As the keyboards of Salvation II – Judgement Day kick in, I get flashbacks of 80’s synth pop and I don’t know if it’s just me but Stuart Nicholson vocals sound like the Pet Shop Boyís Neil Tennant. Once I get that out of my mind I can relax and bask in the albums full glory.
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THE FEELING ANNOUNCE 10-DATE UK TOUR FOR APRIL 2013
Include a date at the Bournemouth O2 Academy on the 25th April
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Old school metal. New school vocals. Noodling. Riffage. Pounding drums. Storming stuff.
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All the way over in Austin Texas comes the second album by “My Jerusalem”, pushing what they describe as “Post-Modern Southern Gothic Soul” in the form of “Preachers”.
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Bleak Falls have a 6 track EP due out on December 10th. Being described as the Deftones and Cancer Bats having a bar fight to Nirvana pumping out over the jukebox – you’ll get the picture! Coming from Sussex this quintet have a formiddable sound, and the EP backs this up.
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Right from its start Salisbury band Castellan’s debut record “Feeding Tube” grips its listener aggressively, a hold that it keeps up until its last moments. As vocalist Brook Laing shouts “Force it down, throw it up” on “Hunger Gospel” the music hits hard and does force its way into your mind, a place it won’t be leaving too soon either.
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So for my first visit to Sound Circus it had to be something special right? Well luckily my Sound Circus virginity has been taken by none other than California’s own The Story So Far. Known for their high energy shows fuelled by their outrageously committed fans, this band have recently been announced as tour support for New Found Glory and Less Than Jake this month, so a more intimate run of shows beforehand can’t do them any harm surely?
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Saturday night at the Inferno in Bournemouth is full on electric bands night and hard working promoter Afro Ninja (Tim Somerfield) has put together two great bands for this evenings entertainment who, although very different, compliment each other very well. The first is local Bournemouth band Brothers Grimmer a now 3 piece band who have the claim that they are possibly the only local band that have their very own dancer. They band members each have all been characterised and have an alter ego names that they adopt when on stage.
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Voodoo Pistols, Mother Corona, Skeleton, In The Hills, Grifter, Trippy
Tonight saw the third Venomfest at The Anvil, boasting “Bournemouth’s ONLY stoner, doom and heavy groove gatherings”.
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So once again in as many weeks it’s Friday night and it is back to On The Rocks for a high energy night of music, tonight’s headliners are Bristol’s Ashestoangels who regularly stop off here in Bournemouth as part of their never ending tour.
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