Chalice of Blood

PENCARROW: Growth In The Absence Of Light - NZ Tour - Auckland

photoset, gigMark DerricuttMay 2, 2021Auckland, Dead Witch, Ding Dong Lounge, Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Metal, Mark DerricuttComment

BRIDGE BURNER with Graves, Spiteful Urinator, and Vassafor at Auckland's Whammy Bar

BRIDGE BURNER celebrate the release of DISEMPATH at Aucklands Whammy Bar, with guests GRAVES, SPITEFUL URINATOR and VASSAFOR.

photoset, gigMark DerricuttApril 17, 2021Auckland, Whammy Bar, Vassafor, Bridge Burner, Graves, Spiteful UrinatorComment

WRITTEN BY WOLVES with CORIDIAN at Ding Dong Lounge

photoset, gigMark DerricuttApril 10, 2021Auckland, Ding Dong Lounge, Coridian, Written By WolvesComment

ANNIHILATION CULT by SCORN OF CREATION

Wellington's SCORN OF CREATION unleash ANNIHILATION CULT - a short, yet intense dose of melodic, technical death metal that continues to keep New Zealand Metal at the forefront of the world stage.

PRIMACY - Seeds of Change Album Release Show At Ding Dong Lounge

Auckland’s Primacy held their long awaited, long delayed album release show for their “Seeds of Change” album with support from The First Child, and Downfall Of Humanity.

gig, photosetMark DerricuttFebruary 28, 2021Ding Dong Lounge, Auckland, Primacy, Downfall Of Humanity, The First ChildComment

Just One Fix / Traitor's Fate / Lorenzo

photoset, gigMark DerricuttFebruary 1, 2021Just One Fix, Traitors Fate, Close To The Bone, Ding Dong Lounge, Auckland Comment

Smash Fest 2021

Having the freedom to start 2021 camping freely in the sun (minus some torrential rain) with some of New Zealands leading, and upcoming heavy metal bands was an excellent way to usher in the End of Days.

Mark DerricuttJanuary 11, 2021SmashFest, Smash Palace, GisborneComment

Top 50 Albums of 2020

This year my main “favourites of 2020” list is sitting at around 160-170 albums, rather than anguish over what to _drop_ - I just simply created an empty Top 50 list and pulled my…. favourites - oddly and psychologically simpler - leaving around 110 albums I’m simply all putting in position 51.

announcement, top listMark DerricuttDecember 15, 20202020, Top List, Favourite, Mark DerricuttComment

A Night of Death & Lunacy

It's been fairly quiet around here lately after just enjoying attending shows instead of shooting, but we still need to let loose occasionally.

gig, photosetMark DerricuttDecember 13, 2020Auckland, Dead Witch, Teraset, Disentra, Ding Dong LoungeComment