Just thought it might be of some doubtful use to create a record of all the gigs I go to in 2008, so nobody can accuse me of being a stay at home loafer.
1) Detrimentum, Bloodwork, Scythian @ Bar Monsta - 26.01.08
2) Dead Existence @ Unicorn - 2.02.08
3) Primordial, Grand Magus @ Underworld - 2.02.08
4) Master, Nebukadnezza, Scythian, Anoxia @ Underworld - 4.02.08
5) Ritual Abuse @ Metal Mass, The Grosvenor - 16.02.08
6) Gamarra, Brainchoke, Hyperion, Primitive Graven Image @ Bar Monsta - 22.02.08
7) My Silent Wake, Nebukadnezza, Drottnar @ Bar Monsta - 23.02.08
8) Bludgeon, Terrordrome, Defeated Sanity @ Chinnery's, Southend - 4.03.08
9) Elimination, Damnas, Dr Death, Heretic @ Purple Turtle. 12/03/08
10) Ale Storm, Norther, Turisas @ Electric Ballroom 13/03/08
11) Bludgeon, Hovadah, Putrefy, Inhumate @ Purple Turtle 15/03/08
12) Active Slaughter, Asmodia, The River @ Bar Monsta 22/03/08
13) Nightwish @ The Astoria 26/03/08
14) Divine Chaos, Anoxia, Surrounded by Disgust, Flesh Rot @ Purple Turtle 31.03.08
15) Eluvitie, Moonsorrow, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum (Paganfest) @ Koko 6.04.08
16) Xandria, Stoneman (who were shit) @ The Underworld 7.04.08
17) Gama Bomb, Evile, Exodus @ The Underworld 8.04.08
18) Dead Existence, Surrounded by Disgust, Nebukadnezza @ Lark in the Park 10.04.08
19) Mercenary, Death Angel @ The Underworld 15.04.08
20) Hang the Bastard, Pombagira, Lesbian @ Bar Monsta 21.04.08
21) Danger, Silence the Wolves, Evil Eye @ Bar Monsta 22.04.08
22) River Freshney, Inner Rage, Chaos Blood, Rosewest @ Purple Turtle 23.04.08
23) Severed Heaven, Savage Messiah, Nemhain @ Rocket Complex 24.04.08
24) Desolation, Cloven Hoof @ Bar Monsta 25.04.08
25) Revenge, Arkhon Infaustus, Angel Corpse @ Electrowerkz 26.04.08
26) Hovadah, Empty Feeling, Onanizer @ The Loaded Dog 27.04.08
27) Intense, Blitzkrieg @ The Underworld 30.04.08
28) ???, Ahysma, Jecano, Blood Island Raiders @ Fiddler's Elbow 2.05.08
29) Empathy, Damnas, Circle of Tyrants @ Bar Monsta 3.05.08
30) Ultimate Trigger Mechanism, Necrosadistic Goat Torture, Nailed @ Bar Monsta 16.05.08
31) Conquest of Steel, Dream Evil @ The Underworld 29.05.08
32) Doctor Death, River Freshney, Mutant, Damnas @ The Quad, LSE 5.06.08
33) ??, The Devils, BlackOut @ Bar Monsta 6.06.08
34) Deathfest: Brainchoke, Detrimentum, Infestation, Emeth, Grind Inc, Unmerciful, Decrepit Birth, Cryptopsy @ The Underworld 7.06.08
35) Anger Management, Nebukadnezza, Gama Bomb, Warbringer @ The Underworld 9.06.08
36) AlmaMorta, 9 Days Down, Silence is Spoken, Carnal Rites @ The Underworld 12.06.08
37) Anoxia, Chokehold, De Profundis @ The Unicorn 20.06.08
38) Dantes Ascenscion, Dead Existence @ Bar Monsta 22.06.08
39) Trigger The Bloodshed, Burning Skies, Anterior, Dying Fetus @ The Underworld 23.06.08
40) Endless Torment, Achren, Daemonolith @ Bar Monsta 27.06.08
41) Breedapart, Nochaa, The Berzerker @ The Underworld 2.07.08
42) Ted Maul, The Rotted @ Bar Academy 5.07.08
43) Unleash & ????? @ Victoria Biker's Pub, Coalville, Leicestershire 18.07.08
44) Slaughterday Fest: Ligature, Dead Existence, Sons of Merrick, Inner Rage, Olde Crone, Mutant, Crowning Glory, Dam @ Purple Turtle 20.07.08
45) Anchorhead, Tesseract, To-Mera @ The Underworld 24.07.08
46) The Devils, Drown Your Own, Bladestorm, Meantime @ The Unicorn 25.07.08
47) Metalbrew 5: Bluesmiths, Ten Ton Tabby, Xiphon, Doctor Death, Dead Existence, Damnas, Dark Forest, Mutant, Pagan Altar, Cloven Hoof @ Mill Hill Rugby Club 26.07.08
48) Never Means Maybe, Doctor Death, Nebukadnezza, Gama Bomb @ Bar Monsta 28.07.08
49) Ninehertz Alldayer: Rachmanite, White Fang, Olde Crone, Grifter, A Horse Called War, Cherry Choke, End of Level Boss, Gentlemans Pistols @ The Underworld, 2.08.08
50) Freedom High, @ under a bridge on Castlehaven Rd, Camden 2.08.08
51) Miscreation, Aghast, Porkfarm, Fleshrot @ Bullet Bar 08.08.08
52) Kaleb, Empyrial Destroyer, Dead Seed @ The Unicorn 10.08.08
53) Bloodstock Open Air - Day One: Evile, Broken Faith, H.O.D, Tyr, Destruction, Primal Fear, Soulfly, Opeth @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire 15.08.08
54) Bloodstock Open Air - Day Two: Evil Scarecrow, Cloudscape, Witchsorrow, Empyreal Destroyer, Eluveitie, Swallow The Sun, Communic, Blood Island Raiders, Moonsorrow, Naplam Death, Soilwork, Iced Earth, Dimmu Borgir @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire 16.08.08
55) Bloodstock Open Air - Day Three: Crowning Glory, De Profundis, Alestorm, Ravenage, Grand Magus, Mob Rules, Necrosadistic Goat Torture, Kataklysm, Ravens Creed, Ted Maul, Overkill, At The Gates, Nightwish @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire 17.08.08
56) Suffocate Bastard, Inveracity, Beheaded @ Bar Monsta 19.08.08
57) Witchsorrow, Ravens Creed, Turisas @ Barfly 20.08.08
58) Apocalyptic Rage: Hallowed Point, Radical Onslaught, Deceptor, Doctor Death, H.O.D., Amok, Damnas, Nebukadnezza, Mutant, ???? (Sodom cover band), Gama Bomb @ Purple Turtle 23.08.08
59) Aghast @ Cross Kings 24.08.08
60) Young N Hostile, Ahysma, The Cassini Division, Symphony of Pain @ The Unicorn 29.08.08
61) Spearhead, Witchmaster, Impiety @ The Purple Turtle 2.09.08
62) Grave, Nile @ The Underworld 19.09.08
63) Counterpoint, Wayward, Seasons of Six, Burnt Beneath, Carnal Rites @ Purple Turtle 20.09.08
64) Burial, Basement Torture Killings, Abalch, Afgrund @ Bar Monsta 21.09.08
65) Emerald, Kaleb, Snake Eyes @ The Unicorn 27.09.08
66) Sigil, Chewin' Druids, River Freshney, Nebukadnezza @ The Purple Turtle 1.10.08
67) Firebrand Superock, Lay Out The Traps, Thirteen Wolves, Blood Island Raiders @ The Purple Turtle 3.10.08
68) Septic Tank, Blasphetised, Infected Disarray (Tom & Poala's party) @ Bar Monsta 4.10.08
69) The One, Grave Miasma, Glorior Belli @ Bull & Gate 5.10.08
70) The Take Over, Cunt Pig, Bloodwork, Kemakil @ The Unicorn 7.10.08
71) Acid Temple, Bison, Natan @ The Bridge House 2 9.10.08
72) The Gathering of the Clans: Northern Oak, Shallow Intentions, Sokaris, Wodensthrone, Jorvik, Alba Gu Brath, Aesir, Darkest Era, Ravenage, Siluria @ The Victoria Biker's Pub, Coalville, Leics 11.10.08
73) Savage Messiah, Sworn Amongst, Bonded by Blood, Gama Bomb @ The Underworld 14.10.08
74) Ghast, Skaldic Curse @ The Unicorn 17.10.08
75) Slither, Memorial, Punish, Violated, Nocturnus @ The Underworld 18.10.08
76) Infected Disarray, Hail of Bullets @ The Purple Turtle 18.10.08
77) Doctor Death, Lifeless, F.K.U. @ Bar Monsta 19.10.08
78) Bloodshot Dawn, The More I See, Devastation @ Bar Monsta 22.10.08
79) The Drowning, The Prophecy, My Silent Wake @ Bar Monsta 25.10.08
80) Waylander @ The Unicorn 25.10.08
81) Empyreal Destroyer, Eastern Front, Hecate Enthroned @ The Underworld 28.10.08
82) Mastadon, Trivium, Slayer @ Hammersmith Apollo 30.10.08
83) Parasite, Fields of Iaru @ The Unicorn 31.10.08
84) Justonefix, Spitting Blood, Bloodwork, De Profundis @ The Purple Turtle 2.11.08
85) Grailknights, Sabaton, Intense @ The Purple Turtle 5.11.08
86) Krawling Home, Circle of Rage, Anoxia @ The Unicorn 6.11.08
87) Ahysma, Greg(o)rian, Dead Existence, Pombagira @ Camden Rock 8.11.08
88) Brabazon, Isolysis, Hanging Doll, Nemhain, Cloven Hoof, Hi-On Maiden @ The Ruskin Arms 15.11.08
89) When Gods Burn, Carnal Rites, Chaosanct, Blackout @ Nambucca 21.11.08
90) Hades Lab, Cerebral Bore, Amagortis, Human Rejection @ Bar Monsta 22.11.08
91) Nebukadnezza, Descent, The Rotted, Napalm Death @ The Underworld 23.11.08
92) Royal Zen Society, Phyrexia @ The Standard 27.11.08
93) Hard Rock Hell Day 1: JettBlack, Blackhole, Textures, The Plight, Johnny Truant, Cancer Bats, Benedictum, Budgie, Thin Lizzy, Doro @ Pontins, Wales 5.12.08
94) Hard Rock Hell Day 2: Hecate Enthroned, Pig Iron, Cloven Hoof, Warrior Soul, Battlelore, Alestorm, Ravens Creed, Powerquest, Firewind, Blitzkrieg, Orange Goblin, Clutch, Black Label Society @ Pontins, Wales 6.12.08
95) Septic Tank, Anoxia @ The Purple Turtle 9.12.08
96) Symphony of Pain, Greg(o)rian, Avenge Thee, Schist, Liquid Sky @ The Unicorn 13.12.08
97) Let 'Em Burn, Nebukadnezza, De Profundis, Winterfylleth, Sarpanitum, Infected Disarray, Mithras @ Purple Turtle 14.12.08
98) Debauchery, Destruction @ The Underworld 16.12.08
99) Affluenza, Infestation, Virus @ The Rock Attic 20.12.08
100)
Deceptor, Sick to Death, River Freshney, Damnas, Mutant @ The Purple Turtle 22.12.08
101) Ditchcreeper, Decrepit Womb, Visions Through Hate, Porkfarm, Embryonic Depravity, Suhrim @ The Purple Turtle 27.12.08