It’s Halloween, the most metal day of the year, so it is only fitting that perennial metal troopers Arch Enemy have rocked up at the Apollo with a rather impressive battalion of supports in tow. Alissa proclaims that it is her favourite time of the year and she has gone all out to impress, besuited in luminous skull face paint. The audience itself is made up of a splattering of witches, ghouls and warlocks, though most have plumped for the rather benign fancy dress of middle-aged man in band t-shirt.
Read MoreIt's officially the hottest nights of the year. The atmosphere is stifling, and you can feel the heat sizzle off the pavement. This is a night for smooth tunes and a gentle summer breeze. So where am I, I hear you cry? Well, I'm melting in a sweltering and heaving Rebellion to witness a trio of corrosive Death Metal bands, where else would I be? The fact that the place is so packed speaks volumes about a) how desperate we are to get back to live music (it still feels like a forbidden fruit that could be snatched from us at any given time) and b) the power of word-of-mouth.
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