All posts by Carl O'Rourke

O2 Forum on a cool Sunday evening in London’s own Kentishtown. Stacked to the rafters. Fans brimming with pent up energy. An ever growing anticipation for the return of Seether, wrapping up their Poison The Parish Tour on Sunday, October [...]

Famous faces, shameless name dropping and dragging up the old catalogues, all seem to go hand in hand, creating a rinse, reuse, recycle formula for when it comes to writing about the recurring banner that surmises anyone who has been in more than one [...]

Whether or not it was their intention, Ne Obliviscaris, with their debut album ‘Portal of I’, and sophomore follow-up ‘Citadel’, have bent, broken and ultimately changed the game when it comes to progressive metal. Formed in 2003, [...]

“This isn’t Resonance!” One of the many exclamations made on Sunday evening in Dublin’s The Academy from renowned Anathema guitarist, Danny Cavanagh. A response to a rowdy crowd member who couldn’t quite seem to grasp the [...]

Anneke van Giersbergen has become a name that carries a rather wide and impressive musical catalogue behind it. Best known for her work as lead vocalist for melancholic metallers The Gathering, she has also worked with the renowned Devin Townsend on [...]

Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, hard rockers SOiL formed in 1997 and came crashing on to the scene with their major heavyweight label debut album, ‘Scars’ in 2001. Widely considered by many to be the bands finest hour, the record featured such hits as the [...]

Cradle of Filth defied the odds when their own ruthless brand of extreme metal broke mainstream. To the extent that if you didn’t know them, you were certainly aware of them. Dani Filth, the only remaining original member of the group that formed in [...]

American rockers Lionize took their own, seasoned brand of hard rock on the road and made a stop off at none other than Dublin’s own rock and metal watering hole, Fibber Magees, or “Fibbers” to locals. With a four band bill, three of [...]