Ever walked all the way up to the gods at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire? Until a couple of hours ago, Paul Riedl hadn’t. Which is why the moustachioed Blood Incantation frontman has elected to meet K! up here.

“Our tour manager was like, ‘Are you sure you wanna go to the top?’ Yeah, I want this guy from Kerrang! to walk to the very top floor,” he laughs. “We’ve never had anything like this before, man. Our tour manager asked me, ‘Did you ever think you'd be playing a venue with this many stairs?’ No, I absolutely never did, ever.”

It’s quite the view. Even empty at 12:30 in the afternoon, hours before Blood Incantation hit the stage far below for their biggest headline gig to date on these shores, the Empire's theatrical surrounds and multi-level grandeur as fine an illustration a

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