Blind Idiot God – Before Ever After
Before Ever After is the same Blind Idiot God as before, except now in glorious high definition, says MacDara Conroy
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Salad Days – IFI, Friday 24th July
The last few tickets for Friday night's screening of the Washington DC punk & hardcore documentary Salad Days are now available
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Noises On! #2: Where there’s muck there’s brass
MacDara Conroy surveys the latest season's heavier offerings, and offers up his belated end-of-year favourites from 2013... Read More...
‘When we unleash hell, well, it’s real fucking hell’ – An Interview With Coilguns
'This is our music, it's us, 100% naked' - Luc Hess and Jona Nido of Coilguns talk to MacDara Conroy ahead of their four-date Irish tour next week... Read More...
Coilguns Irish Tour – Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, October 21st-24th
Swiss mathcore unit Coilguns are hitting Ireland for a four-date tour from 21-24 October... Read More...
BL’AST! – Blood!
MacDara Conroy takes the manic ride with BL'AST! on their Dave Grohl-remixed masterpiece Blood!... Read More...
Noises On! #1: Winter is coming…
MacDara Conroy reviews some of the summer's glut of heavier sounds - metal, hardcore and beyond... Read More...
Call Of The Void – Dragged Down A Dead End Path
Call Of The Void's debut Dragged Down A Dead End Path is a 'relentless torrent of downtuned doom grind' says MacDara Conroy... Read More...
Nails – Abandon All Life
'It's hard to believe a band can pack so much into a mere 17 minutes' - MacDara Conroy on Nails' second album Abandon All Life... Read More...
Baptists – Bushcraft
Baptists' debut album Bushcraft is a half-hour of "hurtling speed and anger spat through gritted teeth", says MacDara Conroy... Read More...