THE Distortion Project - in the safe hands of James Loveday - has the knack of picking just the right line-up, with just the right balance, for Saturday evenings. Gathered together last Saturday (May 24th) in a state of unholy metal for the launch of Katabolisis ep launch was just such a day.
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_{For many years when people have asked me what my favourite band is, the answer has been the same – Tesla. Sometimes the bemused work colleague or whatever will look at me blankly, other-times when the question comes from someone whose familiarity with rock music extends beyond AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, I’ll get those approving nods and words of agreement. For me personally, Tesla encapsulates all that is great about “classic” rock.}

_{For many years in the 90s, the bands early albums, copied onto TDK D90s (younger readers might need that explained byve asked me who someone who was in their teens in the 80s!) were the main occupant of the cassette player in my Mazda! (They now top the pile of cassettes beside the old stereo in my garage!).}

_{Why am I telling you all this? Well I thought it best to declare my complete bias before writing anything more in a recommendation for the new Tesla album “Simplicity” which is released by Frontiers Records on 6th June. Not writing a recommendation however would have been sacrilege.}

THIS summer, of the year of 2014 is turning out to be 'The Summer of Metal' after another band announced a Belfast date - the mighty Soulfly are playing Limelight2 on July 10th.

Yep, it is turning into a summer of neck-snapping, headbanging brilliance!

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