IT'S December and the Diamond Rock Club was party central on Saturday (12th December) when the big truck of NASA Assassinand Trucker Diablorumbled into Ahoghill with guitars and drums primed to pound out a celebration of rock.

Eclectic and eccentric NASA Assassin are a mélange of the best of rock and the tastiest of metal wrapped up in a ball of unusual arrangements and infectious melodies.

The Watcher as always emerges in his lab

JESUS wept! 'Demanufacture' was released 20 years ago. Well, who would have thunk it, and why does that make us feel old?

Fear Factoryseem 'young' to those us bred on the 1980s metal, but then again Fear Factory began life as Ulceration in 1989...

To tour with the entire 'Demanufacture' album as the hook could be seen as an attempt to rekindle past passions among the fans. If so, it was also a risk to have two support bands