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In Our Wake – Atreyu

September 21, 2018 David Savage

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After three years of silence, Atreyu are back. If you’ve never heard of Atreyu there is only one description for them that comes to mind, from years ago. “Atreyu is too goth to be emo, too metal to be punk, and too brazenly emotional to be metal” Three weeks ago they announced their second album […]

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‘Little Monster’ – Royal Blood – Track of the Day

April 19, 2017 Aoife Fealy

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My most recent musical obsession has been these guys – Royal Blood. A hard rocking duo from Brighton, UK, these lads have been on the scene for a few years now. Formed in 2012, their second album How Did We Get So Dark is due out on June 6. This particular song ‘Little Monsters’ was […]

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‘The Chain’ – Fleetwood Mac – Track of the Day

February 11, 2017 Aoife Fealy

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In honour of the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 trailer, our track of the day today is Fleetwood Mac‘s classic ‘The Chain’. From their best-selling album Rumours, ‘The Chain’ was released in February 4 1977, making it 40 years old this week! Not only is it one of Fleetwood Mac‘s best songs, and my personal […]

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‘Turning’ – The New 52 – Track Of The Day

September 24, 2016 Kevin Coffey

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For today;s track of the day I would like to tell you about a band you probably have never heard of; The New 52, an up and coming rock band from Dublin whose first album launched very recently. ‘Turning’ is the lead single from their album Let Me Sleep. The whole album is on Spotify […]

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‘Thrill’ – BAND-MAID – Track of the Day

July 8, 2016 David Savage

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I am constantly on the look out for new bands, and usually I am quite unsuccessful. However I took a dive into the related videos while on a Babymetal YouTube binge recently. It resulted in BAND-MAID and their track ‘Thrill’. This song hooked me, and while I have listened to other songs none of them have beaten […]

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Emarosa – ‘People Like Me, We Just Don’t Play’ – Track of the Day

March 2, 2016 Ross Brennan

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Today’s track pick comes from the lads in alt-rock band Emarosa! Coming off the band’s album Versus, their first release with new vocalist Bradley Walden after the controversial departure of Jonny Craig (now the vocalist of Slaves, a band he’s doing pretty damned well in), ‘People Like Me…’ shows that bringing in a new vocalist […]

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Babymetal Unveil Trailer For Next Album

February 26, 2016 Ross Brennan

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Has it really been a few years since we were introduced to the wonderful noise of Babymetal? Indeed it has, and the time has come for a new album. Metal Resistance releases on April 1st, and the band has released a trailer for it along with the album’s debut single ‘Karate’ featuring loudly and proudly. ‘Karate’ […]

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Anavae – ‘Anti-Faith’ | Track Of The Day

February 23, 2016 Ross Brennan

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Huge thanks to the other staff for taking the reins while I was taking care of things outside the site! Let’s have some glitchy alt-rock from Anavae, shall we? London’s Anavae do a lot of the things I love about PVRIS, with a strong mix of rock and electronic elements and powerful female vocals, but […]

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Track of the Day: coldrain – ‘The Revelation’

February 9, 2016 Ross Brennan

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Time for some awesome metal with one of Japan’s biggest names, Coldrain! ‘The Revelation’ lifts a few tricks from Bring Me The Horizon’s playbook, with a similar use of ambient electronics mixed with pounding metalcore breakdowns that brought Bring Me The Horizon so much success with Sempiternal. Indeed, ‘The Revelation’ does sound similar to ‘Shadow […]

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Life In Japan: Life, Lies and Live Music

February 7, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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I’m usually hesitant to rely on cultural tropes or stereotypes, partially because they’re reductive and potentially offensive, but mostly because as an Irishman, I tend to live up to a lot my own. As the old saying goes, men in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. I don’t however, having lived in Japan for just over […]

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