A Weekend At The Vault with Gentle Suburban Boys, Granite Wolf, Bloomfield and Coastal Fire Dept – 09-10/07/21

Granite Wolf The weekend of 9th, 10th and 11th of July 2021 was one of the busiest I could recall in sometime when it came to live music in Guernsey with both Sark Fest and the Retro Festival taking place, along with several other events of different scales. I made the choice to head to...

Coastal Fire Dept – Gun

When it comes to bands who never seem to stop Coastal Fire Dept. must be up there as, only a matter of months after their release of their second album Connected in January, they are back with a new single hinting at more to come, Gun. As we are greeted by a lovely dual guitar...

L’Islet Records Present Metal, Metal, Metal with Granite Wolf and Apothis – The Vault – 08/01/21

With ice forming on the roads and dry January in full effect it seemed a bit quiet as I arrived at The Vault for my first live music event of 2021 but, with DJ Pagan already blasting some fine metal classics from the PA, the scene was well set for a night of the heavy...

Havoc Events X L’Islet Records: Alt-Rock vs Metal – The Fermain Tavern – 07/11/20

WhIle we all know it’s really not about any kind of contest but there is something tantalising about a pair of metal bands squaring off with a pair of ‘alt-rock’ acts in front of crowd at what, on its best nights, can be one of Guernsey’s best music venues. That’s exactly what we got tonight...

Music in Guernsey in 2019

After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While the quality of music certainly hasn't...

Havoc Events presents Byzanthian Neckbeard, Granite Wolf, Burning At Both Ends and From Darkness – The Fermain Tavern – 09/08/19

Nine months ago Havoc Events returned from a decade long break with a night of heavy metal at The Fermain Tavern. Now, after a few other shows, they are back with another night of the heavy stuff featuring Byzanthian Neckbeard, Granite Wolf, Burning At Both Ends and From Darkness. After a storming set rounding of...

Granite Wolf and Gentle Suburban Boys – The Vault – 01/02/19

After a quiet first month of the year for music in Guernsey February started with a bang as a pair of the island's heavier bands newcomers Gentle Suburban Boys and comparative veterans Granite Wolf, did their best to tear the roof off The Vault on Friday 1st. Following their debut public outing back in November...

Music In Guernsey In 2018

A year ago, when I was writing my review of music in Guernsey in 2017, I commented that it felt like a year when the bands and musicians in and from the island had all, collectively, taken a great step forward I terms of the quality of what was being produced and the professionalism with...

Havoc Events Metal Night – The Fermain Tavern – 17/11/18

A decade ago Guernsey's metal scene was a place packed with heavy metal bands, with the likes of Iron Cobra, Astral Casket, Ferox and more regularly gracing stages. Staging shows for theses bands, amongst others, were Havoc Events, made up of Martyn Brown (now seen non guitar with Burning At Both Ends) and Scott Michel...

Sound At St James – St James Concert Hall, Guernsey – 27-28/10/18

For as long as I can remember St James, the impressive looking former church on the main road into St Peter Port, has been the home of classical music in Guernsey with rarely anything even bordering on pop gracing its impressive main hall, or at least that's the perception. Over the last year this has...