Last week's riffs, week 17 2026

Sometimes, a sensory overwhelming wall of sound is the only way to deal with stress

Off to Cryptopsy and Celestial Sanctuary in August 😎

The last book I read - Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison I have a lot of time for Harrison, she uses the setting of a woman returning to her estranged, religous cult family to explore the tension between the desire to be loved and the need for freedom, and weaves it into the narrative really well

Worm, Lik, Hundred Year Old Man and Final Dose added to Damnation 2026 15 more bands still to come Tickets available at £20 installments plan until the end of April www.damnationfestival.co.uk/tickets #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

Last week's riffs, week 16 2026

The last book I read - The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell An enjoyable Victorian gothic horror, though not as good as the booktok hype suggested. When the atmosphere is right, it's spot on, but I think the multiple timelines detract from the pacing and in my opinion the ending lets it down

Last week's riffs, week 15 2026

Only one listen so far, and never been into Immolation up to now, but I can't picture a more perfect contemporary death metal album

Playing a gig tonight, can't wait - it's been far too long

The American Gladiators all sound like they work at Vought

The Pitt S1 E8 Fuck

Last week's riffs, week 14 2026

Doing the death metal Easter special 🐣

Taking a moment to eat a pork pie in a supermarket car park and listen to some death metal before heading back to the over-stimulated children this Easter weekend

God damn, I love the Daoboys

Oh yeah, this is great

Cult Of Luna and Satyricon to headline Damnation 2026 with Crowbar, Igorrr, Carcass and Tryptykon also announced to perform This should sell out www.damnationfestival.co.uk/tickets #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

even already it's totally worth the money for me. can't believe it's getting EVEN BETTER

Six major bands being announced today, midday UK time for Damnation 2026 #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

5 shows to know me Andor Chernobyl Watchmen Hannibal Frasier

This is in about an hour and a half, get involved in the Damnation Festival Forum on Facebook #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

The last book I read - The Roots Of My Fears, an anthology edited by Gemma Amor As with most anthologies, some of the stories hit harder than others, I actually thought the ones that leaned less into the brief of ancestral horror tended to work better Overall worth reading but not all zingers

On Tuesday 31st March at 19:30 UK time, I'll be hosting a listening party of the latest Unverkalt record Héréditaire, including a Q&A with the vocalist and guitarist The links will be up on the Damnation Festival Forum on Facebook, join the chat there #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

Last week's riffs, week 13 2026

Got to say, I love this Stingray/Ampeg combination, works really well

Sun's out

Got to be cosy for Sunday morning covers band practice

Really digging this post-metal/black-metal record

Got my ticket now, so finally going to be seeing the Dillinger reunion in June

@oldenoughtosay.com hi, we're viewing a grade 2 listed house tomorrow. My wife and I have never had anything to do with listed buildings, do you have any thoughts or advice? www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

This is the way to start today

Three days after accepting an offer on our house, the dishwasher's dead, looks like it's a problem with the power socket Fuck everything, I'm eating my feelings

OH FUCK Neurosis are back, with Aaron Turner replacing Scott Kelly This makes me so unbelievably happy

Last week's riffs, week 11 2026

Offt, there's some nasty grooves on this

I really love the Pagham-On-Sea series, of which this is the first Even those if us who are cis-hets can get on board!

Last week's riffs week 10 2026

Chris Cornell's vocals on this album man, what a performance

I'm playing a dep gig with my old covers band next month, so compiling a paylist to practice songs I've not played for a couple of years Just came across a playlist called British Dad Rock, which has a disturbingly high number of the songs we used to play on it 😬

These M&S kitkats are stupidly good

Last week's riffs, week 9 2026

Went for Sunday lunch at the pub, steak pie for main, apple pie for dessert Who ate all the pies? Me, I ate all the pies

Car Bomb, Weekend Nachos, MØL and Machuckha added to Damation Festival 2026 25 more bands including all 6 headliners still to be announced www.damnationfestival.co.uk/tickets #metalsky #UKMETALSCENE

We have a house viewing tomorrow, of course the children have ripped a curtain pole from the wall

The Damnation Festival Forum over on Facebook has a group listen through of the latest Ba'al record The Fine Line Between Heaven And Here tonight We also have Richard and Luke from the band joining for a Q&A www.facebook.com/share/p/1AxX...

You can now embed Bandcamp links into Bluesky, that's pretty cool

Revisiting my top gigs of all time list, as The Callous Daoboys last week made the top ten, and my god this Metallica setlist from London in 2007 is something special: The Ecstasy Of Gold Creeping Death For Whom The Bell Tolls Sad But True Disposable Heroes The Unforgiven ...And Justice For All

Last week's riffs, week 8 2026