In The Pit · 30/05/2025
Before the riffs came the chaos: airport meltdowns, British road rage, and Scarborough’s cobbled death traps. Fortress Festival 2025 starts here—with caffeine, cameras, and questionable wardrobe choices.
In The Pit · 21/07/2024
Tankard, Sodom, Destruction & Kreator delivered the riffs. Germany delivered the sunstroke. Here’s what survived the chaos.
In The Pit · 06/08/2023
Didn’t go to Wacken 2023. Mentally still there, though. With my wellies. Crying into Magenta TV.
Genre Tourism · 23/11/2022
A reluctant deep dive into Deicide’s In the Minds of Evil. Blasphemous, brutal, and surprisingly fun—for a band that’s had actual bomb threats.
Genre Tourism · 13/11/2022
A review of Defleshed’s comeback album Grind Over Matter. Fast, tight, aggressive—and not remotely interested in melody or mercy.
Genre Tourism · 10/11/2022
Danish death metal band Baest put me through a sonic meat grinder—and somehow I liked it. A reluctant review of Necro Sapiens from a genre tourist.
Genre Tourism · 30/10/2022
One woman’s unfortunate dive into metalcore, featuring screamed trauma, clean choruses, and a deep, unexpected longing for glam metal.
Genre Tourism · 22/07/2022
Was Seven Churches the first death metal album? No clue. But it was raw, wild, and cracked something open. That’s what matters. Becerra didn’t need the crown anyway.