Day two and the weather won’t dampen our spirits
Reptilian Humanoid at The Spinning Top: Live Review
The Spinning Top in Stockport is sweaty on a hot, sultry night where we watch for Reptilian Humanoid’s creeping out of the shadows…
ArcTanGent 7: Thursday
Britain’s treasure trove festival for musical discoveries kicks off its seventh edition in style…
The Prognosis Gullivers Takeover: Live Review
Local progressive metallers Prognosis takeover both stages at Gullivers in Manchester for a night which turns out to be a veritable cornucopia of musical styles…
YES - 50 Live: Album Review
The “official” YES celebrate their 50th Anniversary tour with yet another live album… is it absolutely fabulous or an act of desperation from a dying band?
Interview with Jack Edwards of Piston
With a debut album coming out this Autumn and two tours planned, both of which visit Manchester, guitarist Jack Edwards tell us why Piston are firing on all cylinders…
Crobot, Wolf Jaw, Blind Haze & Electric Rebels at Rebellion: Live Review
On 23rd July, several questions that we’d never previously pondered were answered for us. Questions such as, “What would I look like if I were a man?” and “what would a band formed by Lemmy and Slash look and sound like? Read on to find the answers…
Samantha Fish - Kill Or Be Kind: Album Review
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
Satans 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…