COME July 14th The Distortion Project will present Onslaught, Artillery and Hatriot in Limelight2 in a veritable feast of thrash - so much so the tour has been dubbed the Thrash Invasion 2014....

Onslaught have been regular visitors to Northern Ireland, and as they continue the tour in support of their album IV (review is

IN the mid-20th Century writer Ray Bradbury published the seminal dark fantasy book, Something Wicked This Way Comes, about a carnival of nightmares - a novel only spoiled by its sickly sweet ending. Sweden's Avatar have no such sweet endings on their soon to be released album, Hail To The Apocalypse.

Avatar's dark vision showcases

_{The Friday NI Rocks Show on 2nd May includes an interview with Jeff and Julie Westlake from the band Hydrogyn. They talk about plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the band with a new album and DVD release, the new EP “Break The Chains”, working with Michael Wagener and much more.}

_{The show can be heard at 9pm UK time on Friday 2nd May but is also available now from the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/hosts/ni-rocks-friday-rock-show.html}

_{(The show uploaded on 29th April )}