Formed in the Bay Area in 1985, Oakland thrashers VIO-LENCE helped define and refine what came to be known as the Bay Area sound. They instilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of thrash with their revered 1988 debut album “Eternal Nightmare”. Throughout ’88 and ’89, VIO-LENCE toured the album to great success alongside thrash comrades like Testament, […]
The Popular Monstour II:World Domination + Special guests: Asking Alexandria, Our Last Night, Tech N9ne Tickets on sale now from www.ticketmaster.ie BAND DROPS “PREQUEL” VIDEO — WATCH HERE FALLING IN REVERSE’s new album POPULAR MONSTER is out now via Epitaph Records. The album, which was produced by Radke and Tyler Smyth, is the band’s first full-length since […]
Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons celebrate 50 years of Motörhead Whelans, Dublin April 19th 2025
A DME & MCD presentation by arrangement with Satellite Touring Shaman’s Harvest & Blacktop Mojo Tickets on sale Friday oct 11th at 10am March 20th 2025 The Academy, Dublin
SLOMOSA Tickets on sale NOW Expansive mountains constitute nearly two-thirds of Norway. This breathtaking grandeur gives the country a sense of natural splendor and mystique as if its topography has held secrets for millennia. Hailing from the city of Bergen, Norway, Slomosa channel the sprawl of their surroundings through a sweeping signature hybrid of revved-up […]
‘RUN FOR YOUR LIVES’ WORLD TOUR MALAHIDE CASTLE 25TH JUNE 2025 FEATURING A SET LIST DRAWN FROM THEIR CAREER DEFINING EARLY DECADES AND PROMISING THEIR GREATEST SHOW EVER! MARKING 50 YEARS FROM THE BAND FORMING IN 1975 IRON MAIDEN have announced their RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR for Dublin’s Malahide Castle on 25th June […]
Tickets on sale Friday at 10am. Zeal & Ardor isn’t just a band; it’s a living and breathing entity. Like any other sentient being, it consumes, evolves, and transforms from one season to the next. Its shape may change though its spirit remains the same. Founded and fronted by Manuel Gagneux, it has only sharpened […]
OBSCURA Announces February 2025 European Tour German progressive death metal masters OBSCURA are excited to announce their highly anticipated European tour, set to kick off in February 2025. Known for their technical precision and groundbreaking sound, the band will bring their signature blend of crushing riffs and intricate melodies to fans across the continent. Joining OBSCURA on tour will […]
‘Campaign For Musical Destruction’ 2025 Special Guests: Crowbar, Full Of Hell & The Brat There aren’t many tours that survive for decades and are still just as interesting as before…like the Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour 2025. This successful and extraordinary Tour has been leading Napalm Death through the World for already over 30 Years. […]
Winterfylleth Plus Guests The Grand Social 31st January, 2025 7pm
Aborted Plus Special Guests: Crypta, The Zenith Passage & Organectomy 23rd May 2025 The Academy
Gloryhammer Plus special guests: Dominum & Fellowship THU, 6 February 2025 The Academy, Dublin
Green Lung & Unto Others w/special guests Satan’s Satyrs The Academy, Dublin 18th February 2025 Doors:6pm | 18+ Tickets on sale Wednesday at 10am
MCD Proudly Presents… HULDER Plus Guests Nov 28th 2024 Grand Social, Dublin Doors: 7pm | 18+ The band’s second album, VERSES IN OATH, is to be released and distributed globally via 20 Buck Spin. The street date is February 9th, 2024.
MCD &DME Present EVERGREY Plus Special Guests: KLOGR & INNER VITRIOL Opium, Dublin 19th December 2024 Doors: 6pm Tickets: €30 inc bkg fee
MCD Presents Tremonti Plus Special Guests Academy, Dublin 9th February 2025 Doors: 7pm Tickets on sale Friday 9th August at 10am Renowned songwriter, Grammy Award winner and three-time Guitar World “Guitarist of the Year”/recent “Guitarist of the Decade” title recipient Mark Tremonti has just announced Tremonti’s headline gig in The Academy, Dublin on Sunday 9th […]
ANTHRAX & KREATOR + very Special Guest TESTAMENT 3Arena, Dublin 25th November 2024 International metal forces join in a monstrous union between US metal monsters, Anthrax and German thrash titans, Kreator. Completing this unmissable line-up, a very special guest, the Bay Area’s metal machine, Testament! A Dublin show has been announced as part of the […]
3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 23rd March 2025 Following Wardruna ́s release of the single Hertan, the band have announced the first part of an extensive world tour in 2024 and 2025. This tour sees Wardruna perform in selected venues and theaters across Europe, the United Kingdom, Norway and more, including a show in Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre […]
3Arena, Dublin 17th April 2025 Tickets from €70.70 inclusive from Ticketmaster.ie Since its inception in 2015, the enigmatic ritual collective HEILUNG has been paving melodic paths to the past with their unique and mystifying sound. Evading all conventional genre tags and the confines of any specific labels, the group aptly self-describes their sound as “amplified history,” […]
Whelans, Dublin 28th January 2025 Struggle spurs strength. Trials and tribulations mold and fortify character. Embodying these truths, Kublai Khan turn hardships into hypnotic and heavy metalcore upheld by nimble metallic fury and pit- splitting spirit on their fourth full-length offering, Absolute [Rise Records]. “A lot of the record is about our struggle with what […]
8th February 2025 The Grand Social, Dublin
Opium, Dublin 30th November 2024 Doors: 7pm | 18+ There is no mistaking the sound of a great band with the wind in their sails. BLEED FROM WITHIN have been a potent and reliable presence in the UK metal scene for 17 years now, but recent times have seen the Scottish quintet growing in confidence […]
+ Special Guests: Seven Sisters The Grand Social, Dublin 8th September 2024 Doors: 7pm | 18+ Satan are an English heavy metal band originating from Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979, known as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. The band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash/speed metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the […]
A DME & MCD presentation by arrangement with Flaming Arts Special Guests: VLTIMAS & GOD DETHRONED Academy, Dublin 14th October 2024 Doors: 6pm | 18+ After a very busy concert year in 2023, Batushka spent the first months of 2024 producing and recording a new album. They plan to start promoting the new album in […]
31st October 2024 Grand Social, Dublin Doors: 7pm
28th September 2024 Academy 2, Dublin Doors: 7pm | 18+ Tickets €23 inc bkg fee on sale now. LEBROCK mix epic neon retro soundtracks with the modern Synthwave movement. The perfect marriage of modern digital and analogue Electro-Rock. LEBROCK are Michael Meadows (Producer/Guitars) and Shaun Phillips (Vocals). Debut release ‘Action & Romance’ saw LEBROCK explode […]
The Academy, Dublin 27th November 2024 Doors 6:30pm | 18+ Alien Ant Farm have announced an EU/UK tour for October/November 2024 which they will co-headline with CKY. The tour announcement follows the release of their new album ~mAntras~ which was released on April 26th on highly acclaimed label Metalforce Records. In exciting news, Alien Ant […]
Words That Burn + Survivalist Academy 2, Dublin 18 October 2024 Doors: 7pm | 18+
Baroness + Graveyard 24th November 2024 The Academy, Dublin Doors: 6pm | 18+ Grammy-award nominated heavy rock outfit Baroness mark their much-anticipated return with new album, STONE. Their sixth record overall and third released via Abraxan Hymns, STONE finds the Philadelphia-based quartet of John Baizley (guitars/vocals/illustration), Gina Gleason (guitars), Nick Jost (bass), and Sebastian Thomson (drums) streamlining the […]
7th September 2024 Opium, Dublin Doors 5:30pm | 18+