Author: Steve Carufel

In a special longform feature, Steve Carufel digs into gigs and listening data and speaks to the musicians involved to find out what has happened to Birmingham’s heavy metal legacy — and what might come next. “Are you taking notes or recording? Because obviously, I’ll be going through a lot of stuff.” This is how Steve and I started to discuss Birmingham’s — and the West Midlands’ — rock and heavy metal scene, then and now. Steve Gould is a Birmingham-born presenter at Midlands Metalheads Radio, a producer, and founder of the young Fusion – Music Without Boundaries festival, which…