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Chaos Theory Festival 2025 – Day Two

23rd May 202523rd May 2025 Nessie Spencer Chaos Theory Festival, Codex Serafini, Five The Hierophant, Hundred Year Old Man, Morag Tong, Shooting Daggers, Svalbard, The Underworld, Underdark

The Second Day of Chaos Theory Festival: the 15th anniversary edition was packed with quality heavy bands in Camden, and

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Chaos Theory Festival 2025 – Day One

22nd May 202523rd May 2025 Nessie Spencer Aja Ireland, Chaos Theory Festival, CLT DRP, For Breakfast, Haress, Kate Smith, Lia Mice, Peach, Sans Froid, Signature Brew, Sly & The Family Drone, Thee Alcoholics, Ukaea

Back in February, I wrote a feature about the 15th anniversary of the Chaos Theory Festival, why you should grab

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Dead Space Chamber Music / Futures We Lost / Slow Knife @ Peer Hat, Manchester, 13th April 2025

8th May 20258th May 2025 Matthew Williams Dead Space Chamber Music, Futures We Lost, Manchester, Slow Knife, The Peer Hat

I once saw a quote that said, ‘music is kinetic, as it has motion and feelings that comes from the

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs & Irked @ New Century, Manchester, 11th April 2025

15th April 202515th April 2025 Matthew Williams Irked, Manchester, New Century Hall, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

A warm, barmy spring evening saw inevitable traffic jams around Manchester’s wondrous inner city road ring network, but as I

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Dopethrone / Wallowing / Barbarian Hermit @ Rebellion, Manchester, 21st March 2025

3rd April 20253rd April 2025 Matthew Williams Barbarian Hermit, Doom, Dopethrone, Manchester, Rebellion, Riffolution Promotions, Sludge, Wallowing

With the roads leading into Manchester city centre being a cruel mistress on an early Friday evening, I headed up

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Desert Storm / Urzah / Vulture God @ The Gryphon, Bristol, 8th February 2025

12th March 202514th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bristol, Desert Storm, The Gryphon, Urzah, Vulture God

Grassroots support is something I go on about a lot. It is key to the survival of our music by

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Green Lung / Unto Others / Satan’s Satyrs @ The Ritz, Manchester, 21st February 2025

5th March 20255th March 2025 Matthew Williams Green Lung, Manchester, Satan’s Satyrs, The Ritz, Unto Others

When this joint Heathen Neverland tour was announced last year, it was one of the most highly anticipated shows that

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Slomosa & Psychlona @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd February 2025

21st February 202521st February 2025 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Manchester, Psychlona, Rebellion, Slomosa, Stoner, Tapestry Promotions

With a queue of people outside the venue and snaking down into Manchester‘s Bugle Street, Rebellion and Tapestry Promotions, had

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Brant Bjork Trio / Earl Of Hell / Dunes / Reptilian Humanoid @ Rebellion, Manchester, 25th Jan 2025

14th February 202514th February 2025 Matthew Williams Brant Bjork Trio, Desert Rock, Dunes, Earl Of Hell, Manchester, Rebellion, Reptilian Humanoid, Riffolution Promotions

With an exciting bill of four bands for the first Riffolution Promotions gig of 2025, it was an early start

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Smote & Yaswadah @ The White Hotel, Salford, 24th January 2025

7th February 20257th February 2025 Matthew Williams Salford, Smote, The White Hotel, Yaswadah

As I head to The White Hotel in Salford, an old garage in a derelict part of the city, hidden

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Sergeant Thunderhoof & Duskwood @ The Tree House, Frome 20th November 2024

3rd February 20253rd February 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Duskwood, Frome, Sergeant Thunderhoof, The Tree House

As the weather in the UK took a turn for the colder, a Wednesday night in the market town of

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