“Northern Darkness II: Brominion Edition – Satan, Mythra, Millennium, Born Tö Lose and Equitum @Cluny 2, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 7, 2023
For many UK-based NWOBHM fans, Satan’s appearance at County Durham’s Dominion Festival was a godsend. That festival’s cancellation? A real let down. But Byker Grave Bookings’ rescue mission saw Satan booked for a Sunday headline slot at Cluny 2 – with a host of metal acts in tow. Rich Holmes was there…
It begins again…
Metallers who’d enjoyed Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s shows might have been flagging by the time they’d descended the Ouseburn Valley for this bill.
You’d have forgiven them.
The beer was good.
But hangovers were thrashed away by rising Newcastle crossover upstarts Equitum and given a dose of Motorpröfen by High Spirits’ Lemmy-worshipping tribute act, Born Tö Lose.
North East NWOBHM veterans Millennium (pictured below) followed up with a steely set of streetwise tunes, culminating in There Is A Devil and their ’85 demo gem We Don’t Trust You.
The stage was set.”
