All posts by Carl O'Rourke

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 [...]

Formed in 1988 and considered by many to be one of the early pioneers of the metal sub-genres now known as Goth and Doom, British rockers Paradise Lost are back with their fifteenth studio album, ‘Medusa’. Having remained very much at the [...]

  All too often, it seems, we find ourselves here. This purgatorial and powerless state in which we mourn lives lost far too early, one more light lost under the most tragic of circumstances. On Thursday, July 20th, the world was struck with yet [...]

Buckcherry fans who found themselves disappointed that the band are beginning to wind down their year may sob no more. For the newest old band on the block, Josh Todd & The Conflict features the prolific Buckcherry vocalist, Josh Todd as well his [...]

There aren’t too many bands who can claim a Music Hall of Fame status so soon into their career. But not all bands have the magic required, and some never do. One album deep, Hinder proved themselves worthy to be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of [...]

Consisting of  both current and former members of Alter Bridge/Creed (drummer Scott Phillips), Sevendust (John Connolly and Vinnie Hornsby) and Submersed/Tremonti (guitarist Eric Friedman), American rock supergroup Projected are set to release their [...]

They had to know, right? They had to know what to expect. Coming to Dublin after a wait this long, “Get Alter Bridge to Ireland” campaigns on social media, they had to know it was going to be something pretty special. In support of their latest [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, on a rainy night in Dublin something wicked this way comes to The Voodoo Lounge, to terrorize, torment and entertain all who dared attend. Horror punk master Wednesday 13 rolled his circus of horrors into the intimate [...]