After a delay of opening the arena due to the weather conditions,  what better way to start than with an upbeat kick off from German sensation Lord of The Lost opening the main stage.

Betwixt the behomothic weekends of two of the UK’s largest festivals, and coincident with another, nestles a far more intimate affair. Another festival, much more intimate in its nature, that in my books outweighs all three with its rustic charm, sense of community and rocking temptations.

Saturday morning starts very soggy and as a result, Swindon's answer to brutal metalcore Heriot had a setback with their start on the Opus Stage.

On a busy week of music gigs in Belfast from visiting artists, it was only right and proper that we also support our homegrown artists Maverick as they release their new album Silver Tongue.

It’s been 14 years almost exactly to the day since Pearl Jam last visited the island of Ireland, albeit on that particular night they played Belfast.

It's another year and once again one of the biggest rock and metal festivals in the UK sells out!

When it comes to the mount rushmore of thrash metal guitarists Kerry King is well & truly up there. With the unfortunate final tour of Slayer's career in 2019 we were all waiting with bated breath to see what KK would do next.

Now if ever there was a Deathcore/Metalcore gig of the year, its bound to be this, I cant think of the last 5 band bill we had that was all international acts, warning, this is going to be a long review!

Here we are number two of three in a row and the death metal fest continues, after Suffocation tonight it’s the turn of Black Dahlia Murder to hit the Limelight 2, first up though, from Tokyo is Crystal Lake, now I have to be honest I don’t know any of these guys tracks so I am really looking forward to hearing them for the first time!

Death metal royalty hits Belfast tonight, these guys out in support of the new album “Hymns from the Apocrypha”, 33 years I have been listening to these guys so I am just a pinch excited about this tonight! First up though is Distant from the Netherlands!

Last week at the sold out London’s Islington Assembly Hall, support act Silverburn delivered an electrifying performance. Fronted by James ‘Jimbob’ Isaac, the band - a debut solo project of Isaac since 2020 - showcased their unique blend of rock and metal, leaving the audience in awe and craving more.

Well here we are on a sunny night in Belfast, the brothers have rolled into town, now I have never actually saw Max before, I did see Iggor back in 2003 with Sepultura so I am really excited to see, in their words, the real Sepultura!

On an irregularly lovely sunny evening, masses of people streamed into Ormeau Park for a night of one of Belsonic Music Festival’s most energetic nights.

Pink Floyds human metronome, Nick Mason brings his Saucerful of Secrets to Nottingham for night three of this, his third UK tour; aptly entitled “Set the Controls”. “Set the Control For The Heart Of The Sun” from the sophomore album ‘Saucerful Of Secrets’, released in 1968, it is the only recording that features both Syd Barrett and David Gilmore’s guitar parts.

The Smashing Pumpkins & Weezer arrived in Dublin on the 3rd date of the European part of their The World Is A Vampire Tour.

A night of Classic Rock was on the menu and 900 Music fans in a sold out venue were hungry.