Coldwar + Overoth + Killface - Dublin, Voodoo Lounge 26/04/2014

It's good to get out of the country now and again, and so it was that I gladly accepted an invitation to forsake my normal Saturday routine of a late afternoon of premier local metal followed by an evening of avoiding the local smiks back in Belfast to head south of the border down Dublin wayIt's good to get out of the country now and again, and so it was that I gladly accepted an invitation to forsake my normal Saturday routine of a late afternoon of premier local metal followed by an evening of avoiding the local smiks back in Belfast to head south of the border down Dublin way for the launch of the latest album by controversial death metal punks Coldwar. Derek Brady – Killface The venue, which I'd visited only once before, is somewhat off the Irish capital's beaten track – in fact, the directions I was given were along the lines of "turn right at the end of the street and keep walking until you can go no further, and it's about 100 yards further on!" – but a healthy crowd had joined your travelling northerner to celebrate this auspicious occasion. To be brutally honest, one of the main reasons for making this all too infrequent trip was to catch openers Killface, who have been lighting up the Irish scene like a halogen lamp for the last few years, and especially since the release of their pummeling 'Feeding The Dead' album (which sent certain members of the PM reviewing team into galaxy-spinning states [...]

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