Free Music // Savour Your Scene Records Sampler

The lads from Belfast metalcore act Gacys Threads (reviewed last week) have launched a new label/collective-type dealie called Savour Your Scene Records for the hardcore/metal scene in Ireland. I caught the band a couple of weeks back at Ilenkus‘ album launch in Dublin a couple of weeks back and they put on an incredible show.

Review // Gacys Threads – The Ignorance of Purity EP

You didn’t really think I’d let a grammatical error like that get away without comment, did you? Give me a break. I need this.

Originally published in AU Magazine, November/December 2011.

Gacys Threads – The Ignorance of Purity

Grammatically-incorrect Belfast foursome Gacys Thread have been flying the flag for Irish metalcore for three years now alongside Tullamore’s Murdock and Dublin act Red Enemy and The Ignorance of Purity is the latest in a string of EP releases. 

Video // Before Machines – ‘Stalagmites’

A couple of weeks back I previewed Croupier’s gig in the Workman’s Club and made positive noises about what I’d heard from the warm-up acts.

I went to see Croupier, but I was most impressed by opening act Before Machines from Belfast. There was only a trickle in the room for the beginning of their short set, but by the end a decent crowd had formed.

New Music // Empty Lungs – ‘Identity Lost’

Belfast punk trio Empty Lungs have been knocking around for about a year now and ‘Identity Lost’ is their first formal release, a three-track single produced by Rocky O’Reilly (of the late, great Oppenheimer).