MacDara Conroy reviews some of the summer's glut of heavier sounds - metal, hardcore and beyond
'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
Circle's Terminal is 'one to tune up your air guitar for' says John Kealy
‘Phasing between post-sludge breakdowns and positively soaring riffs’ - MacDara Conroy on Kowloon Walled City’s Grievances
Before Ever After is the same Blind Idiot God as before, except now in glorious high definition, says MacDara Conroy
Dragged Into Sunlight play The Pint on Friday 24 May on a rare tour with support from Wound Upon Wound, From The Bogs Of Aughiska and Rites
For the third video in the series, Irish underground documentary series Fractured profiles Invictus Productions
MacDara Conroy surveys the latest season's heavier offerings, and offers up his belated end-of-year favourites from 2013
Sunn O))) return to Dublin for a performance in The Button Factory on July 18th