With their cracking new album ‘Sacrifice’ to promote NWOBHM stalwarts Saxon recently completed what we like to call at Uber Rock “a proper UK tour” taking in 14 towns and cities across our fair isle delivering some heavy metal thunder wherever they played just for the hell of it. Mark Ashby picks up the story of the band’s show ‘Made In Belfast' where local lads Stormzone were also on the bill.

Just a few weeks back this bill of Norn Iron rock 'n' roll was actually reversed when tonight’s special guests Sweet Taste were promoting their EP launch. Now it’s the turn of Maverick to pick up headliner status as they plug the release of their ‘Talk’s Cheap’ EP and once again on the scene for Uber Rock is Mark Ashby.

Returning for their first visit in three years for a short run of dates in England and Ireland, teutonic thrash titans Kreator were promoting their ‘Phantom Antichrist’ album complete with a 3D stage show and a high profile supporting cast. Jim Rowland dons the two colour glasses (or maybe not) to enjoy a night of metal thrashing madness live in England’s capitol city.

During the month of April, Uber Rock was proud to put our name to a series of five tour dates put together to promote what we like to call “the real rock ‘n’ roll underground”. The tour featured two very like minded (if not like sounding) bands, namely Northern lights of the UK sludge scene Goat Leaf and London post metal troop Zodiac N Black. Adding a local support in each town and city they visited. This was a must attend show for us, especially when they visited URHQ’s hometown on the fourth date. Click the link to find out what chaos ensued. 

Bringing together some of the very best music that the burgeoning Northern Ireland scene has to offer right now, this event was really all about Sweet Taste and their recently release ‘Hit The Spot’, but with Mark Ashby in the venue early doors and pressed up against the stage like a teenager going to his first show, this was always going to be about more than just one band. Read on to find out more.

Uber Rock's Rob Watkins isn't always hanging out with old people (and by 'hanging out' we mean robbing their graves), sometimes he gets down with the kids, his medallion glistening in the stage lights as his shirt, unbuttoned to the waist, clings to his frame like a waif-like groupie. Hit that link to find out what happened when our man went techno with Enter Shikari....

"The Abomination" - that's what the Johnny Solinger-fronted Skid Row were called by mouths close to Uber Rock ears when the band last visited the UK a few years ago. Would time have been kind to the frontman with some of the biggest shoes - certainly biggest ego - to fill now that even more time has passed? Uber Rock's Ben Hughes entered a darkened, and very full, room hoping to get you good people all the answers......

Bringing together two of Sugar Shack Records shining lights, namely Jashwha Moses and Dan Ratchet for a local showcase gig to promote their new LPs was just to much of a Reggae temptation for Nev Brooks to resist. So with his dodgy sat nav set to somewhere in Bristol he set sail for Fiddler’s, only to arrive seemingly way to early. Here’s the story of his night.

Ever wondered if The Hill(top)s really do Have Eyes? Uber Rock's resident cannibalistic mutant redneck Rob Watkins has all the answers as he went on a rampage to Odin's to see a clutch of Welsh bands that are quickly garnering fevered followers......

Announcing their first live show in Wales in just under two decades, The Wonder Stuff are a band loved and loathed here at URHQ. On the love side of the fence though sits Dave Prince, and he couldn’t wait to get his ticket to see the band kick off their most recent tour in (of all places) Port Talbot. Our two legged groove machine picks up the story of why he feels The Stuffies have never been more relevant. Go on, we dare you click the link.