Four of our wee country’s rising heavy metal bands will literally be ‘Up In The Attic’ tomorrow evening (Tuesday 8 September), on the first night of a combined tour of Norn Iron.
Escape Fails, Valkaine, Circadian and These Cities Surrender are appearing upstairs at Auntie Annie’s, with doors opening at 9pm and admission a mere £3 for the four bands.
Describing their sound as ‘faggotcore’, These Cities Surrender are four friends who came together as a band in February 2009 and recently recorded their debut EP, ‘We Are Forever’, which is released on 19 September.Circadian are a three-piece with the rather unusual (these days) combination of a drumming vocalist (or should that be singing drummer), who combine traditional power metal with prog influences – following the back road from Pink Floyd to Porcupine Tree, via Iron Maiden and Saxon.
Valkaine are another four-piece, based in Newtownards, where they formed in the summer of 2008. In January past, they recorded a five-track EP in Shabby Road Studios, mixed and mastered by Dave McCullough, which is available at gigs.
Headliners Escape Fails seem to be the most experienced of the bunch. Formed in September 2006, they describe themselves as "purveyors of post-hardcore", and earlier this year released their debut album, 'Love, Blood, Family, You', which they hope will help to cement their place as a force on the Irish scene. This haggard ol’ hack must admit to not having heard of any this quartet of acts until a few weeks ago, and I’ve only heard a few snippets on their respective Myspace sites, so I’m looking forward to checking them out tomorrow evening. See you at the bar, fellow metalheads.
Escape Fails, Valkaine, Circadian and These Cities Surrender are appearing upstairs at Auntie Annie’s, with doors opening at 9pm and admission a mere £3 for the four bands.
Describing their sound as ‘faggotcore’, These Cities Surrender are four friends who came together as a band in February 2009 and recently recorded their debut EP, ‘We Are Forever’, which is released on 19 September.Circadian are a three-piece with the rather unusual (these days) combination of a drumming vocalist (or should that be singing drummer), who combine traditional power metal with prog influences – following the back road from Pink Floyd to Porcupine Tree, via Iron Maiden and Saxon.
Valkaine are another four-piece, based in Newtownards, where they formed in the summer of 2008. In January past, they recorded a five-track EP in Shabby Road Studios, mixed and mastered by Dave McCullough, which is available at gigs.
Headliners Escape Fails seem to be the most experienced of the bunch. Formed in September 2006, they describe themselves as "purveyors of post-hardcore", and earlier this year released their debut album, 'Love, Blood, Family, You', which they hope will help to cement their place as a force on the Irish scene. This haggard ol’ hack must admit to not having heard of any this quartet of acts until a few weeks ago, and I’ve only heard a few snippets on their respective Myspace sites, so I’m looking forward to checking them out tomorrow evening. See you at the bar, fellow metalheads.
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