Live Review : Slaughter To Prevail + Dying Fetus + Suicide Silence + Annotations Of An Autopsy @ O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on January 17th 2026

Rock 'n' roll is founded on controversy. From Elvis swinging his hips in a sexualised manner, through the Beatles declaring themselves to be bigger than Jesus, the Sex Pistols dropping the F-bomb on prime-time telly and onto Ozzy urinating on the Alamo while wearing one of Sharon's dresses. One of its fundamental tenets is to cause the generation before it to look at their children and say, “don’t grow up like that”. The latest in a long line of controversial acts to shake the moral fibre of the nation are Russian/British deathcore agitators Slaughter to Prevail.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas18 January 2026O2 Victoria WarehouseSlaughter To Prevail, Dying Fetus, Suicide Silence, Annotations Of An Autopsy, O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 2026, Live Review, Stewart Lucas, Johann WierzbickiComment

Live Review: Impericon Never Say Die! Tour @ Academy Club, Manchester on November 11th 2022

t’s been a while since we had the joy of an Impericon tour of any shape on our shores, what with that pandemic and what not, so this bill of modern heaviness is a true treat. First up are Boundaries who hit us with brilliant lashings of energy. Think of Hatebreed, Biohazard or Malevolence but with occasional Korn-esque high discordant guitar rings. There's definitely something more experimental about these guys than most deathcore or hardcore metal acts, and that’s especially true with the guitars going grindcore at times.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Matt Fraser17 November 2022Manchester Academy ClubAfter The Burial, Suicide Silence, Currents, Spite, Invent Animate, Cabal, Boundaries, Impericon Never Say Die, Academy Club, Manchester, 2022, Live Review, Matt Fraser, Ryan HicksonComment