Belfast Metalheads reunited

TONIGHT I was planning to post a few blogs about all sorts of random rock and metal stuff: a reply from Tristan on my post about Metallica, ...

WHERE to start with Metallica? Where to start with 'Tallica's Belfast 'reunion' gig at the Odyssey? Metallica have been th...

First things first - damn you laptop god! Your vagaries and hard drives with suicidal tendencies have kept me away from the usual over-stuff...

BEFORE going any further the Cathedral review will come late; I'm not going to be able to get along to Negura Bunget (supported by Fen a...

I was going to list all the forthcoming gigs being laid on by James and the wonderful Distortion Project, but it would take up most of this ...

WHEN one hears the word gothic in a modern popular culture sense the image comes of a pasty skinned obsessive who spends too much time consi...

FEAR Factory will be bringing their unique blend of metal and industrial cyber grooves to Belfast's Spring and Airbrake on August 3rd. ...

FIRST an apology. Today I was admonished by someone I didn't recognise (apologies for that whoever you were!) that there had been no pos...

VETERAN LA rockers Ratt are to make a return to the Spring & Airbrake on June 16th. Tickets are priced £19 +booking fee. Here's th...

THEY'RE not the usual fare of most visitors here (though I know a few who will not admit it), but the Lost Prophets can be credited with...

SATURDAY'S a busy day...what with Ocean, Rising and Neifenbach set to see if the Limelight can survive another pounding. And then two do...

IRON maiden are kicking off their European Tour in Dublin's O2 Arena with special guests Heaven & Hell a.k.a. Dio era Sabbath. Dat...

NEXT Tuesday (April 13th) one of the most uncompromising hard rockin' ass kickin' bands in the world land in Belfast for their third...

REGULAR reader Alterz has been developing a web resource for metal through the site Belfast's Murmur . Check it out and support those ...

THE Pogues always had a wee whiff of being faux folk punk (someday I'll tell you my Shane Magowan story...) and had political views that...

Quick note to say that the door time for the Bolt Thrower gig on May 3rd at The Limelight has changed to 8pm. Also on the bill with Bolt T...

IF you haven't yet got your Airbourne tickets for April 13th's re-arranged Mandella Hall gig you need to act quickly - spoke to the ...

SO Gordon Brown confirmed what we all knew anyway, that May 6th was to be the date of the General Election. As the polling booths close and ...

NO - you didn't read that headline wrong! According to James (of Distortion Project fame!) Eyehategod ripped a new ass for The Limelight...

APPARENTLY Diamond Head are playing at the Spring & Airbrake on November 20th! Tasty! For younger readers - who may have only heard of...