We review Kill Or Be Kind, the new album from blues guitarist Samantha Fish, which is released on 20th September…
SOS Festival 2019 - Friday: Live Review
It’s 7 O’Clock and we are having a party at the first day of SOS Festival 2019…
Felix Martin & Archetype at Satans Hollow: Live Review
Stans goes international, it’s proggy woggy at it’s finest as Manchester welcomes Welsh prog-metallers Archetype and Venezuelan twin neck tapper Felix Martin for a night of mind boggling guitar playing!
Beyond Salvation - Scarbearer: Review
A polished, precise and pummelling EP of death tinged metalcore, Beyond Salvation's latest release is one that flexes the muscles of their song writing craft.
Primordial Presents: Those Damn Crows With Ravenface, As Sirens Fall And Sertraline At Rebellion: Live Review
It was hot outside and even hotter inside with some of the best new talent around as Primordial Radio host a charity event at Rebellion with Those Damn Crows headlining….
NEWS: Stormrider Announces the Release of Their 2nd EP "What Lies Within."
Big news from Stormrider as they ride the stormy seas of the NWOBM…
We have a VLOG!!!!
Video may have killed the radio star but ManchesterRocks now has a VLOG!!!
Reptilian Humanoid at the Star & Garter: Live Review
With a line-up that defines the word diverse, it makes for a more intriguing evening… just don’t cross the Mexican wrestler!!
Sum41 at Victoria Warehouse: Live Review
We get a Fat Lip over at Manchesters Victoria Warehouse whilst enjoying an evening of bangers from Sum 41…
Download 2019 - Sunday
Here comes the sun! The weather is as lovely as the bands as we do a fairly far reaching review of Sunday at Download 2019…
Download 2019 - Saturday
Rain? What rain? We missed the rain, found the mud and caught some great bands on the Saturday at Download 2019…
Shoko, Zim Zum, Xup and Lucy Nyland at The Peer Hat: LIve Review
Four women, four solo acts, four very different performances!
Metallica at the Etihad Stadium: Live Review
We go on a mission to Lars as Metallica prove they are still the Pastors of Muppets…
The 99 Degree - Love(Like I Need You)/Bed Of Bones: Single Review
The 99 Degree seamlessly meld spaghetti western atmospherics and psychobilly attitude to help them to fit in with Manchester's burgeoning underground scuzz rock scene - we review their new single…
RIP Eytan Doron Wineapple
RIP Eytan Doron Wineapple - a cornerstone of the Manchester metal community shines no more…
Steve Hillage at The Ritz: Live Review
Naked cyclists and lights in the sky, it’s your usual hippy trippy Steve Hillage gig…
Download 2019: The Birth of the Real Kim Jennett
Ahead of her performance on the hallowed turf of Castle Donnington this weekend, Kim Jennett opens up about finding power and independence after the death of the Voodoo Woman…
Second Sons at The Soundhouse, Leicester: Live Review
We travel to Leicester for a night of unbridled, sweaty rock’n’roll from Second Sons…
Fiefdom and 10 Volt at The Globe: Live Review
Once more we venture up into the hills, to see the debut gig by Fiefdom and get a 10 Volt shock at the same time….
Prognosis Complete Line-Up For August Show
Manchester's progressive metal heavyweights Prognosis have completed the line-up for their August 2nd headline show at Gullivers with two acoustic perfomances