WHEN it comes to hard rock Northern Ireland has a bonteous collection of bands that really are at the top of their game - and on the first RockD of 2014 a triple header shook the foundations of Limelight2 on Saturday February 1st.

This was a reunion of the bands who competed in Highway to Hell with Screaming Eagles, Maverick and Baleful

_{Three of the four bands that represented Northern Ireland at the Highway to Hell competition in Glasgow last year came together to perform at a Distortion Project gig in Limelight 2, Belfast on 1st February 2014. Unfortunately, Sinocence (who had won a place at the Hannerfest VI festival in March 2014) had to pull out due to an injury. However, Baleful Creed, Maverick and overall competition winners Screaming Eagles (they played the Hard Rock Hell festival in Wales) put a great show for the considerable number of fans who attended.}

_{Check out a video of each of the bands.}

SWEDISH and proud, loud and proud, Grand Magus have become a force to be reckoned with following the masterpiece The Hunt - but how do you follow that? Simple just unleash the Triumph and Power a riff nirvana par excellence.

Drawing from classic rock, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and their own Scandanavian roots this is a feast