Whether it’s writing ambient art projects, alternative space country albums, and ambitious conceptual tetralogies, or dreaming up stories about an alien obsessed with finding the universe’s ultimate cup of coffee, the one thing of which Canadian prog metal pioneer Devin Townsend can never be accused is musical inertia. Continue reading
A former car factory, KK’s Steel Mill sits at the heart of industrial Wolverhampton and is owned, as the name suggests, by former Judas Priest guitarist and general all-round local legend KK Downing. This latest West Midlands rock venue opened its doors last year and, apart from the impressively sized stage area and the massive wall banner showing the artwork to Priest’s 1986 album Turbo, looks to have changed very little from when it was built back in 1903. Continue reading