Rock Radio Northern Ireland

ALBUM REVIEW: Technical Ecstasy from Bloodshot Dawn on new release Demons

Published: Friday, 10 October 2014 09:24 | Written by Jonny | Print | Hits: 3992

LET there be guitars, and there were guitars, and fingers of many took hold of these "strange devices"* and when they touched it "brought forth a sound" and with each passing year the sounds and spells woven by these strange devices became more and more intricate.

From Iommi's doom-laden chords, to Eddie Van Halen's explosive

ALBUM REVIEW: Sick DM aural assault from Putrefy shines dark light on twisted humanity

Published: Thursday, 09 October 2014 10:57 | Written by Jonny | Print | Hits: 4183

EXTREME music, in its purest form can be a cathartic experience, a damn good excuse to step outside the fucked up, mundane life that shrouds our lives in the servitude of being a wage slave, scanning the latest war and horror news from around the world.

Death metal holds a unique place in extreme music, its dense, lyrical

LIVE REVIEW: Andrew O'Neill beats the technical problems and delivers a lecture on metal

Published: Wednesday, 08 October 2014 08:49 | Written by Jonny | Print | Hits: 3809

THE History of Heavy Metal...it's a big fucking topic, spanning generations of bands, a growing multiplicity of genres and sub genres and a cult following somewhat obsessed with the music that inspires copious alcohol intake, insane high acts of stage diving and entering mosh pits.

Is this a suitable topic for comedy?

NI ROCKS Interview with NIXON from FRAMING HANLEY

Published: Tuesday, 07 October 2014 00:00 | Written by NI ROCKS | Print | Hits: 6529

_{_{Framing Hanley released their third album}}_{“The Sum of Who We Are” earlier this year and kick off a tour of Ireland and the UK in the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast on Friday 24th October. The band originally formed in Nashville back in 2005 and has built up a strong fan base in Europe.} _{The current line-up consists of Kenneth Nixon on vocals, Ryan Belcher and Brandon Wootten on guitars, Chris Vest on drums and Jonathan Stoye on bass. Nixon was good enough to answer a few questions for Rock Radio NI ahead of the upcoming gig in Belfast.}

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