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Crowblind Events presents the London Metal Coalition Battle of the Brew: 25/07/2026 Kensei/Grifter/Aggro @ Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road

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For the record, Them Bloody Kids were supposed to be the headliners tonight, but a power cut put an end to that. It was a shame as they had new material to promote with a new single 'Loot n Steal n Shoot em up' dropping that day.           Things are already running a little behind as I arrive and find Aggro getting ready to set up for their opening set. The current heatwave means that everyone is already looking hot and knackered but, that doesn’t stop them from trying their absolute best to get the audience moving as people start filtering into the back of the room. Banging out fierce heavy numbers such as The Burden and Desperate Cries, vocalist Dan manages to orchestrate a small circle pit whilst a small group near the back jump around to Groove Metal five piece who switches between clean and growling vocals, which are shared by guitarist Phil (clean). Grifter, who are usually languishing at the bottom of a bill c...
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London Gig Guide 25/06/26

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I know we’re all thinking ‘fuck this fucking heat’ but there’s still a weekend of gigs to get involved with, where the fucking World Cup isn’t hijacking everything. I hope this weekends match is the one that knocks England out so the rest of us can get back to normal. As usual if there is something I have missed or you have a gig coming up that needs promoting, please give me a shout. I don’t know how much reach I really have with this but every little helps. Thursday 25/06: Owlcrusher /Iron Slug @ The Black Heart, Camden Tickets £10 via Dice Contention/Clique/xApothacaryx/Moral Spirit @ New Cross Inn, New Cross Tickets 16.50 via Dice A uthor and Punisher/Big Lad @ XOYO, Old Street, Shoreditch Tickets £28.51 via Dice Okay You Win/Jukebox Monkey/Blue Tree Monitor @ The Big Red, Camden Free Entry Friday 26/06: Battle of the Brew: Them Bloody Kids/Kensei/Aggro/Grifter @ Signature Brew Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow Free Entry Million Moons/Civil Servi...
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Symphonic + Goths Order Summer Festival 31/05/25 Signiture Brew, Haggerston

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A Local football team have recently won a sports thing and now 1.5 million fans in red t-shirts stand between my doorstep a Haggerston Signature Brew, where the UK Symphonic Goths Order are holding the first Symphonic Goths Summer Festival. You read that correctly, Goths in summer. Although thankfully not in the devastating heatwave we saw over the past week, but still a bit on the warm side nonetheless. Openers Skarlet Envy from Hertfordshire have opted for more summer Goth attire than usual getup, stirring the audience with hard hitting Goth Metal with Grooves from face painted ghouls. Their sound mixes influence’s from 80s Alternative to more Metal leanings. They’re followed by Yorkshire’s Hemloch who’s whimsical Symphonic Goth Metalcore led by vocalist Annabel draped in moth wings, have excited some fans who holdup some homemade placards throughout the set. They offer up a couple of new songs from an upcoming release which hold up against this year’s Finality ep with tr...
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London Gig Guide 29/05/2026

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This weekend see’s hordes of Black Metal fans heading up to Scarborough for Fortress Fest who nabbed almost every band on the bill as a UK exclusive so, no cheeky little London gigs for those of us stuck in this humid sweltering city. On Sunday however there is the first ever Symphonic + Goths Summer Fest at the Signature Brew in Haggerston that sees a strong six band bill with Tales of Perdition headlining along with Deity and Devilry , Tristyn to name a few, £11 in advance for that one. At the tine of writing I noticed that the London Metal Coalition have announced their next Battle of the Brews at Signature Brew on Blackhorse Road. The line up this is Them Bloody Kids with Kensei , Grifter and Aggro . As usual it will be free entry and will feature the Coalition Bazaar with some crafters selling their wares. Last weekend Crowblind to celebrate Ades birthday and the new Attention Please ep from Halberd , had an all dayer at the Big Red. First time I’ve been to the new venue a...
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London Gig Guide 01/05/26

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  Last weekend saw   me   ambling in a semi ‘with it’ state  back and forth to the Dev in Camden. All the bands were awesome and finally got to see Burnt Chapter who I keep missing. They played in an intense set joining Symbyote as future household name for Extreme Metal. Halberd brought the T h rash with Thrash Mob and Heart Ripper opening with his one-man Death Metal barrage. Thrash Mob were fun and really embrace the old school style with  riffs, and  drum and guitar  solos . 1986 on the Sunday  ended  the weekend with their Hardcore influenced Death Metal. Hearing them play Black Mirror live was a highlight. A lot going on this weekend especially with  Incineration  taking over Camden  on Saturday .  I’m  not going but  at the moment  I  cant  decide what to do instead .  Thinking about hitting two gigs so I can catch Grifter and  Karnivrous  in Holloway then leg it/limp/stumble...
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London Gig Guide 24/04/26

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W hilst  my personal life currently in  tatters,   it's  been difficult to get my head together long enough to get a blog together. But its Friday,  I'm  suspended from work till fuck knows when so,  going to  hyper focus on this for a  bit. There are three straight nights of  Thrash/ Deathcore / Hardcore /Death Metal   at the Dev .  Symbyote  are playing  Friday and Sunday  supporting 1986  with vocalist Dan’s other band the Slaughtering  with whom he plays guitar. Saturday  will be Thrash heavy with   Halberd   and  the aptly named  Thrash  Mob  along with one man battering machine Heart Ripper .  And  that's  just the Dev... As usual I may have missed a gig or two but feel free to give me a nudge if you know of something even if  it's  a few weeks from now.  Just  in case  someone is  actually reading  this Deity and...
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London Gig Guide 08/04/26

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London Gig Guide 08/04/26    Posting late as   I’ve  been  dealing with issues at work. Well, reposting late  as I did initially start this on Tuesday and was going to update as I went but, a troublesome  demon  stuck its head up my  arse  and been dealing with  that  monstrosity; this is not a reference to hemorrhoids.    Another reason for posting  is  for my usual shout for  promoters  and bands to reach out with upcoming shows I may have missed or  not  yet know about. For  example ...   I popped in on the London Metal Coalition Beer Hang at  Werewolf  Brew the other night and got talking to a guy from   Karnivrous  who was stressing a bit over a gig they have  coming  up that  isn't   selling  well  at the moment .  That's  at Nambucca on 2nd May with Grifter and Perpetual Paradox, tickets £12 via  Skiddle . I...
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