Mad About Rock

  Fast rising Irish rock outfit MIRRORGLASS are turning heads and tuning hearts with their explosive, anthemic sound — a fusion of classic hard rock grit and modern energy. The Cavan-based band are set drop their debut album, 'Handle With Care', out Friday 12th September, and we exclusively caught up with MIRRORGLASS frontman, Joshua Bowles, and asked him to give us a track by track breakdown of the album: Hey Honey! "This one was written in early 2023. I remember I was watching a video of John Notto from Dirty Honey. He was just talking about his gear and jamming on some riffs and I remember just loving every bit of it and thinking to myself, I want to write a riff like that. I’d written many songs up to that point, but I hadn’t cracked that “classic opening riff” in a song yet. So, not long after that, I grabbed my guitar and started jamming on some songs. I was really into playing “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” and “The Boys Are Back In Town” at the time. So those i...

  With their seismic debut album 'Deathwish' dropping Friday, 27th June, and a pummeling new single and video 'Backbone Of Existence' landing this week (see video below), PERPETUAL PARADOX are set to dominate the modern metal landscape. Forged in fury and driven by defiance, the band’s brand of heavyweight riffage and sonic hostility is impossible to ignore. We exclusively caught up with the Paradox crew as they gear up to unleash chaos, and they let us in on the tracks that have defined, inspired, and fueled 'Deathwish'. Ollie Miles (Lead Guitar): Bleed from Within - 'I am Damnation':    "I just love BFW, and this opener on their Shrine album is them at their best. The riffs are so catchy, and that middle interlude right before the outro, which is just a few lead notes on guitar, but placed so perfectly, ties it all together amazingly well. It's a style of dynamic I tried to emulate when writing for this album." Jorge Nuñes (Rhythm Guit...