What’s On

Expect something loud, chaotic and brilliant from

Acid Alchemist
Something furious and frantic from the fastest improving band in SE England (?) who blew us all away at the R*E*P*E*A*T (anti) Christmas Party.
https://www.instagram.com/acid_alchemist_band/

The Monoliths, Cambridge’s own Psychedelic post-punk metal crew, currently on loan to the rest of the world
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063471369843

DNR
Two man electro Goth extreme noise pleasures
https://www.facebook.com/DNR1969

Staaro
Making their R*E*P*E*A*T debut, Staaro is a queer post-punk band from South East London.
https://www.instagram.com/staaroband/

Proxxide
Teen rock duo making waves round Cambridge

Proudly part of Love Music Hate Racism’s Crisis Music Tour
£5 on the door, £4 / £3 in advance

Stormbringer – Classic Rock / Heavy Metal with a contemporary edge from Northamptonshire
https://www.facebook.com/stormbringerrock

Planet Fatale – Heavy Rock with Stoner/Blues influences from Cambridge
https://www.facebook.com/planetfatale

Pilot the Dune – Heavy driving Groove laden Stoner/Psych rock from Norwich
https://www.facebook.com/pilothedunenorwich

SUNMACHINE – Heavy goodness from Cambridge
https://www.facebook.com/sunmachineband

Congress of Antlered Ghost Children Present… Riff Ritual 3
With:

Old Horn Tooth – London trio of sinister fuzz!

Flamebearer – Blistering power fuelled heavy rock.

Commoner – Downtrodden doom from Norwich.

Kerrang! in collaboration with Music Venue Trust / The National Lottery Presents…Conjurer.”

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As the band prepares for their upcoming Kerrang!-sponsored tour with Rivers Of Nihil, Entheos, and Wolf King, it looks like Conjurer are set to shift from UK sweethearts to international underground sensations — a fact made all the more impressive given that the band’s sound, while compelling, is in no way typical, or easy to pigeonhole. In fact, other than exciting, powerful, and bleak as hell, what does one even call Conjurer?

“I would like us to be called non-specific UK metal,” laughs Conjurer drummer Jan Krause. “It’s certainly more accurate than specific metal. Honestly, [our sound] was an accident — when Dan and Brady [Deeprose, vocals] started to write, they just went with what they wanted to write, and that became our EP. And as we began to write more and more, and you had more people sticking their oar in, it became this huge amalgam of all our thoughts and ideas.”

“I’d settle for ‘UK-based riff music of the shouty sort,’” says guitarist Dan Nightingale. “We respect bands like Will Haven and Yob, who go with the sad heavy. I remember when [Will Haven’s] Voir Dire came out, there was a bit of mystery and spookiness to that, and I liked that. A lot of bands hate labeling themselves, but we kind of wanted to, just for the Facebook page and stuff like that. But we’ve never really known what to call it.” –Kerrang

With support from Unpeople and Akkadian.

Doors: 7pm
Support: 7.45pm
Kaine: 8.30pm
Riot Act: 9.45pm

Riot guitar legend Rick Ventura will be bringing his band Riot Act back to England for a short run of shows to warm up for British Steel Festival in France on October 7th. Riot Act will be playing the critically acclaimed classic Riot album FIRE DOWN UNDER in full, as well as other classic Riot tunes.

Rick Ventura was a member of the classic Riot line-up that recorded the legendary albums Narita (1979), Fire Down Under (1981), Restless Breed (1982), and Born In America (1983). He also appeared on the Riot Live (1989) live album. Fire Down Under is considered the ultimate Riot album, having made the Billboard 200 on its original release.

Riot Act released their debut double album Closer to the Flame (Global Rock Records) in 2022 which features both original material and re-recordings of Riot classics.

This will be a rare opportunity for classic Rock/Metal fans to see Rick perform the FIRE DOWN UNDER album in full, as well as all the other legendary Riot tunes from the 1980s.

The doors will be at 7pm. Support will be from Kaine and AMJ.

Din of Celestial Birds headlining with support from Indifferent Engine and Drown to Cambridge on Monday 9th of October!

As an added bonus, Din of Celestial Birds will be celebrating the release of their debut album, “The Night is for Dreamers”, by playing it in full.

Din of Celestial Birds https://linktr.ee/docbirds

Fast rising stars of the UK post-rock scene, Din of Celestial Birds are fresh off the stage from a successful debut at ArcTanGent festival. The band will be promoting the release of their debut albumThe Night is for Dreamers,Recently released through A Cheery Wave Records (UK) & A Thousand Arms Music (USA). The album has been met with rave reviews, with Noizze stating:

“A record of pure human emotion, The Night Is For Dreamers is quite frankly a stunning body of work that directly dispels the notion that post-rock is a genre reserved for awkward and po-faced stoicism.”

The band will be celebrating the release of their debut album’s release by playing The Night is for Dreamersin full.

Indifferent Engine https://www.indifferentengine.com/

The band are inspired by early hardcore, art punk, post-rock, ambient music, pulp science fiction and outdated electronics.Started as a solo project of front man Adam Paul, Indifferent Engine have been operating as a full band since 2019. Indifferent Engine have gigged extensively since, featuring the largest rig of obsolete CRT TVs still in regular use in the UK live scene.

Bathed in the soft glow of TV static, cut open by Adam’s stage presence – part Mark E. Smith-esque monologue, part fitful screams – the band vents a nervous energy designed to unsettle the audience. Sets are a weaving of ambient synths and samples between frantic post-hardcore tracks. All of this leads to an intense and engaging live show with a critical visual component, more akin to a piece of performance art or a real-time therapy session.

The band’s latest release (Canis EP, 2021) was recorded in a derelict farmhouse between the lockdowns of 2020 and released in January 2021. A combination of nervous DIY hardcore and introspective post-metal, Canis serves as a mission statement for the bands future output.

Indifferent Engine’s obsession with obsolete technology has led to the production of DIY pedals, cassette worship, and hacked electronics. This includes a fully open-source, 3D printable tape delay which has captured the attention of musicians and producers across Instagram.

Belligerent Promotions are absolutely proud to present what is another feather in the cap for us!

TORSOFUCK
torsofuck.bandcamp.com

THE INFERNAL SEA
theinfernalsea.bandcamp.com
I’m sure these guys need no introduction, but they are getting one anyway! THE premier UK black metal band that is currently on the scene, they’ve released banger after banger and have played here, there and everywhere.

CELESTIAL SANCTUARY
celestialsanctuary.bandcamp.com/
Cambridges own Celestial Sanctuary hit the Portland for the first time ever! These guys have released absolute top-tier albums and have played with some of the biggest acts in metal up and down the country! Proper good death metal!

TERRA
terrauk.bandcamp.com
Astounding Cambridge-based band that specialise in epic blackened soundscapes! Check out their latest release ‘F​ü​r Dich Existiert Das Alles Nicht’ now!

EXISTENTIALIST
existentialistuk.com/
existentialistuk.bandcamp.com/
5 piece Blackened Death Metal Band hailing from the depths of Essex, UK.

THE GREY
thegrey2.bandcamp.com/
We all know these guys by now! Absolutely excellent instrumental post-rock/metal three piece straight from Cambridge!

ADVANCE TICKET SALES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF SALE. THERE WILL BE TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR.

We are excited to finally get the opportunity to bring the incredible Chewie to the Portland Arms for their first ever gig in Cambridge!

Formerly known as Chewing on Tinfoil, these independent DIY punks from Dublin are about to hit the big time any day now! Off the back of releasing their long awaited third album, Inarticulate, in 2023, Chewie are ready to take on the world. After multiple tours in the UK, numerous festivals, and a jaunt to the US – as well as many self-booked and self-promoted Irish shows, 2024 will see them hitting many cities that have eluded them over the years.

A fantastic live band, they write catchy, compelling and thoughtful songs. With two lead vocalists, two guitars, bass, drums and keys, they have a rich sound with memorable melodies, harmonies and a brilliant rhythm section backing it all up.

Get ready for them to bring their unique brand of emotive punk rock to Cambridge.

https://chewie.ie/
https://www.facebook.com/chewiepunx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irdUsa1SaAI

TERRORPINS – Terrorpins are a rock band from Northern England featuring current members of Bruise Control & Roughneck Riot, Ex-members of Bootscraper & Wonk Unit and fronted by singer-songwriter/antifolk musician, Tim Loud.

They play a fusion of rock, punk, metal, indie, post-rock and hardcore with influences extending far and wide, creating a sound that displays calculated and lovingly crafted music.

https://terrorpins.bandcamp.com/track/enough-2
https://www.facebook.com/terrorpinsbanduk

With LAST GANG DJs – Punk and Beyond
https://www.facebook.com/LastGangInTownUK

BELLIGERENT PROMOTIONS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT…
United in BlasTphemy tour, featuring:
CENOTAPH (Turkey)
https://cenotaph666.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/cenotaphtur
The most brutal band to ever come out of Turkey! We’ve been huge fans of the band for a long time now, and could not turn down the chance to bring them to Cambridge! Brutal death metal all the way!

DARKALL SLAVES (France)
https://darkallslaves.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/darkallslaves
French extreme greatness currently signed to New Standard Elite! Influenced by bands like Disgorge, Gorgasm, Origin, Disentomb, Hate Eternal, Unmerciful and Guttural Secrete

COPROCEPHALIC MUTATION (Uk)
https://coprocephalicmutationslam.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CoprocephalicMutation
We welcome our Mancunian brethren back with open arms! You know the score about these lads! Proper good stuff!
£11 adv
£15 OTD

ADVANCED TICKETS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF SALE, THERE WILL BE TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR.

Live the closest experience to Evanescence with the UK’s leading Evanescence Tribute Band!
Expect great energy, Evanescence’s best songs, powerful sound, headbanging, singing together and …much more fun!

www.evanescencetribute.com
https://www.facebook.com/evanescencetributeuk
https://www.instagram.com/evanescenceoffire

Advanced tickets have been taken off sale, there will be tickets available on the door.

DOORS: 7:00pm

 GOAT MONSOON: 7:30pm

 HELVE: 8:15pm

 OLD HORN TOOTH: 9:00pm

THE GREY: 10:00PM

CAMBRIDGE CREW!!!
Please join us on Saturday 24th August for this monumental Hometown Throw-down with the fam;

Old Horn Tooth.
Heavy Doom Power Trio & proud members of the London Doom Collective.
London based Doom//Stoner Metal//Noise trio playing slow, heavy, fuzzed out riffs and hypnotic vocals with a sinister undercurrent of noise.
http://oldhorntooth.bandcamp.com

HELVE
5 piece Post-Metal/Doom band based in Leeds.
Helve’s incorporate the heavier elements of Sludge/Doom genres mixed with more ambient/soundscape sections akin to the Post-Metal bands such as Rosetta, Cult of Luna, ISIS.
Their first full length album ‘To be forgotten’, has been a labour of love to try and encapsulate the live sound and feel they have honed over the years. There is a strong emotional feel to the lyric content, drawing on personal experiences accompanied by carefully constructed music that rises and falls to create a journey.
“Dense and often dirty post metal that gnaws at your flesh while at the same time comforting you through its spirited and soul-stirring breakdowns. It’s harsh and its melancholic and it’s bloody brilliant”.
http://helveband.bandcamp.com

Goat Monsoon.
5-piece Stoner/Sludge/Groove metal band from Essex.
They have destroyed stages with the likes of Orange Goblin, Paradise Lost, Crowbar, Godthrymm, Nebula, and Conan, as well playing Bloodstock to critical acclaim.
http://goatmonsoon.bandcamp.com

*This show features themes of violence, sexual references and explicit lyrics*

Belligerent Promotions proudly presents a night co-headlined by two of our favourite Czech goregrind bands! No other country does this better, so you are all in for a treat!
CHOKED BY OWN VOMITS
chokedbyownvomits.bandcamp.com
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Czech goregrind of the highest quality!

KANDAR
kandarsicknhorror.bandcamp.com/
facebook.com/kandarsicknhorrorgrindcore/
Even more Czech goregrind greatness!

NECROPHILIC AUTOPSY
necrophilicautopsygrind.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/necrophilicautopsyporngrind/
You knew this was coming! Cambridgeshire’s favourite son is back to put on a showcase of one-man goregrind excellence!
£9 Adv
£12 OTD

Japanese noise legends Melt-Banana make a very welcome return to Cambridge in September! Over the last 30 or so years they’ve ploughed their own distinct furrow and played with bands such as Wire, Mr.Bungle, Fantomas, Tool, MGMT, Napalm Death etc.

Halloween comes a day earlier with a extreme night of Doomy Death Metal from local barbarians Terra, and Birdwitch from Norwich
Wednesday 30th October from 7.30pm
£10 On The Door
Terra are one of the most intangible and enigmatic presences to emerge from within the UK underground music scene in recent times. The Cambridge-based Atmospheric black metal trio, have worked dedicatedly to carve an atypical niche for themselves with their uncompromising musicality. Terra, find their creative self-possession through a sonic delivery that is as primal as it is serene, as mesmerizing as it can be suffocating. Saturating the listener in a miasma that serves to reach into the core of you, and communicate a shared experience of existentiality. (https://terra.band/music)
Alongside Terra are doomgaze band Birdwitch, who Birdwitch have been making a name for themselves since their dynamic, ethereal debut show and their first single release earlier this year