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PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS

Helloween are fully united on the direction they’re headed ...

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ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON

IF PARADISE LOST guitarist Gregor Mackintosh gets his wish, music fans might be adding the gloom-driven sounds of his band’s Ascension LP to their Christmas playlists this year, perhaps alongside Yule