Reviews of The Zoo, Manchester

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The Zoo rated: 5/5 from 2 visitor reviews

Address: Sidney Street (off 126Grosvenor Street), Just off Oxford Road , Manchester City Centre, Manchester, M1 7HL
Phone: 0161 236 3786

Venue short url: http://www.skiddle.com/venues/840/

Type of venue: Nightclub

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Redeemer at New Year's
Overall rating: 3.5

Having been to this venue many times before, I can say that New Year's Eve was nothing special in comparison - it was just another night out. There was no change in atmosphere, drinks prices were the same and so on. This doesn't mean I'm suggesting that it was poorly set up, just that it was a night much like any other I could have on a normal Friday evening.
The only real difference was in the music that was being played and this was a front I considered to be a bit of a let-down, the rest being merely average. I understand that some more mainstream things are going to get played but I noticed that the metal side of the night was mostly non-existent. Multiple times, I added things to the request sheet and saw others had written down similar requests; there was definitely a demand for metal. There are tons of "alternative" club nights in Manchester that have very similar playlists, yet this had been advertised as offering more. I was disappointed.
There is a definite lack of metal in the Manchester clubs, the best we get is Post Mortem and even that isn't fantastic. I feel that a night needs to arise to fill the gap in the market, give the metal-lovers of Manchester (and there are a lot of them) somewhere to go every week. I can personally recommend Post Mortem DJ: DJ Fayle for the task of providing music for such a night and know that he is currently seeking to start one.

Does Redeemer bring anything new to Manchester? No. Will I go again? Probably but it almost-certainly won't be a regular occurrence... I seek better than mediocrity.