NEWS
2020/03/17
Rich in Celtic culture and melancholic history it may be, but Ireland seems to be perennially underrated as a breeding ground for raw rock talent. From Therapy? to Thin Lizzy, though, the Emerald Isle has produced more than its fair share of seminal heavy bands. Indeed, it’s tempting to list the veteran acts who blazed trails, or those still ruling stages worldwide – Gama Bomb, Primordial, Ash, Stiff Little Fingers, Mourning Beloveth, Mael Mórdha, Sweet Savage, Mojo Fury and Slomatics, to name a handful – but we thought it’d be more fitting, this St Patrick’s day, to spread the good word about the next generation of Irish talent you’re (probably) yet to encounter. From Northern Irish punks energized by Ulster’s apparently endless political travails, to the leading lights of Dublin’s t...
