Wow London! It’s January, it’s cold and the bank accounts are looking rather empty - you weren’t meant to pack out the first
@retribution.alive of the year... both nights! Massive thanks to everyone who managed to make it down and create a very special atmosphere.
Cheers to
@die_kur (as always - the streak continues),
@imperium_uk ,
@crowgodbtn ,
@hammertheband ,
@deityanddevilry ,
@molten_slag_band_ , Vortex Sutra and Zero Sun : Kurataka. Great sets from you all!
Thanks to Ben Hudson and everyone at
@theimperialpalaceof.bigred It was good to finally get Retribution to the new incarnation of the bar + great sound from Phil Jones.
Big thanks to Krimson Vermeersch Le Diable and Matt Cowan for helping the bands out across the weekend and to James Frazer, Darren Law,
@elricnewby , Kev Kyrian Grünheit and Conrad O’Collins for guest spinning.
As usual big thanks to our supporters over at Into the Pit (Elric Newby), High Speed Hangover Podcast (Graham Fraser), Metal Allegiance At The Black Heart, Raven Records, NMTCG (Ays Kura),
@totalrockradio (Alex Figures / Chris Barnard / Matt Mason / Tony Wilson), Metal Horde Zine (Nuno Oliveira / Inês Misha), Cult Never Dies (Dayal Patterson), UK Black Metal: Past, Present & Future, Seven Crimson Designs (Steve Leonard), Sonic Rebellion, Metal Warriors (Warren Newman), The Modern Alternative, Lost Paradise Promotions and High Voltage (Conrad O’Collins).
No time to rest though as I see Dark Clouds slowly drifting towards Camden...
We’re back in February at
@ourblackheart ,
@thedevcamden and
@ravenrecords_camden for ‘Dark Clouds Over Camden’, featuring headliners
@blackaltarband (Poland) and
@oldcorpseroad ,
@nel_buio_blackwave (Italy),
@dreichmusic (Scotland),
@horrendaofficial (Ireland),
@nyrakofficial (Belgium),
@dislycan ,
@_ishtar_terra ,
@hexenbrennerbanned ,
@sceptocrypt , (Malta),
@theominouscovenant and
@ahrtemisia Nathair + Metal Allegiance aftershow.
Tickets: Billetto / Dice
Thanks again all and see you next month!
Alan,
@linz.griffin , Jacob Joyett