Zyon Cavalera, son of Max Cavalera and current drummer of Soulfly takes a few minutes to chat to us about touring with his family, his other band Lody Kong, the World Cup, and his drumming hero Bill Ward, ahead of their show at the Limelight in Belfast. Read Marc’s review of the …
Read More »Dare – Belfast, Limelight 2 16/05/2014
Over the past three decades or so, Darren Wharton has been a regular visitor to these shores, both as a member of Thin Lizzy – into whose ranks he was recruited, at the tender age of 17, by the late, great Phil Lynott, and with whom he remained until the …
Read More »By Conquest Or Consent + Defyed + Spittin’ Teeth – Limelight 2, Belfast – 22 February 2014
Billed as a special showcase gig, highlighting the best in established and up-and-coming Northern Irish hardcore talent, this triple bill certainly lived up to its advance promotion. Openers Spittin’ Teeth are one of the few bands in the genre, at least in this part of the world, to employ a …
Read More »Highway To Hell – Limelight 2, Belfast – 1 February 2014
.@Planetmosh reviews @Screagle83, @MaverickBelfast and @balefulcreed at @LimelightNI. You know you’ve had a good day/night (delete as applicable) when you wake up the next morning with a hangover to match the hole in your wallet – and you know the rock year has officially started when the return of The …
Read More »Kataklysm + Krisiun + Fleshgod Apocalypse – Limelight 2, Belfast, 16 January 2014
It’s taken until halfway through January for the Belfast metal scene to throw off its new year hangover and stir itself back into life – and what better way for it to awaken than with an international triple header featuring three potent exponents of their craft? Openers Fleshgod Apocalypse bring …
Read More »Kataklysm\Krisiun\Fleshgod Apocalypse – Limelight 2, Belfast – 16/01/2014
@Planetmosh releases gallery of .@kataklysmband .@Krisiun .@FApocalypse show in .@LimelightNI @nuclearblasteu Photographs by Paul Verner/LIVE:i photographic agency
Read More »Astralnaut – Limelight 2, Belfast – 14 December 2013
For any promoter to stage the amount of quality gigs which James Loveday puts on – this was his 45th straight ‘RocKD’ event of the year, not counting the number of visiting acts he has brought our way over the past 13 years – is no mean feat. It’s not …
Read More »War Iron – Limelight 2, Belfast – 7 December 2013
With the grey clouds broiling overhead heralding the true onset of a wet Belfast winter, and even the hardiest of ‘fleg’ protestors scurrying for the comfort of the gluhwein tents in the nearby Christmas Market to which they so vehemently object, the the most diehard warriors from the city’s metal …
Read More »Zombified – Limelight, Belfast – 30 November 2013
Tonight’s gig was supposed to be headlined by Bristolian gore merchants Amputated, but unfortunately the brakes on their hired tour bus failed as they travelled to meet the ferry, and therefore the band were forced to cancel a gig for the first time in their 11 year history. Nevertheless, promoter …
Read More »Satyricon @ Limelight 2, Belfast – 11 November
There are times as a music journalist when you want to cast aside the notebook and its pages of extraneous adjectives and hyperbolae and strip a review down to your most basic primal reaction to the event you have just witnessed… in the case of this evening’s debut Belfast performance …
Read More »Satyricon/Chthonic – Limelight 2, Belfast 11/11/13
A Selection of shots from the Satyricon/Chthonic gig at Belfast’s Limelight 2. Photographs by Paul Verner /LIVE:i photographic agency for PlanetMosh www.livei.co.uk
Read More »GACYS THREADS/FiveWillDie/Lantern For A Gale/Tusks – Limelight 2, Belfast 07/09/13
A selection of photographs from Gacys Threads launch gig for the brand new 7″ split (w/ Colossus Fall Switzerland). The release is limited to 300 copies, clear yellow vinyl, and will be released by… – Savour Your Scene Records (Ireland) – Left Hand Records (France) – Incredible Noise Records (Germany) – …
Read More »Slayer – Limelight 2, Belfast – Wednesday June 12th 2013
When Slayer first announced this, the last of three intimate warm up shows on the island of Ireland in preparation for their trip around the European festival circuit – culminating, of course, at Bloodstock – there was at first a certain degree of incredulity. “Are you fucking serious?” was the …
Read More »Lordi – Limelight 1, Belfast – Saturday May 4, 2013
It may be seven years since Lordi firmly put their particular brand of comic book metal well and truly on the international map with their sensational, tongue-in-cheek win at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, but the fascination with the band nevertheless endures, with the memory of that night in Athens …
Read More »Electric Taurus – Limelight 2, Belfast – Saturday March 30th 2013
It’s the last Saturday in March, and just hours before the clocks are turned forward the start of what is supposed to be British Summer Time – what a feckin’ joke! Outside, the temperature is barely pushing above zero degrees, and inside… well, I swear it’s even colder, with the …
Read More »7 Days Dead (‘Beyond Within’ EP Launch) – Limelight 2, Belfast – Saturday February 16th 2013
It’s a Saturday afternoon in Belfast, and that means there is only one place any self-respecting metalhead should be… down the ‘Slimer’, necking pints, enjoying the craic and breaking necks at the weekly RocKD! This weekend’s show is an extra bit special, as it also marks the official launch of …
Read More »7 Days Dead – Interview with ‘Kaxxx’
Northern Irish metal crew 7 Days Dead have been making quite a noise for themselves on the scene in this part of the world for a little over a year or so ago – and Planet Mosh has been following their development with interest. The quartet – made up of …
Read More »Funeral For A Friend @ Limelight 2, Belfast – Wednesday January 23rd 2013
Welsh metalcore heroes Funeral For A Friend have very much returned to their roots with their sixth album, ‘Conduit’, which, as we noted in our recent review – http://planetmosh.com/funeral-for-a-friend-conduit/ – is a lot more grounded in the 1990s hardcore sound that characterized their first couple of releases. This approach also …
Read More »Iced Earth – The Limelight, Belfast – August 8, 2012
Heavy metal is supposed to played loud and proud not wrapped in cotton wool: but, unfortunately, the long awaited first visit to this part of the world by the Floridian power titans (one of three dates as part of their build up to Bloodstock) was plagued by an absolutely atrocious …
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