Live Review : Carnifex + Revocation + Aborted + Vexed @ Club Academy, Manchester on March 24th 2024

Another day and another four-headed death metal package rolls into town. However, if you open the bonnet and do a bit of careful inspection you will find that this quadruple bill offers some enticingly distinct delicacies. You see Vexed, Aborted, Revocation and Carnifex represent four very very different aspects of Death Metal’s multiple personalities. This is a comprehensive guided tour through the genre's current state of the nation. It also makes pretty good business sense as each band has its own distinct group of diehard supporters, all of whom have gathered here tonight for some bizarre gathering of the clans.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas25 March 2024Manchester Club AcademyCarnifex, Revocation, ABorted, Vexed, Club Academy, Manchester, 2024, Live Review, Stewart Lucas, Ryan HicksonComment

Live Review : In Flames + Vexed + Defects @ O2 Academy, Liverpool on March 26th 2022

In Flames may not be the draw in this country that they are over on the continent, but even by their standards this is an intimate run of dates. They have gone for small venues in towns that they don’t usually visit and the faithful have rewarded them by selling out every date. This ‘up close and personal” tour was meant to happen two years ago, but you know what got in the way. Rather than chuck it under the bus, In Flames have honoured their commitment and these shows are on.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas29 March 2022O2 AcademyIn Flames, Vexed, Defects, O2 Academy, Liverpool, 2022, Live Review, Stewart Lucas, Ryan HicksonComment