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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Found a buncha pics I meant to post to Instagram a while back because yes, I'm still thinking about her.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Watch me giddily fangirl over a very special performance.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Can't begin to describe how excited I am for the Aaron Stainthorpe show in Bristol tonight. He is an absolute hero of mine.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How fucking good are Blood Red Throne though. Well worth a six hour traffic jam from Glasgow to Manchester.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Also me, for Moshville. I've been busy.

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Allie Morgan @grumpwitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy new @greenlungband.bsky.social day to all who celebrate. (It's me, I celebrate.) open.spotify.com/album/7n0Nol...

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Necropolitan - Album by Green Lung | Spotify

Green Lung · album · 2026 · 9 songs

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Man every time I learn more about the music industry - and extreme metal in particular - I realise that the whole damn scene is held together with volunteer work and electrical tape. It makes me appreciate it all the more.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When the pic is so kvlt I thought it was Joe Biden.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There is another photographer at this show the same height as me (very small) and she brought a stepstool. I wish I had a tenth of that confidence.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I love it when you're early for a show and you get to stand through the sound checks but you kind of turn away a bit so that we can all buy into the illusion that you're just now noticing the band when they start their set. 10/10 human experience.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Do other reviewers take notes like this or

Bonestrider - Psychedelic. Throat singing. Sabbath fuckin riffs. Howling vocals like wolfshead. Bitches hear this and be like "hell yeah." It's me. I'm bitches.

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Grave Noise @gravenoisemedia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s Mangata Festival time and, once again, the team behind the festival have put together an outstanding lineup of bands. It’s going to be one hell of an event and we’re all really spoiled for choice, but just in case you need a little help deciding who to see, here are ten bands we think are…

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Ten Bands You Should Check Out at Mangata Festival 2026

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Mangata fest! I'll be the one with the cool light-up walking stick. Come and say hi! Please excuse the deer-in-headlights look, I am autistic and need a moment to say hi back 😁👋

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Allie Morgan @grumpwitch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is in presale and it's something else I'm seeing a lot. Either the accessible tickets are not included in the presale, which fucks over disabled fans, or the only ones included are these "super premium" ones that cost outrageous money, which also fucks over disabled fans.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tired of being a disabled music fan sometimes tbh

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What a night for seeing Florence and the Machine. Couldn't have asked for better. Yes I did a little cry at the end.

A glowing summer evening sky over the stage and crowd at Edinburgh's Highland Park.

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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 12/08/2026

All noise, no nuance? Metal has more creativity than you'd think 👀 Inside Bloodstock at 25 – battle jackets, face paint and a proper art gallery: www.creativeboom.com/news/bloodst...

Crowds at Bloodstock, Britain's biggest independent metal festival, shot by the official festival photography team.

Metal fans in costume and face paint at Bloodstock.

Fan creativity at Bloodstock – hand-painted battle jackets and DIY costumes.

Performers and crowds at the Bloodstock metal festival.

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Xisuma @xisumavoid.com · 15/06/2026

Dimmu Borgir "Grand Serpent Rising" (2026) xisuma.blogspot.com/2026/06/dimm... #DimmuBorgir #GrandSerpentRising

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I don't know if you guys are aware but the @damnationfestival.bsky.social lineup this year is INSANE. (complimentary)

The Damnation Festival 2026 Lineup poster, featuring Cult of Luna, Satyricon, Igorrr, Carcass, HEALTH, Crowbar, Triptykon, Wolves in the Throne Roomo, Walls of Jericho, Eyehategod, Car Bomb, The Berzerker, Benediction, Pelican, Weekend Nachos, MØL, Frontierer, Slow Crush, Holy Fawn, Gorerotted, Groza, Rwake, Lik, Hippotraktor, Wormed, The Moth Gatherer, Eyes, Ultha, Coltaine, Final Dose, Hundred Year old Man, Medulla Nocte, Swamp Coffin, Mastiff, Lagrimas, Machukha, Black Sheep Wall, Intercourse and Fange.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Some days you get nothing and other days the lil dudes at the zoo will just pose for your camera.

A meerkat looking directly at the camera.

A meerkat on its hind legs, looking off to the side.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I used to sit and watch these videos on the family computer at The Big Computer Desk like yeah man. I get too much fucking homework. This guy gets it.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I could listen to a little bit of S&M this evening as a treat but u/BasedGuitarist420 says that Metallica sold out after Ride the Lightning. Much to think about.

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Wise Wizard Pondering Orb

ALT: Wise Wizard Pondering Orb

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Why bother with THAT Telegraph review of #SystemofADown when you could read this one from me, instead?

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Little sliver moon over Capri.

A slightly liminal photo of a tall building with the moon directly above it.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Obsessed with this building. www.instagram.com/mosbournepics/

A film-style photograph of the Spitteleck in Berlin, Germany. A retro-futuristic brutalist-ish building with an enormous Coca Cola sign on top on a clear, sunny day.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Just had my own post suggested to me on Instagram.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Got a lotta pics up on Insta. Skagway is a vibe. www.instagram.com/mosbournepics/

Industrial barrels on massive industrial shelving in the foreground, a snowy mountain in the background.

An old mercedes drives up the main street of Skagway with the top down, past a rail-crossing sign. There are several big fluffy huskies inside.

The streets of Skagway. Signs for "Chilkoot permits" and "Kirmse's Curios" can be seen. There's a snowy mountain in the background.

Several people walk past one of the big hand-painted signs of Skagway. One man is walking a pair of dogs in battle vests.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

POV: The band insist on using a single red strobe light behind the drummer.

Lightroom histogram. There is very little light information, all of the blacks are clipped out. There's a tiny bit of red.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My review of Saor, Cistvaen and Oakenthrone. TL;DR: We had fun.

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Mel Osbourne @catsabbath.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

I forget I have this account but there's something freeing about not having >15k people scrutinising your every word. Anyway I think dogs should vote.

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