The Answer are to re-issue their debut album 'Rise' through Albert Productions on June 18.
The new version will hit shelves complete with a bonus CD, featuring live tracks, a cover of Aerosmith's 'Sweet Emotion', acoustic versions and singles B-sides.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Updated gig list...
36 Crazyfists – 28th April – Spring & Airbrake
Desecration - 29th April - Aunt Annies
Zebrahead - 3oth April - The Limelight
Alexisonfire - 1st May - The Limelight
Rise Against/The Bronx - 1st May - TBMC, Dublin
Juliette Lewis & The Licks -2nd May - Spring & Airbrake
The Melvins - 4th May - The Black Box
Bryan Adams – 5th May – Odyssey Arena
The Wildhearts - 9th May - Spring & Airbrake
The Answer - 11th May - Mandella Hall
Danny Vaughn/Stormzone/Million $ Reload - 11th May - Rosetta Bar
Libido Switch/Arcane/(Inside)/Rigger/Sage - 11th May - The Pavilion
Rattlesnake Remedy - 12th May - The Empire
Roger Waters – 14th May – The Point
CKY - 21st May - The Ambassador, Dublin
Saxon - 23rd May - Spring & Airbrake
Funeral for a Friend - May 28th - Mandella Hall
Meatloaf - 31st May – Odyssey Arena
Machine Head/Killswitch Engage/Chimaira - 8th June - Balmoral Hall
Megadeth - 10th June - The Ambassador - Dublin
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 23rd June - The Limelight
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 24th June - Mason's, Derry
Slayer - 26th June - Live at the Marquee, Cork
Aerosmith - 26th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Velvet Revolver- 29th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Ozzy Osbourne w/ Black Label Society - 3rd July - Point Theatre, Dublin
Day of Darkness Festival (incl Sabbat/Entombed/Candlemass) - 6th & 7th July Co Laois
Diamond Head - 25th July - Rosetta
Cannibal Corpse - 28th July - TBMC Dublin
Foo Fighters - 22nd August - Marley Park, Dublin
BTW - keep 26th August free....it's in a good cause....
Desecration - 29th April - Aunt Annies
Zebrahead - 3oth April - The Limelight
Alexisonfire - 1st May - The Limelight
Rise Against/The Bronx - 1st May - TBMC, Dublin
Juliette Lewis & The Licks -2nd May - Spring & Airbrake
The Melvins - 4th May - The Black Box
Bryan Adams – 5th May – Odyssey Arena
The Wildhearts - 9th May - Spring & Airbrake
The Answer - 11th May - Mandella Hall
Danny Vaughn/Stormzone/Million $ Reload - 11th May - Rosetta Bar
Libido Switch/Arcane/(Inside)/Rigger/Sage - 11th May - The Pavilion
Rattlesnake Remedy - 12th May - The Empire
Roger Waters – 14th May – The Point
CKY - 21st May - The Ambassador, Dublin
Saxon - 23rd May - Spring & Airbrake
Funeral for a Friend - May 28th - Mandella Hall
Meatloaf - 31st May – Odyssey Arena
Machine Head/Killswitch Engage/Chimaira - 8th June - Balmoral Hall
Megadeth - 10th June - The Ambassador - Dublin
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 23rd June - The Limelight
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 24th June - Mason's, Derry
Slayer - 26th June - Live at the Marquee, Cork
Aerosmith - 26th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Velvet Revolver- 29th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Ozzy Osbourne w/ Black Label Society - 3rd July - Point Theatre, Dublin
Day of Darkness Festival (incl Sabbat/Entombed/Candlemass) - 6th & 7th July Co Laois
Diamond Head - 25th July - Rosetta
Cannibal Corpse - 28th July - TBMC Dublin
Foo Fighters - 22nd August - Marley Park, Dublin
BTW - keep 26th August free....it's in a good cause....
Too old?
Was recently challenged about being too old for the metal/rock scene. The youngling, having failed their Jedi training, will be getting out of hospital soon....
It did, however, cause me to cast my jaundiced (and ageing) eye back to March 23rd of this year. That night UFO hit the Belfast stage for the first time since 1979...
When they hit, or rather stumbled, on to the Spring & Airbrake stage Phil Mogg appeared as if he was having trouble standing at times. Pete Way needed the stage's infamous pillar to stay at least partially upright, Vinnie Moore grinning like a demantia patient in waiting etc...
And despite their age and, sorry guys, infirmity, they laid down a set that, quite rocked the venue to it's foundations. And the age range of the crowd was 18-60...
So, if UFO can battle ther collective ages, Blackie Lawless can be a dick but still sing like he's in his prime, and DIO can deliver and collect his bus pass, don't write off Norn Iron's older metal and rock fraternity - it can still hold it's own, ask Baal!
Oh, and BTW - Zakk Wylde is 4 months older than Belfast Metalheads Reunited's editor...a fact he reserves the right to regale you about until boredom dost force thee to flee!
It did, however, cause me to cast my jaundiced (and ageing) eye back to March 23rd of this year. That night UFO hit the Belfast stage for the first time since 1979...
When they hit, or rather stumbled, on to the Spring & Airbrake stage Phil Mogg appeared as if he was having trouble standing at times. Pete Way needed the stage's infamous pillar to stay at least partially upright, Vinnie Moore grinning like a demantia patient in waiting etc...
And despite their age and, sorry guys, infirmity, they laid down a set that, quite rocked the venue to it's foundations. And the age range of the crowd was 18-60...
So, if UFO can battle ther collective ages, Blackie Lawless can be a dick but still sing like he's in his prime, and DIO can deliver and collect his bus pass, don't write off Norn Iron's older metal and rock fraternity - it can still hold it's own, ask Baal!
Oh, and BTW - Zakk Wylde is 4 months older than Belfast Metalheads Reunited's editor...a fact he reserves the right to regale you about until boredom dost force thee to flee!
This island rocks!
Ok, being a blog based in Northern Ireland we're a wee bit biased! But of late it has come to our attention that this island is rockin' like a bastard!
Elsewhere on here you can read about the plethora of metal talent emerging (Residual Effect, Sorrowfall, Waylander, Honey for Christ, Bad Boat, Triggerman, Psyatica...to name but a few), but there is also a hard/classic rock rump reaching out to convert the masses!
On May 11th The Answer are back to rock Belfast (Mandella Hall) and they have led the New Wave of Irish Hard Rock...and check back soon for an interview here and insight into the inner workings of the juggernaut!
While The Answer have been leading the charge, there is a host coming in their wake that deserves to shake the rock music scene on this island to it's core, while at the same time awakening the world to what this small blighted and beknighted isle can achieve!
Gaining tour dates with Thunder will, no doubt, expand Glyder's experience, reputation and confidence yet further when they enter the studio to lay down their 2nd CD.
Of those bubbling under now, here's a few names to throw out....
Blind Friday...they're still getting a feel for their ultimate direction, but on the strength of their exisiting CD and set-list the right management and promotion will get them there. Commitment will take 'there' even further.
Hunger's Mother have been quietly building up their craft, but now comes the decision as to how far they are prepared to go to sate that hunger.
And, south of the border is emerging Stillroom.
Their self-titled and self-financed debut shows off a band that is both steeped in local heritage and paying homage to global rock gods. The right management and marketing will get Stillroom and others mentioned above to the right level, in front of the right audience, at the right time (now!)
Ireland - north and south is rockin' like as bastard, time we got behind the bands and the labels come with their cheque books!
Elsewhere on here you can read about the plethora of metal talent emerging (Residual Effect, Sorrowfall, Waylander, Honey for Christ, Bad Boat, Triggerman, Psyatica...to name but a few), but there is also a hard/classic rock rump reaching out to convert the masses!
On May 11th The Answer are back to rock Belfast (Mandella Hall) and they have led the New Wave of Irish Hard Rock...and check back soon for an interview here and insight into the inner workings of the juggernaut!
While The Answer have been leading the charge, there is a host coming in their wake that deserves to shake the rock music scene on this island to it's core, while at the same time awakening the world to what this small blighted and beknighted isle can achieve!
Gaining tour dates with Thunder will, no doubt, expand Glyder's experience, reputation and confidence yet further when they enter the studio to lay down their 2nd CD.
Of those bubbling under now, here's a few names to throw out....
Blind Friday...they're still getting a feel for their ultimate direction, but on the strength of their exisiting CD and set-list the right management and promotion will get them there. Commitment will take 'there' even further.
Hunger's Mother have been quietly building up their craft, but now comes the decision as to how far they are prepared to go to sate that hunger.
And, south of the border is emerging Stillroom.
Their self-titled and self-financed debut shows off a band that is both steeped in local heritage and paying homage to global rock gods. The right management and marketing will get Stillroom and others mentioned above to the right level, in front of the right audience, at the right time (now!)
Ireland - north and south is rockin' like as bastard, time we got behind the bands and the labels come with their cheque books!
Fine fettle for the Metal!
There is a conventional technique for reviewing gigs…usually near the bar, preferably seated, and having blagged a copy of the set list earlier in order that listening to the band(s) does not interfere with looking good and nattering with all the cool dudes.
Never had much truck with that attitude, though I have done it once or twice.
Best place to review a gig is at the front, or damn close. Better still, in the pit!
Ok, ok, objectivity is usually tossed out the window, but you do get a sense of the band’s engagement with the crowd, how much the crowd is ‘up for it’. The downside is that it is hard to look the band straight in the eye after being in the middle, yelling along to the songs, moshing, crowd surfing etc.
When the latest Bulletproof Promotions/TKO monster line-up touched down in the Spring and Airbrake recently objectivity was out the window. Down the front, yelling along, head-a-banging etc.
A line-up of Civilian, Panic Cell, Ill Nino and Drowning Pool was always guaranteed to bring out the thrasher in Belfast Metalheads Reunited’s ancient bones, and it lived up to form.
In particular Panic Cell deserve note. As well as Luke being one of the nicest guys in the business he also leads a band that has matured on the stage. PC have always a potency in their songs, but their work ethic is honing the band to a keen edge in producing a real edge on stage.
New single Fallen marks a (slight) departure for the band, but fans need not fret for the attitude. “There’s a lot of even heavier than usual tracks on out new album,” Luke assured Belfast MetalHeads Reunited before the gig.
Ill Nino are a bit of an enigma. Clearly they are a band with real talent. On CD/download they are good, but it is only on stage that they take off. They deserve to be playing to larger audiences. Moreover, the modest success does not take account of what they consistently deliver.
And, if the experience of their gig colleagues Drowning Pool is anything to go by, it will be a roller coaster ride before they get anything like the attention from larger audiences they deserve.
Drowning Pool’s history is littered with triumphs and tragedies, but with 16-odd weeks of 2007 already past, the Texans are emerging older, wiser and damn ready to rip apart the doubters.
“Yeah, it’s been tough for the guys,” singer Ryan McCombs, formerly of Soil told Belfast Metalheads Reunited.
Aside from the tragedy that has been raked over too often online, McCombs - who has been in the band over a year now - gave an insight to other problems dogging the band.
“Management, labels weren’t always helping, but now we’ve got good management and a label that’s behind us. Too often in the past you'd find yourself going to meetings and while you’re struggling to pay the mortgage the business guys are arriving in Mercedes. That's not what's happening now.”
From their onstage form in Belfast DP are proving that the Mercedes men that fucked them over in the past got it wrong. Like Ill Nino DP hit the Belfast stage determined to prove a point.
Of course, ‘Bodies’ was the song that got the pit really going, but the depth and range of songs and their arrangements showed they are building towards real potency.
“The new album’s sounding good,” said McCombs. ”We’re putting mixes and checking it out while we’re on this tour, logging on and sending things back and forth online.”
We might all live in this virtual, wi-fi world, but it is live that rock fans live for and DP, Nino and PC excel onstage. Roll on the next time in Belfast!
J
PS – Didn’t blag the set lists, because in an unprofessional way…I forgot to...
PPS – apologies to Civilian, I’m a little hazy on the set, but headbanging along to y’all sobered me up enough to recall the rest of the line-up; truly a service fulfilled…next time!
PPS - Thanks to Luke Bell and Ryan McCombs, top blokes
Never had much truck with that attitude, though I have done it once or twice.
Best place to review a gig is at the front, or damn close. Better still, in the pit!
Ok, ok, objectivity is usually tossed out the window, but you do get a sense of the band’s engagement with the crowd, how much the crowd is ‘up for it’. The downside is that it is hard to look the band straight in the eye after being in the middle, yelling along to the songs, moshing, crowd surfing etc.
When the latest Bulletproof Promotions/TKO monster line-up touched down in the Spring and Airbrake recently objectivity was out the window. Down the front, yelling along, head-a-banging etc.
A line-up of Civilian, Panic Cell, Ill Nino and Drowning Pool was always guaranteed to bring out the thrasher in Belfast Metalheads Reunited’s ancient bones, and it lived up to form.
In particular Panic Cell deserve note. As well as Luke being one of the nicest guys in the business he also leads a band that has matured on the stage. PC have always a potency in their songs, but their work ethic is honing the band to a keen edge in producing a real edge on stage.
New single Fallen marks a (slight) departure for the band, but fans need not fret for the attitude. “There’s a lot of even heavier than usual tracks on out new album,” Luke assured Belfast MetalHeads Reunited before the gig.
Ill Nino are a bit of an enigma. Clearly they are a band with real talent. On CD/download they are good, but it is only on stage that they take off. They deserve to be playing to larger audiences. Moreover, the modest success does not take account of what they consistently deliver.
And, if the experience of their gig colleagues Drowning Pool is anything to go by, it will be a roller coaster ride before they get anything like the attention from larger audiences they deserve.
Drowning Pool’s history is littered with triumphs and tragedies, but with 16-odd weeks of 2007 already past, the Texans are emerging older, wiser and damn ready to rip apart the doubters.
“Yeah, it’s been tough for the guys,” singer Ryan McCombs, formerly of Soil told Belfast Metalheads Reunited.
Aside from the tragedy that has been raked over too often online, McCombs - who has been in the band over a year now - gave an insight to other problems dogging the band.
“Management, labels weren’t always helping, but now we’ve got good management and a label that’s behind us. Too often in the past you'd find yourself going to meetings and while you’re struggling to pay the mortgage the business guys are arriving in Mercedes. That's not what's happening now.”
From their onstage form in Belfast DP are proving that the Mercedes men that fucked them over in the past got it wrong. Like Ill Nino DP hit the Belfast stage determined to prove a point.
Of course, ‘Bodies’ was the song that got the pit really going, but the depth and range of songs and their arrangements showed they are building towards real potency.
“The new album’s sounding good,” said McCombs. ”We’re putting mixes and checking it out while we’re on this tour, logging on and sending things back and forth online.”
We might all live in this virtual, wi-fi world, but it is live that rock fans live for and DP, Nino and PC excel onstage. Roll on the next time in Belfast!
J
PS – Didn’t blag the set lists, because in an unprofessional way…I forgot to...
PPS – apologies to Civilian, I’m a little hazy on the set, but headbanging along to y’all sobered me up enough to recall the rest of the line-up; truly a service fulfilled…next time!
PPS - Thanks to Luke Bell and Ryan McCombs, top blokes
Saturday, April 21, 2007
more gigs...
More gigs! Zebrahead at The Limelight on 30th April and The Wildhearts on 9th May at Spring & Airbrake...more beer tokens required!
Friday, April 20, 2007
Cathedral Arts goes a-rockin
Most arts festivals are so up their own arse they forget about musical genres other than poncey jazz twiddling or neo-classic string quartets, it is refreshing to hear that the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival is taking a different approach...
Amidst the usual cast of pretentious grant-aided waffle the festival is also putting on a show by THE MELVINS!! This influential (and barmy) crew will plat at the Black Box on May 4th and punters will pay the princely sum of £10 for the privelege....read more here
Amidst the usual cast of pretentious grant-aided waffle the festival is also putting on a show by THE MELVINS!! This influential (and barmy) crew will plat at the Black Box on May 4th and punters will pay the princely sum of £10 for the privelege....read more here
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Thin Lizzy Christmas date!
...Thin Lizzy have lined up a Christmas date on December 16th, 2007 at Belfast's Waterfront Hall...Nine Inch Nails support Foo Fighters over the summer....
ARISE, SIR STEVE?
An online petition has been staretd, in an effort to get Iron Maiden's Steve Harris acknowledged in the next UK Honours List.
If you wanna sign, go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SteveHarris/
If you wanna sign, go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SteveHarris/
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Avoiding the Long Dark Tea-times of the Soul
Sci-fi writer Douglas Adams once bemoaned Sunday evenings as "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". Now Heavy Metal has the solution!
Yep - head down early to Ormeau Avenu for a few sherberts ahead of Sunday night's (15th) metal mayhem.
Yep - don't forget Civilian/Panic Cell :)/Drowning Pool/Il Nino at the Spring & Airbrake on Sunday night...oh and don't forget to pre-order your Monday morning neck brace!
Yep - head down early to Ormeau Avenu for a few sherberts ahead of Sunday night's (15th) metal mayhem.
Yep - don't forget Civilian/Panic Cell :)/Drowning Pool/Il Nino at the Spring & Airbrake on Sunday night...oh and don't forget to pre-order your Monday morning neck brace!
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Time to get Tangoed
Yep - it's time to get tangoed again....Orange Goblin once more bring their citrus metal....ok, I'll stop there before the wordplay descends into tangerines, mandarins and ripe fruit....
June 23rd - The Limelight - Orange Goblin, Triggerman, Bad Fruit...brought to us by the fine gentlemen of The Distortion Project for the less than princely sum of £12.50
There are also dates in Derry and Dublin...
June 23rd - The Limelight - Orange Goblin, Triggerman, Bad Fruit...brought to us by the fine gentlemen of The Distortion Project for the less than princely sum of £12.50
There are also dates in Derry and Dublin...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
In case we forgot to mention..
Gig listings...too many gigs too few beer tokens
Trivium/Annihilator/Gojira/Sanctity – 8/9 April – The Ambassador (Dub)
RSJ/I Remain/Residual Effect/Hand of Death - 12th April - The Bunker, Lavery's
Honey for Christ/War Iron/November Dead List - 12th April - Rosetta Bar
RSJ/I Remain/Residual Effect/Hand of Death - 13th April - Mason's, Derry
Il Nino/Drowning Pool/Panic Cell - 15th April - Spring & Airbrake
Incubus - 15th April - Olympia, Dublin
Hatebreed 16th April - The Ambassador, Dublin
Breed 77 - 19th April - Spring & Airbrake
36 Crazyfists – 28th April – Spring & Airbrake
Desecration - 29th April - Aunt Annies
Alexisonfire - 1st May - The Limelight
Rise Against/The Bronx - 1st May - TBMC, Dublin
Juliette Lewis & The Licks -2nd May - Spring & Airbrake
Bryan Adams – 5th May – Odyssey Arena
The Answer - 11th May - Mandella Hall
Danny Vaughn/Stormzone/Million $ Reload - 11th May - Rosetta Bar
Rattlesnake Remedy - 12th May - The Empire
Roger Waters – 14th May – The Point
CKY - 21st May - The Ambassador, Dublin
Saxon - 23rd May - Spring & Airbrake
Funeral for a Friend - May 28th - Mandella Hall
Meatloaf - 31st May – Odyssey Arena
Machine Head/Killswitch Engage/Chimaira - 8th June - Balmoral Hall
Megadeth - 10th June - The Ambassador - Dublin
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 23rd June - The Limelight
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 24th June - Mason's, Derry
Slayer - 26th June - Live at the Marquee, Cork
Aerosmith - 26th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Ozzy Osbourne w/ Black Label Society - 3rd July - Point Theatre, Dublin
Day of Darkness Festival (incl Sabbat/Entombed/Candlemass) - 6th & 7th July Co Laois
Diamond Head - 25th July - Rosetta
Cannibal Corpse - 28th July - TBMC Dublin
Velvet Revolver- 29th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Foo Fighters - 22nd August - Marley Park, Dublin
BTW - keep 26th August free....it's in a good cause....
RSJ/I Remain/Residual Effect/Hand of Death - 12th April - The Bunker, Lavery's
Honey for Christ/War Iron/November Dead List - 12th April - Rosetta Bar
RSJ/I Remain/Residual Effect/Hand of Death - 13th April - Mason's, Derry
Il Nino/Drowning Pool/Panic Cell - 15th April - Spring & Airbrake
Incubus - 15th April - Olympia, Dublin
Hatebreed 16th April - The Ambassador, Dublin
Breed 77 - 19th April - Spring & Airbrake
36 Crazyfists – 28th April – Spring & Airbrake
Desecration - 29th April - Aunt Annies
Alexisonfire - 1st May - The Limelight
Rise Against/The Bronx - 1st May - TBMC, Dublin
Juliette Lewis & The Licks -2nd May - Spring & Airbrake
Bryan Adams – 5th May – Odyssey Arena
The Answer - 11th May - Mandella Hall
Danny Vaughn/Stormzone/Million $ Reload - 11th May - Rosetta Bar
Rattlesnake Remedy - 12th May - The Empire
Roger Waters – 14th May – The Point
CKY - 21st May - The Ambassador, Dublin
Saxon - 23rd May - Spring & Airbrake
Funeral for a Friend - May 28th - Mandella Hall
Meatloaf - 31st May – Odyssey Arena
Machine Head/Killswitch Engage/Chimaira - 8th June - Balmoral Hall
Megadeth - 10th June - The Ambassador - Dublin
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 23rd June - The Limelight
Orange Goblin/Triggerman/Bad Boat - 24th June - Mason's, Derry
Slayer - 26th June - Live at the Marquee, Cork
Aerosmith - 26th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Ozzy Osbourne w/ Black Label Society - 3rd July - Point Theatre, Dublin
Day of Darkness Festival (incl Sabbat/Entombed/Candlemass) - 6th & 7th July Co Laois
Diamond Head - 25th July - Rosetta
Cannibal Corpse - 28th July - TBMC Dublin
Velvet Revolver- 29th June - Marley Park, Dublin
Foo Fighters - 22nd August - Marley Park, Dublin
BTW - keep 26th August free....it's in a good cause....
Lock up yer beers it's BLS time!
Hell yeah! Lock up yer beers, order the neck brace and head for Dublin, cuz the awesome Black Label Society are playing the P(o)int Theatre, Dublin on July 3rd!! Zakk Wylde gracing us again on this tiny isle! See ya at the front...oh, btw he's supporting young Mr Osbourne...I believe he goes by the name Ozzy these days...
Big hanx to Baal for the early tip...
Oh and in case I forgot to mention it...Hell Yeah!
Big hanx to Baal for the early tip...
Oh and in case I forgot to mention it...Hell Yeah!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Valentine Metal Massacre Pix
Pix from February's Valentine Metal Massacre in aid of Fibromyalgia Support NI have now been posted at http://picasaweb.google.com/BelfastMetal/ - the first two albums of pix online and one more set to come - all pix courtest of Rokpix's Colin Patterson - drop an email here to find out more about Rokpix's massive range of rock and metal pix, and how to order prints.
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