July 2010:

30th July 2010: Iron Maiden + Sweet Savage, Dublin, O2 Arena, IRE (Under 16′s are to be accompanied by an adult) (Standing: £56:80 – €59:60 Seating: £62:50 – €65:70)

August 2010:

1st August 2010: Soulfly + supports, Dublin, The Academy, IRE (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: £20:80 – €24:00)

2nd August 2010: Soulfly + supports, Belfast, Spring & Airbrake, N.I. (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: £19:50)

2nd August 2010: Fear Factory + supports varied, Dublin, The Academy, IRE (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: £18:80 – €22:00)

3rd August 2010: Fear Factory + supports varied, Belfast, Spring & Airbrake, N.I. (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: £17:00)

22nd August 2010: Cannibal Corpse + supports, Belfast, Spring & Airbrake, N.I. (Over 18′s ID essential) (Tickets: £20:00)

23rd August 2010: Suffocation + supprots, Belfast, The Limelight, N.I. (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: £18:00)

24th August 2010: Suffocation + Cold War + Days of Night, Cork, An Cruiscin Lan, IRE (Over 18′s ID required) (Tickets: €20:00)

31st August 2010: Guns N’ Roses + supprots, Belfast, Odyssey Arena, N.I. (Standing for Over 16′s only) (Standing: £49:00 – €52:20 Seating: £55:00 – €58:20)

September 2010:

1st September 2010: Guns N’ Roses + supports, Dublin, O2 Arena, IRE (Under 16′s to be accompanied by an adult) (Standing: €71:00 Seating: €65:70 – €71:70)

4th September 2010: Metallica + supports, Dublin, Marlay Park, IRE (Tickets not yet on sale)

October 2010:

2nd October 2010: Chimaira + supports, Belfast, The Stiff Kitten, N.I. (Over 18′s only) (Tickets: £14:00)

P.S. All tickets usually have a door charge of £1:50, prices may or may not be correct, so be careful when proceeding to buy tickets.

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/

(Good work again David, and may I just plug the Gorillaz gig at the O2 in Dublin on September 22nd! – Ed.)

I myself am going to Bloodstock and for those of you who either haven’t heard of it or simply aren’t going, I’ve got two words for you – come on!

This year, Bloodstock is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, and this festival isn’t like Download or Sonisphere, although it may have a few bands from each of those festival, it still remains unique. Why?

Well, Bloodstock is for the more extreme music listeners, but can still maintain that heavy music many metalheads desire. Throughout the years Bloodstock has seen visits from some well known acts, and to name just a few: Children of Bodom, Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Saxon, Edguy, Sonata Artica and many more. It gathers a wide range of international acts, outside of its birthplace in Derby.

The current line up is located here – http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/

Here’s what I think of the line up for 2010;

Awesome, it couldn’t be better. Two of my favourite bands on the line up, plus many other exclusive bands, that’s right, exclusive. Bloodstock has bands that are only playing Bloodstock this year in the UK. Did I mention that most of the other bands are awesome?

You got acts from: Opeth, Meshuggah, Behemoth, Sonata Artica, Children of Bodom, Fear Factory, Devin Townsend, Obituary, Gorgoroth, Twisted Sister, Bloodbath, Edguy, Onslaught, Evile, Suffocation, Gojira, Doro, Korpiklaani and many more throughout the three stages scattered throughout the field.

So all I’ve got to say, is keep an eye out for any bands you may like on the line up for next year, it’s very rare for Bloodstock to disappoint.

As for me, I’ve got my flights booked, my money ready and my gear all packed. I’m waiting for these two weeks to fly in, so I can have the best 5 days of my life, with camping, alcohol and heavy metal!

Rock on! – David Bradley

(A clean bill of health from me, and an exciting read. Good work David! – Ed.)

Started almost 5 years ago, with intermittent breaks, the blogger Jonny promises to keep it updated from now on. With competitions and exclusive interviews with bands hitting Northern Ireland, this is certainly a gem that every self-respecting metalhead should bookmark.

Monday 2nd August, Auntie Aunies for only £10 at the door!
Check out D is For Deathcore Promotions for more info:

http://www.myspace.com/disfordeathcore

Hero In Error are releasing their EP supported by the sonic onslaught of Gacys Threads and Kiriath in Lavery’s Bunker.

Doors open at 7pm and its £5 in.

We are here to promote music at a local level but also to celebrate a love of music that people have.

We are always looking for contributors so please email us at aspectshift@hotmail.com!!

Thanks
Tristan

In this article I’m going to write about my progression in music and how so much of my taste has changed.

Like a lot of people we all heard of the bands Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC and Metallica. At an early age my first band I listened to that had guitars in the music was Guns N’ Roses, my brother was a fan and he was playing the album Appetite for Destruction in its full, so I sat there and listened to it and I couldn’t believe it. It felt like this music was calling for me. Afterwards I got into AC/DC and Metallica. AC/DC’s first ever album I listened to, wasn’t even a studio album, it was a live album, it still rocked either way.

As a teenager, you go through many changes, for me it was mostly changes in music. After listening to AC/DC, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses I wanted something a bit more heavier than Metallica, so I was introduced by a friend to Slipknot, I then went through a massive Slipknot phase along with a few other bands, but Slipknot stuck out the most, I had an obsession with the drummer Joey Jordison.

In late 2008 I started to realise that there much more vast and adventurous music out there. I went through this phase of saying Slipknot are rubbish and all these other bands are. At this point I was listening to metal/rock music for about 5 years. After losing all faith with Slipknot, I then stuck to Metallica and depended on them to get me through. Late 2008 was the year I started going to gigs. Being 16 I then decided I needed something extreme. Slayer was the next step up and a few more death metal bands such as follows: Deicide, Carcass, Katakylsm etc.

By early 2009 I was hearing new bands left, right and centre, but the ones that I really appreciated, my top three were W.A.S.P., Iced Earth and Metallica. As I got to this point, I was content…or was I? Late 2009 was the biggest change in music for me ever, I started listening to more alternative bands, such as: Meshuggah, Tool, Dream Theater etc. A progressive side to music, and may I just add that I didn’t find them myself, suggestions from a lot of people is what pushed me to check these bands out and give them a listen and a positive effect came from every band suggested.

Here in 2010, I’m more open minded, free to discussion about music, I like to learn new things about artists and I’m very opinionated. I listen to three main genres Metal, Ambient and Electronic music and my three top bands at the moment are: Meshuggah, Devin Townsend and Godflesh, but I’m sure that will all change in time. Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope to have some awesome discussions with you all in the future of this site.

’till then take care!

- David Bradley.

Interview with Gentry Morris – Enjoy!

His Myspace

Gig listing for August

Come down to the Video shoot on the 19th September at Downpatrick Arts centre!

Song:

Title:        The Kings Court

Artist :      Omid Agahi

Album:     Psychic

Interview with Omid Agahi

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