Morbid Angel got June off to a heavy start which you can relive, thanks toGoatlady and OriginalSin But then Necro got himself arrested for picking a fight with someone and had to cancel – again.

Yesterdaystoast was swept away by Oceansize – the support act at the Cog gig. Stuo has the shots for you here See if you can spot some Tokyo Birds in the crowd – They love the Cog.
Making review number two, Belle89 hit Rocket Room to check out Genghis’ launch but she missed the 90 minute extrippaganza that was the French Rockets Late Night Live set. Those with the stamina and energy drinks witnessed a truly entertaining set complete with VJ to replace the lights and fog that is their normal fare.

In a stroke of genius, local bands are discovering new venues to play live in, with Rollerdrome getting the Injured Ninja treatment. There are hints of more roller rink gigs to come, so get ready to get your 80s on… oh, wait.

Schici loved The Novocaines at Rocket Room and Squagz made dance-shapes at NASA while Stephholt got a dance of a psychotic flavour on with Bluejuice.
As usual, Williamb captured a top notch gallery full of award winning shots. If you were there, he probably got you in the gallery

Owencord and OriginalSin were unleashing the extreme one day before Jeff Martin entertained a whole Armada of Fasterlouder crew. Matthewtompsett and Owencord gave us their skills.

Evermore surprised some fans with their concept-swipe at the superficial, as witnessed by Frog_e and Sharpshooter (who was shooting sharply indeed) giving credence to her Kiss My WAMi inclusion.

And of course, The Next Big Thing kicked off and will run all the way through the month and into July in a quest to find, well.. the Next Big Thing. Find out what last years winners are up to from RockPrincess, have a look at our first couple of galleries from The Foundry and Rocket Room from Toxikon read the story so far, and stay tuned for more reviews and pictures as they come in…

Jeifer and Shardelite got back to Basics at the Railway, and we loved The Fumes so much last time they were here that we sent a reviewer to each show; here’s what Aquabogan thought. and here’s StephHolt’s point of view We also had Toxikon there to give you some pictures Dash and Will gave Sharpshooter a chance to test her writing muscles as well this week while Stuo was on lens duty