Video Of The Week – The One Armed Man
This week’s Video Of The Week selection comes from French outfit The One Armed Man, with new single, ‘Boots Back In The City’, taken from their just-released new album ‘#1’.
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Mike Tramp/Tom Harte – Ahoghill, Diamond Rock Club – 20 April 2019
Former White Lion/Freak Of Nature frontman Mike Tramp has been a regular visitor to this particular corner of the Überverse for nigh on half a dozen or more years, ensuring that his annual tours always find their way to the dark hills of County Antrim. However, he had somehow managed to miss us out last time around, but was promising to more than make up for that lapse in planning by presenting us with an epic set of songs, liberally sprinkled with stories from his four-plus decades in this hoary old music business.
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The BIG Über Rock Interview – Jaret Reddick (Bowling For Soup)
Earlier this week, Bowling For Soup made up for forsaking the loyalty of their fans on the island of Ireland by playing back-to-back sold-out shows in Belfast and Dublin. Monk and The Dark Queen caught up with frontman Jaret Reddick just prior to the former date for a chat about their love of this part of the Überverse, their forthcoming 25th anniversary celebrations, his recent collaborative album with Kelly Ogden and 26-hour long video shoots.
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Crypt Of The Riff Vol. 3 – Voodoo, Belfast – 18 April 2019
The Easter weekend holds a very special place in the hearts of metallians on the island of Ireland. Not because of any religious reasons – well, perhaps of a different kind, as it marks the first instalment of the Siege Of Limerick, the bi-annual celebration of all that is great about the genre in this corner of the Überverse, and the closest thing the island has to a proper metal festival. It has also become traditional for some of the visiting bands from other parts of the Überverse to turn their trips into something of mini tours – which is why this show, originally booked as two different gigs but intelligently brought together, came about.
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Enforcer – ‘Zenith’ (Nuclear Blast)
ÜR boss Monk first came across Swedish NWOCR cheerleaders Enforcer back at the turn of the decade, while hunting through the shelves of his local record store on his lunch-break. The owner recommended that he check out this new album called ‘Diamonds’: what had broad it to his attention was the fact that it had just been released on Earache, a label better known at that time for the more extreme end of the heavy metal spectrum, but which had recently taken the bold step to diversify its roster… Anyway, almost a decade down the line, and with ‘Diamonds’ still a favoured play on ye olde death decks, Enforcer are back with their fifth album, and their first in four years…
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