Hi all, regarding my rather inflammatory comments about one particular member the other day I would like to clarify that I was not being serious and it was an attempt at satire (although a rather poor one I suppose) based on a few rather unpleasant posts I can recall over the last couple of years fr...

Just a joke buddy. I'm happy to remove the offending post to keep the peace.

May be all a moot point anyway as I don't know if the other members of Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards will want anything to do with him after this Stu Block seems to be ambivalent at best but I saw a screenshot of some comments from him on Facebook which were more supportive of Jon. Century Me...

Iced Earth are one of my favourite bands. I've been fan since I was 15 and I remember when I first bought one of their albums - 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. I've generally always been aware of Jon's weird political views but I haven't been too bothered by them as I tend not to pay much attenti...

Brothers of Metal - Emblas Saga
Testament - Titans of Creation
Ensiferum - Thalassic
Onslaught - Generation Antichrist
Heathen - Empire of the Blind
Mors Principium Est - Seven
Countless Skies - Glow
Dark Tranquility - Moment
Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow
Seven Spires - Emerald Seas

The albums that have confirmed release dates I am most looking forward to are Epica, Evergrey and Anneke van Giersbergen all on 26th February. I will also be checking out the upcoming albums by Orden Ogan, Blaze Bayley and Thunder plus whatever else I see that takes my interest. Other bands who shou...

Just found out that Anthrax are headlining the Saturday of Steelhouse Festival which is on top of a hill in South Wales. It would be nice if they did a couple of their own shows around then as the rest of the line-up isn't really for me. This probably won't go ahead though. https://cdn2.gigantic.com...

I came here to post this. Delighted to see a proper run of shows! The London show is on a Saturday so it's definitely a possibility wherever I'm living, and the venue is not in some annoying location like Brixton or Tufnell Park. I'm thinking about getting tickets for the London and Birmingham shows...

Drachenfells1 wrote:Vaccine should be fully administered by March,

I heard on the radio this morning that it's expected to take one year to vaccinate the entire population.

Postponed until 2022. Apocalyptica and Wheel still supporting.

8/3 Nottingham
9/3 Glasgow
10/3 Manchester
12/3 Bristol
13/3 London

The London show is on a Sunday. Fuck knows where I'll be living and working in March 2022!

Matt Hancock should prioritize anyone who wants to go to Metal gigs for the vaccine.

What is the roundhouse like as a venue , apart from been round , any seating areas ? As standing for 3 or 4 hours is a no no . Yes, there is a balcony seating area around the back of the venue. It's a decent venue for medium-sized gigs. The queue at the door is painfully slow though, as are the que...

How Gandalf the Redcap reacted.

bloodofthekings wrote:the next day being a bank holiday means I won't have to book a day off work, train travel on a bank holiday is never fun.

Ah, I forgot that the first Monday of May is a Bank Holiday! Thanks for reminding me, I'll stick with the Wembley show now and stay in bed until mid-afternoon on Monday.

Wasn't there a Cardiff show originally? This is slightly awkward for me as I don't like coming home from London on a Sunday night and I really don't like the journey back from Wembley. I'll see if I can offload my ticket and go to the Birmingham show instead. I wouldn't be surprised if this gets pos...