In recent years both Journey and Whitesnake have rolled into Glasgow as part of cracking three band bills, featuring the likes of Def Leppard, Black Stone Cherry, Foreigner or Styx, offering not only a barrage of hits, but cracking value for money. Therefore it seemed it was only a matter of time before these masters of the arena would team up for one of the must see gigs of 2013. Add to that a band who are undoubtedly one of the UK's favourites, Thunder and there was no way there was going to be any disappointed faces come home time. Was there....?

If there's no rest for the wicked, then Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Thief must have been very naughty boys indeed. Not content with a UK tour in 2012 to support their excellent After The Wars album, those pilferers of pointy fruits brought a second whistle stop four date jaunt round the UK (this time in support of the Build A World EP) to an end with a masterful display of power and precision. Joining the fun were outlandish Aussies The Red Paintings and impressive young Glasgow upstarts Atlas : Empire.

Three titans of Thrash, together on the same stage, for only three dates. At last the planets had aligned and I just had to catch this event at any cost.

What better way to kick off May than a night of extreme heavy metal, and on this night New Orleans veterans Goatwhore bring their brand of Louisiana styled thrashy black metal to the small club called Sounds Asylum along with 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, and Ramming Speed. Sea of Tranquility Publisher Pete Pardo was on hand and brings this local concert report.

With their fourth album Youngblood, Audrey Horne have made such a bold statement that their brand of melodic Classic Rock finally looks set to eclipse the heavier, more progressive tendencies of the band members other outfits - I, Enslaved, Sahg and Deride. Something that this Glasgow show, packed with a stunning display of power, melody and grin inducing good old fashioned fun, reinforced in spectacular style. Add to that the bristling riffs of opening band Sahg and the in your face, like us or loathe us attack of The Mercy House and Glasgow was treated to a triple bill of eclecticism that was brought together by the craft and skill of all three bands.

Since joining the ever interesting roster of Kscope Records, The UK's The Pineapple Thief have started to build up a real momentum, the band's last three excellent studio albums, Tightly Unwound, Someone Here Is Missing and last year's All The Wars bringing acclaim from fans and critics alike. Add to that a string of impressive live dates round The UK and Europe, another in a series of interesting EP releases - Build A World and a digital download live release, and the past few months have been very, very busy indeed for TPT mainman Bruce Soord. Sea of Tranquility's Steven Reid caught up with the songwriting, singing guitarist prior to the band's last set of live shows to support All The Wars, to discuss all sorts of pineapple thievery and an interesting side project with Jonas Renske, a key member of Katatonia, which is set to reveal just how wise crowds are...

Back in 2008 Multi-National, Canadian based act Half Past Four made a huge impact on the prog and art rock scenes with their excellent full debut release Rabbit In The Vestibule. Some five years down the line and HPF are back, this time with Good Times, an album which expertly stretches the progressive boundaries this band are so keen to explore. Sea of Tranquility's Steven Reid caught up with guitarist Constantin Necrasov, singer Kyree Vibrant, keyboard player Igor Kurtzman and bassist Dmitry "Les" Lesov (drummer Marcello completes the line-up) to try and discover what makes this Half Past Four tick...