No Mercy Metal Nights

23/09/2025

Greetings Yentoholics & Disciples, 👻 ⚰️ 🧛 👻

The Pathway from the Devil's gate has now been firmly established & The Road to continues with 'Grave New World'. 🪦

Plus it's Payday for many of you this week, so that's another reason for you to drop in & say hello at The Brasshouse on Broad St. Birmingham.

Expect to hear the likes of ACDC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Avenged Sevenfold, Blind Guardian, Bon Jovi, Bullet For My Valentine, Coal Chamber, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Deftones, Dio, Disturbed, Dream Evil, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Five Finger Death Punch, Ghost, Gojira, Guns & Roses, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, King Diamond, Korn, Lamb Of God, Led Zeppelin, Machine Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Nine Inch Nails, Rainbow, Rob Zombie, Pantera, Parkway Drive, Rammstein, Sabaton, Scorpions, Sepultura, Skid Row, Skindred, Slayer, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Steel Panther, Stone Temple Pilots, System of a Down, Therapy?, Thin Lizzy, Trivium, Van Halen, Volbeat, Wednesday 13, Wildhearts, & of course....

The Godfathers of Metal themselves, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath + more.

From Classic To Recent, Cranium Crunchers to Metal Anthems, no Rock shall be left unturned.

Pre-Event Warm Up with Recent Releases from 2025 from 7:30pm, Requests taken from 8pm.

So come down & Feel the Steel this Friday.
🤘😎🤘



Next Up this Saturday, I'll be doing Afternoon Overtime. If you're going to see Pierce The Veil at the Utilita Arena Birmingham on the Night, then we've got the perfect Pre-Party for you to warm up with. I'll be spinning tracks from PTV & their support acts + others from the Genres which they are known for, this is one not to miss.

And last but not least, I shall soon be returning to Ye Olde Foundry - Small Venue Huge Attitude over in Dudley & there's currently a poll to see what you'd want me to do for them next, feel free to give your opinions via the link below.

👉 Vote in the poll here: https://take.supersurvey.com/poll5588211x8A254Dc3-164

See you soon everyone. 🤘

21/09/2025

Get Voting People! 🤘

⚡ HELP US DECIDE! ⚡

DJ Darkson itching to bring some of his infamous theme nights to King Street — but we want YOU lot to pick what lands first at the Foundry.

👉 Vote in the poll here: https://take.supersurvey.com/poll5588211x8A254Dc3-164

Will it be 80s hair metal mayhem? 90s grunge & metal chaos? A full-on 2000s meltdown? Or maybe PRIME student nights, Winterville, or even Valhalloween 👀

🍻 Small venue. Huge attitude. Free entry. Cheap pints. Loud nights.
The only thing missing is YOUR vote.

👉 Vote in the poll here: https://take.supersurvey.com/poll5588211x8A254Dc3-164

19/09/2025

Good Afternoon Everyone

Tonight, it's the return of 'Grave New World' at The Brasshouse on Broad St. Birmingham. Kicking off this evening with the warm up from 7:30pm & this week shall be featuring Recent Releases from......

Battle Beast, Beyond the Black, Blacklist Union, Cassidy Paris, Hell in the Club, MammothWVH, Those Damn Crows & Testament

Requests taken from 8pm. From Classic To Recent, Cranium Crunchers to Metal Anthems, no Rock shall be left unturned.

So come down & Feel the Steel.
🤘😎🤘

12/09/2025

Greetings Yentoholics & Disciples, 👻 ⚰️ 🧛 👻

Following last week's successful launch, The Road to continues with Evening Two of 'Grave New World'. 🪦

Expect to hear the likes of ACDC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Avenged Sevenfold, Blind Guardian, Bon Jovi, Bullet For My Valentine, Coal Chamber, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Deftones, Dio, Disturbed, Dream Evil, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Five Finger Death Punch, Ghost, Gojira, Guns & Roses, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, King Diamond, Korn, Lamb Of God, Led Zeppelin, Machine Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Nine Inch Nails, Rainbow, Rob Zombie, Pantera, Parkway Drive, Rammstein, Sabaton, Scorpions, Sepultura, Skid Row, Skindred, Slayer, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Steel Panther, Stone Temple Pilots, System of a Down, Therapy?, Thin Lizzy, Trivium, Van Halen, Volbeat, Wednesday 13, Wildhearts, & of course....

The Godfathers of Metal themselves, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath + more.

From Classic To Recent, Cranium Crunchers to Metal Anthems, no Rock shall be left unturned.

So come down & Feel the Steel. 🤘😎🤘

06/09/2025

Good Afternoon Everyone!

It's Setlist Time, if you've missed my Two Most Recent DJ Sets, here's what I've played over the last Two Friday's!

NO MERCY at Ye Olde Foundry - Small Venue Huge Attitude 29/08/2025

*REQUESTS

WARM UP

Motorhead - The Game
Overkill - Scorched
Soulfly - Flyhigh
Aurorawave - Tibetan Sky Burial
Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
Anthrax - Safe Home

HOUR 1

ACDC - Hells Bells
Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Coming
Iron Maiden - The Writing On The Wall
The Cult - Lil Devil
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
Ghost - Spillways
Volbeat - Shotgun Blues
Avenged Sevenfold - Carry On
Metallica - The Four Horseman
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Diamond Head - Am I Evil? (2020 Version)

HOUR 2

Richie Blackmore's Rainbow - Hall of the Mountain King
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
Guns & Roses - Black Leather
Motley Crue - Looks That Kill
Skid Row - Beggars Day
Pantera - Domination
Megadeth - Peace Sells.....but who's Buying?
Faith No More - Land of Sunshine
Nirvana - In Bloom
Soundgarden - Outshined
Stone Temple Pilots - S*x Type Thing
Alice In Chains - We Die Young
Machine Head - Old
Korn - Got The Life

HOUR 3

Fear Factory - Edgecrusher
Rammstein - Feuer Frei
Rob Zombie - Superbeast
Five Finger Death Punch - Mama Said Knock You Out
System of a Down - Aerials
Killswitch Engage - This Fire
Slipknot - Unsainted
Disturbed - Are You Ready?
Parkway Drive - Prey
Skindred - Pressure
A Day To Remember - Make It Make Sense
Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon
Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens
Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots
Snot - Snot
Steel Panther - Asian Ho**er
Def Leppard - Lets Get Rocked

HOUR 4

Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Turisas - Rasputin
Alestorm - Drink
Gojira - Silvera
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Slayer - Disciple (God Hates Us All)
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Tool - Stinkfist
Soil - Halo
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Limp Bizkit - Nookie
Jinjer - Mediator*

HOUR 5

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of*.....
Korn - Freak On a Leash
Machine Head - Davidian
Saxon - Princess of the Night (Re-Recorded)*
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets
Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine*
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
Pantera - Walk
Five Finger Death Punch - Sham Pain*
AC/DC - Thunderstruck*
Black Sabbath - War Pigs*
Motorhead - Born To Raise Hell

HOUR 6

Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Thunder - Love Walked In
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Five Finger Death Punch - Under & Over It*
Down - Stone the Crow
Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell*
Disturbed - Voices*
Rammstein - Du Hast
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Metallica - The Struggle Within

GRAVE NEW WORLD at The Brasshouse on Broad St. Birmingham 05/09/2025

*REQUESTS

Warm Up

Martyr De Mona - Siege Mentality
Blues Saraceno - The Dark Horse Always Wins
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
Helloween - Pumpkins United
Blind Guardian - Dead Sound of Misery
South of Salem - Death To The Party

HOUR 1 starting with Modified Duckula Intro

Alice In Chains - Get Born Again
Rainbow - Kill the King*+
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Bruce Dickinson - Cyclops
Motorhead - Killed By Death*
Amaranthe - Viral*
Battle Beast - From Hell With Love
Thin Lizzy - Cold Sweat
Lynyrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabhama*
ACDC - Thunderstruck*
Black Stone Cherry - Blame It On The Boom Boom
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
Pantera - Psycho Holiday
Korn - Make Me Bad

HOUR 2

Deftones - Be Quiet & Drive
American Head Charge - Just So You Know*
System of a Down - Sugar*
Snot - Snot*
Type O Negative - Love You To Death*
Sirakh - Love Like Blood
Disturbed - Inside The Fire
Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry*
Slipknot - Psychosocial
Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

HOUR 3

Judas Priest - Ram It Down
Slayer - Raining Blood
Motorhead - Overkill*
Whitechapel - Prisoner 666*
Acid Drinkers - Ring of FIre
Skindred - Pressure*
Tool - Stinkfist*
Rammstein - Sonne*
Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal
Dio - Holy Diver*
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare*
Slipknot - Gematria*
Machine Head - Old*
Metallica - One*

HOUR 4

Black Sabbath - War Pigs*
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman*
Guns & Roses - Welcome To The Jungle*
Korn - Freak On a Leash*
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name*
Judas Priest - Painkiller*
Alestorm - Drink
Ghost - Square Hammer*
Tenacious D - Tribute*
Offspring - Pretty Fly For a White Guy*
Soundgarden - Spoonman*
Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around*

HOUR 5

Sepultura - Refuse/Resist*
Skindred - Warning*
Faith No More - Epic
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary*
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
System of a Down - Aerials*
Anthrax - Madhouse*
Slayer - Angel of Death*
Pantera - Walk
CKY - Flesh Into Gear*
Alice In Chains - Man In The Box
Machine Head - Davidian
Rammstein - Du Hast*
Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
Motorhead - Orgasmatron

HOUR 6

Rainbow - Stargazer*
Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Faith No More - We Care A Lot*
Deftones - Milk of the Madonna*
Prong - Snap Ypur Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Soundgarden - Outshined*
Pantera - New Level*
Behemoth - Chant for Ezkaton 2000*
Decapitated - Kill The Cult
Ensiferum - One More Magic Potion
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?

29/08/2025

Just One Week until the Road to begins with Grave New World!

Greetings Yentoholics & Disciples, it's time to return to the Darkside..... 👻 ⚰️ 🪦 👻

'Grave New World' is the Brand New Rock & Metal Night coming to The Brasshouse on Broad St. Birmingham (which is right next to the Black Sabbath Bridge) begins on September 5th & will be Every Friday Night from 8pm-2am where yours truly will be the Resident DJ for it.

Expect to hear the likes of ACDC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Avenged Sevenfold, Blind Guardian, Bon Jovi, Bullet For My Valentine, Coal Chamber, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Deftones, Dio, Disturbed, Dream Evil, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Five Finger Death Punch, Ghost, Gojira, Guns & Roses, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Killswitch Engage, King Diamond, Korn, Lamb Of God, Led Zeppelin, Machine Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Nine Inch Nails, Rainbow, Rob Zombie, Pantera, Parkway Drive, Rammstein, Sabaton, Scorpions, Sepultura, Skid Row, Skindred, Slayer, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Steel Panther, Stone Temple Pilots, System of a Down, Therapy?, Thin Lizzy, Trivium, Van Halen, Volbeat, Wednesday 13, Wildhearts, & of course....

The Godfathers of Metal themselves, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath + more.

From Classic To Recent, Cranium Crunchers to Metal Anthems, no Rock shall be left unturned.

So come down & Feel the Birmingham Steel🤘😎🤘

28/08/2025

TOMORROW NIGHT!

We Can't Stop Here.....this is the !

I shall be the Special Guest DJ at Dudley's Finest Music Venue Ye Olde Foundry - Small Venue Huge Attitude with a Night of Cranium Crunching Delight, Heavy from start to Finish. 💀 💀 💀

Be there or be Square! 🤘

10/12/2024

Hey Everyone.

Sorry be bearer of Bad News, but I've yet to be offered a rescheduled date for 'Grave New World', this will now take place in 2025 once I've found a venue for it.

28/11/2024

Admit it, you just sang along to this....

31/10/2024

And here's another one. (which was part of my 'Fangtasia' setlist a few weeks ago & might feature in 'Grave New World' tomorrow)

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31/10/2024

Test Running for No Mercy Metal Nights Presents: Grave New World Tomorrow. If you're coming, leave Requests in the Comments Box.

31/10/2024

30 HOUR WARNING FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!

No Mercy Metal Nights Presents: Grave New World. 🪦

Pre-Show at 7pm with the Main Event Starting at 8pm.

Classic & Modern Hard Rock, Many Forms of Metal, Gothic, Alternative, Thrash & Extreme + the Aftermath of Hallow's Eve.

Welcome to the Underworld, where DJ Karl 'Yentonian' Darkson brings you a Metal Night for livelong Metalheads where the Old & New Schools collide, where the Attitude is Ruthless & you can Feel the Birmingham Steel make you want to Crunch that Cranium & Resurrect your Air Guitars. This will not be for the easily spooked or the faint hearted. If you ever used to enjoy Anvil Anthems, A Twist In the Myth, Rock & Metal Fruit Machine & Vulgar Display of the 90's at The Hammer & Anvil or the 'No Mercy: Pre-Gig Parties' that I used to do at Digbeth Works, this is the night for You!

Genres to Expect during 'Grave New World' will be , , , , , , & + a few unexpected surprises thrown in for good measure, Requests will be gladly accepted on the night as well. \m/

Friday November 1st, Free Entry until 10pm & then £5 Cash on the Door, Afterwards. Fancy Dress not required but Recommended if you're still feeling Ghoulish on the Night.

The Heaviest Night & Best Metal night, the Second City will have seen since 2018, be there or Be Square, stop Pretending & be sure to be Attending.