Upcoming gigs in Pompey

 You wait ages for a Metal band to come to Pompey and then you get three shows arrive at once.

I don't know if I can make any of these because somehow my knees are 10 years older than the rest of me, but damn, these all look very cool.

Steel On The Solent 2026

The three big draws for me would be Holocaust, Quartz and Elixir. (I already saw Saracen years back.)  An opportunity to see some bonafide, classic NWOBHM is something you get rarely and it's almost certainly the only chance I will ever get. The newer bands all sound like stuff I like too. 

Then in June we get...

 Riot V

 

 A band I do not know as well as I should but I think we all respect the history here. 

Then finally...

Fortress Under Siege

A Power Metal band playing Pompey?  The gods of metal are being kind, aren't they? 

Maybe I'll see you there? 

Heavy Metal Cover Girls: Motorcyle Mamas.

 It's been well over a year since I did a Cover Girls post so here we go.  

For those of you wondering what the hell this is all about let me explain. 

The short version: Album covers with women on them, 

usually pretty, frequently badass, sometimes downright disturbing. 

The longer version: Over the years I have noticed that rock and 

metal cover artists have themes that they keep coming back to: 
warriors, monsters, machines, things on fire and so on.

As a general rule of thumb, if a theme has been used once,

somebody else WILL do their own version of it. 

Now you'd think that "Just put a hot babe on the cover"

is a theme in itself  and yes, there are covers like that. 

However I am more interested in album covers which 

put in significantly  more effort to set a theme

and give you at least an idea of the tone of the album.

Anyway, you're probably wanting me to STFU and get on with it.

Bitch Queen - Kill Your Friends (Switzerland 2014)

Ooh, not a happy young lady is she?

If this was a movie poster you just know there's some

 "Carrie" levels of mayhem incoming. 

Bloody Nightmare - Hellwolf (Colombia 2018)

 Young lady, where is your helmet? 

Where is your jacket and bike boots?

Then again, if you're riding pillion on a flaming bike, with 

a satanic werewolf  at the controls and

 ..wait... is that fucking lava? 

Never mind, safety is not a big priority with you is it? 

Next up,  another topless pillion rider because once again, if it has been done once,

it has been done twice and maybe a dozen times.

Metaluria - Fuerzas En la Noche (Argentina 2016)

The band turned up with a list of things they wanted on the cover.

"We want motorbikes..and a sexy babe..and a guitar..and MONSTER TRUCKS

and it has to be totally badass. " and to his credit, the artist delivered. 

Stutz - Keep Runnin' (USA 2022)

 I am beginning to see a bit of a trend here. 

None of these Cover Girls are in it just for 

the pleasure of the open road and the

 cameraderie of the motorcycle community. 

Anyway, our blonde anti-heroine is clearly 

having the time of her life so...

Good for you, I guess?

War Of Shards - Two Oaths (Single Russia 2019)

A lot going on here, 
Sci-fi bikes that owe a lot to Akira and/or Tron.

Some sort of hot pursuit.

Bit unclear whether these are heroes or baddies.

And once again, a blatant disregard for even the most basic safety standards. 

I have enough motorbike covers for a second post and for that one,

I plan to go with something a bit less ..destructive.

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