Once again, the rain lashed down against the pavements outside KK’s Steel Mill that evening, turning the approach into a blur of umbrellas bobbing like bright islands in a grey, wind-whipped sea.
In a break from the recent norm, there were clear blue skies and sunshine in the North West of Ireland as four noble road warriors climbed aboard the trusty metal steed and headed down the Rockin’ Road to Dublin for a highly anticipated gig in the 3Arena, Alter Bridge headlining with special guests Daughtry and openers Sevendust.
What a brisk yet beautiful afternoon to travel to Dublin for the first of two headlining gigs for the Deftones in 2026. It does the heart good seeing bright blue skies whilst listening to the headliners as we make our way down the road.
It has been a hell of a week for gigs in Dublin’s Academy, and Tuesday was the turn of Heaven Shall Burn, the mighty Germans finally making their first visit to Ireland, and as Marcus was to mention during the set it has been a very long time coming.
With an excellent new album released 2 days previously Sylosis revisited Dublin to close out the final date of ‘The New Flesh’ Tour, and they did not show up alone.
Upgraded three times, it’s evident that many aspects of metal music are in rude health. Less than three years ago, Crowbar played The Globe in Cardiff.
AIRBOURNE. Fucking hell yes. None of your Gen-Z, sanitised, phone-out, vibes-only bollocks. This is backs-to-the-wall, face-stripping, beer-soaked, old-school Australian rock ’n’ roll, loud enough to rattle teeth and proud enough to not give a single shit who it offends.
The weathers been great for ducks these days and today was no different. It was lashing this evening in Belfast.
The streets around Rock City are a mesh of damp, diesel from passing buses and spewing Uber’s, there’s the faint tang of kebabs drifting from the package lying in the gutter.
It’s been four years since I last set eyes and ears on Fozzy. A wet and windy night in Swansea saw the wrestling star and his band deliver a set that had the near capacity crowd eating out their hands.
Following an across the boards complete success of last year's debut EP Swedish black metallers The Blastbeaters’ alter-egos Royal Republic are, once more, geared up for a return to English shores.
There was a huge buzz within Irelands Metal community surrounding tonight’s gig following its announcement.
The streets outside Rock City were throbbing with expectation, a gathering storm of boots on concrete, muffled conversation, and the faint metallic tang of winter still resident in the air.
It started long before the first note was struck, as all memorable shows do. O2 Academy Birmingham had the look of an arena prepared for a siege rather than a gig.
Review by Hugh Spence for MPM Well this is a night (day) I’ve been looking forward to long before it was even announced that Blaze Bayley would be coming back to Ireland, back when he announced that he was going to tour for the 25th anniversary of Silicon Messiah I was delighted, then I spent months checking social media every …
Review by Gary Spiller for MPM A good friend of mine, in the music industry, once said, with wise insight, to me that you only get one shot at a debut show so it’s worth giving it absolutely everything. He’s totally correct and this evening in the heart of Bristol we have not one but two Stateside bands making their …