Belfast Metalheads reunited

OF the so-called Big Four of thrash, Anthrax have always been under-rated, but at their recent Limelight show they showed a power, prowess a...

IT is a privileged position to be able to receive and listen to albums forwarded to us and review those that we deem worthy. Unlike the maga...

FIRST of all thanks to all who read this blog - this is the 1,001st post and from our inbox loads of you still read the ramblings contained ...

IN every reviewers life there comes a time to put aside the notepad and the carefully hewn phrase from the bedrock of lingual sources and ju...

JOURNEY and Whitesnake have confirmed an appearance at the Odyssey on May 16th. As yet  no word as to whether Thunder will be joining them, ...

"It won't change cos it's always been the same People hating, people fighting, they say it's so, Do you believe that? Perh...

REGULAR readers will know that we have a particular soft spot for Stiff Little Fingers, one of the most influential, yet least acknowledged ...

LET’S face it, heavy music isn’t always designed for reflect happy thoughts. In our world of distorted guitars, heavy bass and damned drum...

BACK in April of this year an alcohol-induced coma was complemented by an awesome display of how to rock the shit right out of Ormeau Avenue...

FOR those of you, faithful readers under the age of 16 you may not remember two vital things. Firstly, them there MP3 files weren't alwa...

ON 20th January Swedish Satanic Death metal madballs Aeon land at Belfast's Voodoo, with support  Dyscarnate, Ageless Oblivion, Warpath ...

BIFFY Clyro, Orange Goblin, Enslaved, Aeon, Grand Magus coming up – 2013 is shaping up just fine… 2012 has yet to draw to a close and...

IF you set out your stall to release a trilogy of EPs under the one named package you are either very arrogant, or supremely self-confident ...

COMPLY or Die are a band that has honing their sound of late, getting that crucial mixture of hardcore, punk and metal just right. And wi...

THE last time Dragonforce played the Mandella Hall, they were shambolic: the ZP era about to end and the tensions meant that Turisas sto...

WELL when it comes to heavy metal parties, the line-up this Thursday is hard to beat – some might even say it’s an Ultra Beatdown to relea...

SO the Fo Fighters came to town - we drank beer, we got soaked and we sang-a-long to Everlong...so fucking what? Well, there's a lot m...

FOO Fighters? Yeah, they rock and Dave Grohl has the whitest teeth in the history of rock, and they're playing in Belfast at Tennents Vi...

Congratulations to Alex who has won a pair of tickets to see this lot of Brazilian metal maestros And hear new Triggerman material off ...

RIGHT you lot! Very quick Sepultura ticket competition. The kind folks at CDC/Shine have offered up a pair of tickets to see the awesome pa...