Live Review : Decapitated + Cryptopsy + Warbringer + Carnation @ Club Academy, Manchester on May 8th 2025

When is an undercard not an undercard? When the supporting bill seems to receive as much, if not more, love and adoration as the main feature. Tonight in Manchester doesn't feel like a typical package tour with several make-do filler acts leading up to the central event. For all intents and purposes, it has the air of a triple headliner affair as Warbringer and Cryptopsy are treated with the same level of reverence as nominal stage closer Decapitated. This doesn’t mean the Polish legends get short shrift, it means that every one of them receives a reaction fit for a canopy-topping act.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas9 May 2025Club AcademyDecapitated, Club Academy, Manchester, Cryptopsy, Warbringer, Carnation, 2025, Live Review, Stewart Lucas, Johann WierzbickiComment

Live Review : Aborted + Cryptosis + Ingested + Unfathomable Ruination @ Rebellion, Manchester

It is very apt that as we enter the festive season that Rebellion should provide such a celebration of the strength, power and utter hedonistic joy that is Death Metal. In fact the bill is so strong that even though it has been upgraded from the much smaller Factory, the venue is still packed to the rafters from the first notes of the first band until we are unceremoniously kicked out 10pm to make way for a Trance Night.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas4 December 2018RebellionAborted, Cryptopsy, Ingested, Unfathomable RuinationComment