A GROUP of heavy metal legends are playing in Bradford for the first time in 18 years this weekend.

Orange Goblin will be performing at Nightrain, Queensgate, in the city centre on Saturday, the first time since Bradford Rio in 2004.

Formed under the name Our Haunted Kingdom, way back in 1995, the band entered the world of heavy music as wide-eyed enthusiasts.

Emerging in the mid-90s, the Londoners immediately endeared themselves to a whole generation of metal fans.

Orange Goblin’s debut album Frequencies From Planet Ten was released through Rise Above Records in October 1997.

A steady stream of studio albums followed, from early classics like Time Travelling Blues and The Big Black to 2012’s universally praised A Eulogy For The Damned and 2018’s equally hailed The Wolf Bites Back.

Now having recently signed to Peaceville Records, the band are planning on 2022 bringing a new studio album.