As the cold descended on Manchester, so did Italian band MESSA, for a midweek offering of doom metal with a side of heavy metal from German band THE NIGHT ETERNAL. With their latest release The Spin coming out last year, the audience had definitely had a good amount of time to digest the new album and get hyped to hear the songs performed live. Starting off the evening were THE NIGHT ETERNAL, with only one support band to get the crowd warmed up for the headliners, these guys

It’s gloomy. Of course, it’s bloody gloomy. Paradise Lost are playing the Islington Assembly Hall in October. That might be one of the most gothic sentences ever composed. They’re also hot off the heels of their new album, Ascension , which has had quite the good time critically as of late. This has to be the umpteenth time the Paradise Lost boys have played in the capital, and for good reason. No British metal band has shown themselves to be musical chameleons quite like the