With the title track, ‘Dreams in Motion’ begins auspiciously enough with the kind of funereal riff that Windstein probably writes in his sleep. Harmonized lead guitars over tribal tom beat guide the track into the sparse, open chords of a [...]
Some of the most influential bands in music history have been international in nature, originating in the largest countries and the most remote regions of the world. A lot of new music is currently coming from all corners of the globe. Alien [...]
Heavy metal is a titanic cliché. The lyrics, the names, the clothes…all elements we protect with heart and soul have been done so many times before, in so many different ways, that it’s impossible to take it seriously all the time. But [...]
With 2019 winding down to its final days, another year of excellent progressive releases is in the books. So we will be looking forward to 2020, and start with the aptly named ‘MMXX’ by prog-metal supergroup Sons of Apollo. This comes only a [...]
Dublin’s Voodoo Lounge has played host to more than a few memorable nights. Such as the night thrash metal legends, Sacred Reich, returned to the Emerald Isle in support of their first album in over twenty years’ Awakening’. A night [...]
Rage is probably one of the first bands I ever heard in my life. Having a metalhead brother 8 years older than me had its perks when shaping my taste in music, and given the fact that my family always had a knack for the Teutonic style of playing metal, [...]
On a cold winters night in Dublin, Cristina Scabbia clutches her microphone and sings “Tonight it’s going down,” in front of a sold-out crowd in The Academy. It’s an evening when these words feel more appropriate than ever. In [...]
There is a tragic beauty in sorrow and grief, and all stories ultimately end in both. Neither can be avoided, all that can be done is to come to grips with them and find your way through life. There is beauty because there is beauty in life and its [...]
