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Blackbraid live @ Rebellion, Manchester. Photo Credit: James Weaver
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LIVE REVIEW: Blackbraid @ Rebellion, Manchester

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Since emerging in 2022, the ascendancy of BLACKBRAID has been one of the breakout successes of modern black metal. Well positioned in

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