Sick Ass Metal in Manchester

We are seriously gigging it up to the max at the moment, so much so, as I write this I’m pretty much hungover and exhausted from The Manchester Metal Collective’s All Dayer that we played yesterday.

I have to admit the lads there pulled of a reet good day of music, mayhem, and beer filled magic but with over 40 bands to organise and 4 stages to sort out it was kind of showing that the crew were struggling a bit to keep a tight ship.

Never the less we did our thing and managed to catch some of the best metal bands the North West has to offer. You can check out the line up at the MMC website & Manchester Metal Collective Facebook Page.

Also this week we the Lads over at Spine of God Reviews have been in touch with a review of our Battle of the bands Heat in Preston last week, I thought I would leave you with this Sa-da-ko article so you can see how we got on:

Till next time

Sa-da-kO
\M/

Get In The Ring, Battle Of The Bands, Round 2

The second edition of the battle of the bands saw a much heavier line up compete for the Preston crown.
Opening the night was Apollyon. Intensity was delivered in its purest form by these extreme metal nutters as they blasted through three songs of pure brutality. The immense guitar skills of Glen Brazier were the driving force behind the endless assault that never lost effect.

The band was quite textured and occasional melodic
interludes made Apollyon varied enough to stand out against other extreme acts.

Providing a slightly more melodic set was the crushing Servosi.
Servosi had a brilliant backbone with the drumming of Ryan Briggs (who had only
been with the band 6 days!) and the bass of Dave which stomped all over the
worshipping crowd. With some Metallica-esque vocals and chant along choruses,
Servosi proved an unforgettable live experience.

Giving some emotion packed metalcore was closers to the evening,
Sa-Da-Ko. As soon as Sa-Da-Ko opened their set energy poured from the stage and
was lapped up by a devoted following. The band had got the combination of modern
hardcore and metal spot on and had a singer who looked genuinely possessed by
the ghost of hardcore past. Some bizarre in-between song banter aside, a
powerful set.

With Apollyon and Sa-Da-Ko through, anticipation grows as to who
will be king of the Preston jungle.