in the venue perfectly in time for Wargasm as they take to the stage with the opener ‘Rage All Over’. Unfortunately as there’s no pit pass tonight my camera bag has to remain the cloak room so I can’t even sneak few shots through the crowd.