Last Great Dreamers Unveil Brand New Video ‘Oblivion Kids’ Last Great Dreamers unveil the brand new video for Oblivion Kids, three minutes of sonic power-pop mayhem. The anthemic Oblivion Kids opens their new album Transmissions From Oblivion released on September 30th through the bands independent label Ray Records. Last Great Dreamers wrote Oblivion Kids from the “perspective of a loner, …
Read More »Zlatanera – Belfast, Limelight 2 – 27 February 2016
It always amazes me how certain social media channels are always filled with whinging, so called “rock fans” who complain that there are never any gigs on… I don’t know what sort of cloud cuckoo land they live in, because this, the official launch of Zlatanera‘s debut album, ‘Legerdemain‘, was …
Read More »Stormzone – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 5 September 2015
Following a pair of warm-up festival shows in Spain – well, they certainly were “warm” – Stormzone returned to the colder climes of their native Belfast for this, the official launch of their most recent album, ‘Seven Sins‘. They were also returning to a familiar venue, but one which has changed …
Read More »Silent Jack – Interview, September 2015
Silent Jack – Interview with PlanetMosh, September 2015 Louise for PlanetMosh interviews 3/4 of Silent Jack after Highway to Hell 6 at O2 Academy, Sheffield. Silent Jack were our featured band in August 2014 (see here) but this was the first chance I’ve had to interview them in person. They …
Read More »Trucker Diablo – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club 07/03/2015
They say that a week is a long time in politics, but a year is an extremely long time in the music business. Fans can lose interest in a band who have been quiet for any length of time, never mind a full 12 months: after all, it could be …
Read More »Dirt Box Disco – Bloonz Album Launch,The Star & Garter, Manchester, 27th April 2014
Having seen Dirt Box Disco a couple of times and having the pleasure of reviewing their latest album Bloonz there was no way I was going to miss the launch of the said album having rated it top marks with five (golden) stars! This was to be the second launch …
Read More »Coldwar + Overoth + Killface – Dublin, Voodoo Lounge 26/04/2014
It’s good to get out of the country now and again, and so it was that I gladly accepted an invitation to forsake my normal Saturday routine of a late afternoon of premier local metal followed by an evening of avoiding the local smiks back in Belfast to head south of …
Read More »Trucker Diablo – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill – Saturday May 18th 2013
I cannot be the only one struck by the irony of the coincidence… just days before Black Star Riders – basically, Thin Lizzy with a bit of makeover – release their much-vaunted but ultimately disappointing ‘debut’ opus, the one band acclaimed by many as the natural heirs to the crown …
Read More »Babylon Fire – Dark Horizons, Album Launch, NQ Live Manchester 17th November 2012
Manchester Metal is alive and kicking, just ask anyone who was at NQ Live last night to witness the launch of Dark Horizons, the debut album from the latest addition to Rocksector Records. Expectations were high as three top class bands were booked to support Babylon Fire and despite an …
Read More »Kobra and the lotus, Hornet & The Mercy House – Borderline, London – 13/08/2012
Tonight at the Borderline was the launch party for the new album from Kobra and the lotus, as well as being the last night of their UK tour. First up was Hornet, a young London rock band. They went down well with the crowd and put in a very good …
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