King Mal the Glorious

I genuinely despair for the moment Rusev gets pinned. May he CRUSH for a long time yet.

Edit: Assuming he doesn't get fed to Cena/Reigns in a few months, does anyone else think Rusev vs Lesnar could be a great match?

Yeah I'm doing Damnation again this year. Got a horrible feeling that Bolt Thrower and Cannibal Corpse are clashing.

 

Get there early and catch Obsidian Kingdom, they are fucking spectacular. Debut album is about to be reissued by Seasons Of Mist, and it glorious from start to finish

The clash between Fen and Bolt Thrower is a bitch, but aside from that it's probably the best organised Damnation yet!

What about this new craze of burgers and hot dogs on brioche buns - anyone tried those? It's all a bit too middle class for me.

November is well stacked between that, Atlantean Kodex in Glasgow and The Wounded Kings in Newcastle (plus other things I'm forgetting). All the good gigs come at once

Anybody doing Damnation this year? Got my tickets yesterday, probably going to spend the day purely on the Doom and Black Metal stages.

Anybody ever heard of Ritual? Just found out about them a few months back, a great NWOBHM band that never got much attention. They have been around for quite a while now but only released two albums, Widow (1983) and Valley of the Kings (1993), both albums are great but I feel Valley of the Kings is the better of the two.

A true hidden gem.

 

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They were meant to be playing Brofest up here a few weeks ago but pulled out due to ill-health

I take it the first one is meant to be Scarlet Witch, is that the Hulkbuster in the last one?

Those Bitstrip things have been around for months, I have noticed a lot more appearing in the last few days.

Aye, Emperor are on the Saturday, Down on Friday.

Unreadable logos are alright if they're well drawn, some are just a terrible mess of scribble though. If anyone is up for an all day gig later this month, there's another rather excellent line up coming to Newcastle on the 28th: Impaled Nazarene, Cirith Gorgor, etc.

Decapitated are also playing this: Northern Darkness Festival

Emperor have reformed (again) and are headlining Wacken (again) next year. http://www.bravewords.com/news/208301

I'm heading down to Damnation, looks like I'll have a busy day. Then straight back home for Aura Noir in Newcastle on Sunday night followed by Angel Witch, Enforcer etc on the Wednesday. November will be awesome!

Damnation festival tomorrow, anyone going?

Has anyone heard the samples of the new Burzum album yet? Sounds promising, Varg's vocals have certainly improved with age.

Also, new Darkthrone soon. Can't wait for a bit more old school Metal.

I remember a couple of years ago Oasis bragging about how they're "the loudest band in the world" only to be promptly told that they're not, because Manowar are

In the Name of the King. Standard Uwe Boll rubbish.

I'm going to assume the end of Eastenders last night was good, as it had my usually unshakeable GF in tears (much to my amusement )

I saw that one, was hoping for a UK retailer. Thanks anyway!

Does anyone know where I might get a Cactus Jack "Wanted Dead" shirt? Ebay is no good it seems.

Good sir, my otherwise mind-numbingly dull day has been brightened. I salute you.

crazyshady has to win this, any other choice is madness.

Unbreakable was on last night actually, it's pretty good.

Dammit, this is the hardest one to pick

I did feel it was a bit of a cop out, but decided it was just another typical Alias OMG SWERVE~!, albeit a shit one. It's been a while since I've seen it TBH.