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Really looking forward to Bodydrinkers. Looks to all be mainstage for me other than that. Suns Journey > Infernal Sea > Requiem > Partholon is a proper ripper run of bands.

Busted? BUSTED? That's not metal for fuck sake. Bring back the proper Download that had Feeder, Muse and HIM high up the bill.

Yeah those prices are actually alright when put in the context of inflation with everything else when you consider tickets for a single big act were about 60-65 for donkeys years. I remember paying 60 for Depeche Mode in the Point in 2006. An extra 10 or 15 more a lifetime later for smaller but triple the amount of acts is fine.

Yeah fuck past me.

Yeah those prices are actually alright when put in the context of inflation with everything else when you consider tickets for a single big act were about 60-65 for donkeys years. I remember paying 60 for Depeche Mode in the Point in 2006. An extra 10 or 15 more a lifetime later for smaller but triple the amount of acts is fine.

Definitely surprised at the venue. Plenty of other acts of the same relative niche/popularity have done well in the Academy, right?

Not my cup of tea either, though I suppose it's technically a forward foot for a festival that's been maligned for years for not pushing acts up the card in favour of the dinosaurs. QOTSA, Fall out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold shouldn't be seen as a forward foot, I know. But it's the landscape. It's probably a net positive that they've realised they can fill Donington without an Iron Maiden or Metallica in one of the slots.

Ghost are definitely getting the bump next time. They headlined second stage this year and the place was overflowing.

Looking forward to this. The last few Urban Assaults always felt like little Cork mini-Sieges. The one in 2018 with Bailer and Ten Ton Slug topping the bill was one of the best local shows I've seen in the country. Shame there's no more bands on the lineup to be honest, should be an all-dayer! Should still be cracking.

Figured this would be of interest to some of you since I think both bands came up in the recommended non metal albums thread a few times:

NME article here confirms they'll both be doing a 75 minute headline set.

All over this one. Two of my favourite oddball bands who are still banging out energetic live performances and respectable albums with dignity.

Manics are great for wild oscillations between cheerful tunes about anorexia and outright dad rock. Suede done Dog Man Star.

Top night of pretentious, effete bangers!

I like Atilla's vocals, but he sounds like your da stuck in the porch drunk during a lot of De Mysteriis and I'll never not laugh at the "In the middle of Transylvania" line delivered like a cartoon villain. 

Yeah they just swapped places seemingly which confused some folks. They were the best thing on the bill by a mile. Good night all around.

Think I need to wash the cobwebs away

I love a bit of Terrence McKenna poetic storytelling of the experience but "Washing the cobwebs away" sums it all up nicely for me.

Should be a banger of a season considering how much moisture has been sucked into the ground over the last few weeks.

Getting up before dawn, doing your picking when most of the rest of the country sleeps off a hangover, heading back home to have a coffee and a fry up, planning the madness ahead. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Whatever about the fella who bull raged in and done himself a mischief - bit overzealous no doubt - but the rest of them seemed to just be kids enjoying their local scene. They'll be the ones forming bands and pumping whatever money there is into this thing over the next few years. Though I'll say the We Care Bears image is spot on!

Agree on the band placements too. No shade to the two in the middle but it was bookended by far superior quality that seemed more on theme with what I imagined the night was supposed to be so it definitely felt oddly curated considering it wasn't the cheapest. But hey, interesting venue. Didn't find the sound too bad.

Everdead Wood are great. Listened to their EP before going and they've really come on strong since the first gig they played in Freds, where it seemed very much like a work in progress.

Grabbed a ticket there too. Invictus have their showcase on the same night in Dublin but circumstances have me back down home so this will do nicely.

Yep, Unyielding Love doing Limerick too now. Nice one 

Listening to Never Loved Elvis by the Wonder Stuff in work, slowly talking myself into buying a ticket to see them on their home turf in Birmingham in December. It's a terrific album. Really varied and (whisper it) life affirming. I had the weird distinction of maybe being the only primary school feen in Cork who had them as his favourite band, because my aunt used to mind me and instead of watching cartoons I'd chuck on her tapes of them.

They get lumped in with stuff like Ned's Atomic Dustbin and the general malaise of British guitar music when Nirvana were doing their thing, but they always done top albums.

Up the greebos

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