SOMETIMES compilation albums are a nightmare for fans and bands alike - the constant arguing about what merits inclusion, and there's generally two 'newly' released songs that means you end up buying the bloody thing!
Classic metallers, heavy metal legends and NWOBHM legends Saxon could have trodden that route (again!) when they
Classic metallers, heavy metal legends and NWOBHM legends Saxon could have trodden that route (again!) when they
Read more: Not another compilation album as Saxon unplug and get strung up....
ROCK 'n' feckin' roll - it's in all our veins; metal is in our hearts but one prominent festival just jumped the shark in announcing emo-supremos Fall Out Boy as part of a line-up that has crossover act Linkin Park and Avenged Sevenfold.
That festival -
That festival -
Read more: There is still hope - as the Screaming Eagles prove once again
THIS weekend we pored over the many, many entries to the Belfastmetalheadsreunited, rockradioni.co.uk competition to win tickets to see Queens of the Stone Age and Little Matador at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on November 18th.
Thanks to everyone who entered this competition, backed by promoters
Thanks to everyone who entered this competition, backed by promoters
HALLOWE'EN is one of the most ancient of Pagan festivals, hijacked by the early Christian church and calling November 1st All Saint's Day - Hallowed Day, thus (and there is more to this if you want to get anal about it...) All Hallow's Eve was born.
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