Cleveland’s blackened speed metal legends Midnight annihilated the New Cross Inn in London on August 1st 2025. From fan-favourite classics like Satanic Royalty to brutal new cuts off Steel, Rust and Disgust, this was a sweat-soaked warzone of riffs, pits, and filth.

Alice Cooper and Judas Priest tore the roof off London’s O2 with fiery riffs, guillotines, and Halford’s iconic chopper. Chaos, £9.50 pints, and pure metal magic.

Skyforger Ignites Riga: Pagan Fury and Folk Fire at “Teikas”

Unto Others played London’s O2 Kentish Town in 2025, bringing their unique brand of heavy metal goth to an adoring crowd.

Kanonenfieber stormed The Dome with crushing riffs, gripping storytelling, and theatrical flair. War-themed metal at its most intense!

Uada delivered a dark, atmospheric show at London’s Underworld, blending furious riffs and intense energy for a night black metal fans won’t forget!​

Experience Spectral Wound’s unrelenting black metal storm from their recent live show at The Dome on Oct. 24th 2024 in London. A must-read for fans of visceral, frostbitten black metal.

Read our latest interview with Crypta as they discuss their explosive London gig, new album ‘Shades of Sorrow,’ and what’s next for the death metal giants.

Check out Chort’s wacky night in Oslo, Norway as he reviews Zustand Null, Sworn, Andakt live at Revolver.

Midnight brought their mayhem to London, leaving The New Cross Inn in ruins, or at least significantly stinkier, battered, and littered with metal pins on the floor than it was when they arrived.

The Infernal Sea unleashes their new album live at the Underworld in London. Chort and Chern were there to witness it.

Destruction at 40: Live in London at the Garage Gig Review. Old school Thrash METAL at its finest.

Sometimes we feel like a bit of the ol’ thrash metal. Chart & Chern go to a politically charged rally- I mean gig - featuring Sacred Reich

Gig Review of Deitus’ glorious album release for their new album Irreversible, as Chart & Chern see some tight BM.

Chort and Chernoglav your favourite innkeepers from THE HEAVY METAL CITADEL, recently went to see rock ’n’ roll’s latest up and comers, KISS, at the O2 in London for the End of the Road Tour - the final tour EVER! Read what happened in the words of Chort’s confused cerebral cortex, and check out the hi-res photos from the gig.

Review of Hate & Babushka at the Dome in London, as your Heavy Metal Citadel hosts watch some tasty Polish metal.

Your host Chernoglav watches Imperial Age live at Scala in London on January 28th 2023. This is a review of that evening.

Chernoglav goes and sees Anaal Nathrakh and Sigh live at Scala in London on December 14, 2022. He reports his findings after a wild night.

Your hosts go and see Nile & Krisiun live at the Garage in London on November 6, 2022. They report their findings after a wild night.