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August Burns Red – ‘Guardians’ (Fearless Records)

August Burns Red – ‘Guardians’ (Fearless Records)

Posted by | Mar 16, 2020 | ,

August Burns Red have been around for quite a while now, coming out of the woodwork in the metalcore boom around the late 2000s and are now a mainstay of the scene. Prior to this release, their previous record, ‘Phantom Anthem’, is one of Jase Walker’s outright favourite albums so getting to review this new release is something he jumped at the chance to do. This is their ninth studio album, which is no joke, these guys have been doing this a long time now so our man was eager to see how they’ve pushed themselves this time and kept it fresh.

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Gaylord – ‘Wings Of The Joyful’ (Blackened Death Records)

Gaylord – ‘Wings Of The Joyful’ (Blackened Death Records)

Posted by | Mar 16, 2020 | ,

John B reckons this one is “interesting”. The album is very clearly black metal and the band even describe themselves as “confrontational black metal” – and, while this all true, our man thought there were many aspects of the album that seem pretty optimistic. It is not the same dark just for the sake of being dark that we often hear in the genre but instead they seem to push the lines of the genre a little and end up creating a rather unique tone. JB was rather impressed by this because he was going into this thinking he knew what to expect but instead found myself pleasantly surprised.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – TORCHIA

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – TORCHIA

Posted by | Mar 15, 2020 | , ,

We had a bit of a helping hand when it came to choosing our latest ‘Video Of The Week’, as our 11-year old grand-daughter was staying over at ÜRHQ, and she decided it would be a cool idea to make her first contribution to the site. And, so, down she sat and watched each and every one of the 70-odd videos that had come our way over the past seven days, initially whittling them down to down to a shortlist of ten entries and then agreeing our final selection.

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Haggard Cat – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 12 March 2020

Haggard Cat – Belfast, Limelight 1 – 12 March 2020

Posted by | Mar 14, 2020 | ,

We have a cardinal rule here at Über Rock… we do not, repeat do NOT, do tribute shows. Never. Ever. Full stop. End of conversation. So, what were your ÜR head honchos doing in a nightclub in the centre of Belfast where the main attraction was some bunch of bozos doing Elvis in the style of Nirvana and Nirvana in the style of Elvis? Well… you know the old saying about when you go to a gig always check out the support band? Well, on this occasion, Monk and DQ were there for the sole purpose of checking out the support band, who were the rising Nottingham alt-rock duo Haggard Cat, playing what can be regarded as a warm-up show for their own forthcoming headline tour in support of new album ‘Common Sense Holiday’…

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