.@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 »Stormzone + Maverick – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill, 28 December 2013
As we have been consistently documenting over the past 12 months, it’s been a helluva year for the Norn Iron rock and metal scene – and especially for the two bands tasked with hosting this end-of-term party (Stormzone released their fourth, and most acclaimed and successful, album to date while …
Read More »Screaming Eagles interview at Hard Rock Hell 7 – 29/11/13
Screaming Eagles formed just over a year ago and it’s been quite some year; from being this year’s winners at Highway To Hell in Glasgow to opening up Stage One on Friday 29th at Hard Rock Hell. If you saw their set on the Friday you would not for one minute …
Read More »Hard Rock Hell VII: Cirque du Rock Part 2, 29/11/2013
Ow. That’s probably the thoughts of many punters this morning, but this is a festival so one bravely soldiers on and has their hangover on away by whoever’s on first. Luckily for everyone in attendance, that turned out to be Wildside Riot (8), back for a second year running and opening …
Read More »Maverick – Interview with David Balfour (vocals)
With the Northern Ireland rock and metal scene on somewhat of a high at the moment – no fewer than six bands from this small part of the world performed at the recent Hard Rock Hell, leading to rumours that next year’s event may be moved to Belfast – the …
Read More »Screaming Eagles – Interview with Adrian
Having grabbed the Northern Ireland scene by the scruff of the neck and given it a jolly good shaking over the past 12 months, Screaming Eagles now seem set to do the same to the rest of the British Isles – and beyond! Last month, they travelled to Glasgow for …
Read More »Maverick – Limelight 2, Belfast – Saturday August 17th 2013
There’s a saying about a week being a long time in politics, but in the music business a year can be very short – and that can certainly be said of Belfast upstarts Maverick, for whom this return to the legendary Limelight for their second headline slot in as many …
Read More »Screaming Eagles – From The Flames
Over the years rock ‘n’ roll has seen many great acts being born, from Led Zeppelin to AC/DC. Northern Ireland has helped contribute to this process with home-grown bands such as Sweet Savage, The Answer and many more. And now, in 2012/13 a new star is rising into the sky …
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