It’s been forty years since the release of perhaps the defining moment in the defining metal band’s discography. Long the subject of debate among Black Sabbath fans, Volume Four has lasted the test of time, and is an important milestone in the genre’s evolution. Eoghan Lyng take’s a look at why it matters. For an…
From the opening feedback through to the final jagged notes, Wound Upon Wound’s crushing debut clocks in at just over 50 minutes of uncompromising bleakness and brutality. All the necessary ingredients are on hand for a solid dose of black/doom metal: guttural vocals with a range from the near subsonic to a harrowing wail, a…
Mike McGrath-Bryan looks at Irish metal’s latest offering Irish metal is brilliant. You know this. Oftentimes, however, it can get lost in its obsession with tradition and orthodoxy, and every so often a release comes along that takes that oeuvre and gives it a good shake. Dublin black-metal outfit (don’t call them punks!) Sodb (pronounced…
In the latest in a series of formulaic ramblings about local music, Music Editor Mike McGrath-Bryan takes a look both at what we have to be proud of in our city’s independent music community, and the challenges that face it in the immediate future. Involvement in the local music scene lends one the opportunity to…
Arts and Literature Editor Julie Daunt reviews the current Lewis Glucksman exhibition, which traces the relationship between drawing and the moving image. What is drawing? Is it the lines made by a pen on paper, or is it the act of creating those lines? What about photography, which is Greek for “drawing with light”?…
Sport the nail designs of everyone’s envy with a little help from Fashion Editor Kieran Murphy. Leopard Print Nails Leopard print nails are actually much easier to do than you might think! Start with a clear base coat on your nails to prevent staining. Leave them to dry before applying two coats of…
His head is still displayed proudly above my mantelpiece. His deep brown eyes are as bright and full of life as the day we played our little of cat and mouse all those years ago. They are dead, but yet somehow still alive and while they place me under constant surveillance, I suppose it…
Fashion Editor Kieran Murphy examines whether the new Condé Nast College is worth a student’s time. This year, The Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design announced that they would offer a ground-breaking opportunity in all aspects of the fashion industry for potential students, starting in January 2013. Based in London, the college will…
Gaming editor Fergal Carroll serves up men in shorts, pandas and indie darlings for this week’s gaming menu. The Biggie(s): The biggest game that is being released this side of the pond this week is the one and only FIFA 13. If you listened to me last time and brushed up on your mad FIFA…
Gaming editor Fergal Carroll takes a look at Nintendo’s next gen console. The date has been set. November 30th is the day that Nintendo, the first of the big three, launch their next gen console – the Wii U. All was revealed in a Nintendo event in mid-September. Price points were set, bundles announced,…