Whiplash Metalfest: July 29th - 31st

Pinhead

August bank holiday weekend in Sligo town! 3 nights of some of Ireland's finest Metal bands. Metallitia, Erin Maiden, Eyesclosed, Dawn, Steel Tormentor, The Nexus, Speedking, Ground of Ruin, Chosen. There's a [FREE entry] set with Sheamie O Dowd (guitar genius) taking place on the Saturday afternoon, and a [FREE entry] Battle of The Bands for underaged folk taking place on the Sunday afternoon.

Check out www.sligowhiplash.com for everything you need to know. The site is updated as new features are announced.

There's a private bus from Belfast in the process of being organised. If you're interested in booking a seat, e-mail the event organisers at sligowhiplash05@yahoo.com. If you're also interested in organising a private bus from any other town or city, don't hesitate in e-mailing us.

Tar.Aldarion

****in yay!,finally being from sligo is paying off lol,ive only heard dawn a lot and i think they are great but i think we are talkin bout 2 diff bands there.but excellent sounds good

Pinhead

It's gonna be a weekend to remember! Spread the word, mate.

Tar.Aldarion

ya i believe all my friends will be interested in everything but maiden or anything to do with them.
i hope some of the bands are quite heavy....

Pinhead

Ground of Ruin take influences from Death and Thrash metal. They have a very agressive sound. Steel Tormentor are old school Heavy Metal, much in the vein of Judas Priest and Helloween. I haven't heard Eyesclosed, but they're Metal all the way.

The Nexus fuse Death metal with a unqiue blend of mathcore. Dawn are Doom metal all the way through, with beautiful vocals.

Finally, Speedking are pure ****ing Thrash-heads!!! Bang the head that doesn't bang!

Trust me, it's a heavy weekend

Tar.Aldarion

hmm good stuff and i think these bands are about to get a new fans lol especially dawn.

snakeater

Eyesclosed are class I saw them support Machine Head

Tar.Aldarion

cool they are the only ones i didnt find much out about yet.

Ooly

Yep dudes you've all got to come to Sligo for Whiplash........Especially for the battle of the bands to check out some of Sligos young hidden talent.....from what i've heard the organisers have put alot of work into this so lets reward them with a huge turn out. is it still happening in the leitrim bar?

Pinhead

Yep, it is. The 4 bands confirmed for the BOTB are:

. Stonefree (Sligo)
. Scorched Earth (Killybegs)
. Vitaria (Belfast)
. Crave (Ballyshannon)

The BOTB is then followed up with a gig by Chosen, who are savage! Entry to the BOTB and Chosen is completely FREE!

Tar.Aldarion

Ooly wrote:

Yep dudes you've all got to come to Sligo for Whiplash........Especially for the battle of the bands to check out some of Sligos young hidden talent.....from what i've heard the organisers have put alot of work into this so lets reward them with a huge turn out. is it still happening in the leitrim bar?

you are so in one of these young bands

Ooly

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

you are so in one of these young bands

nope i'm not, i just know what some of them are like, & they've played at some gigs i've organised in Sligo......
Especially Snakebite.......those lads are legend! :rolleyes:

Civilian_Target

Damnit - shame I'm missing that - not organising a bus from eastern europe by any chance?

Tar.Aldarion

Civilian_Target wrote:

Damnit - shame I'm missing that - not organising a bus from eastern europe by any chance?

well just get on a bus and emm..emm ask them to go to sligo lol im sure that will work...even if i met somebody from dublin who didnt even know of sligo lol.

Tar.Aldarion

Ooly wrote:

nope i'm not, i just know what some of them are like, & they've played at some gigs i've organised in Sligo......

like those botb's in ..oopps forget the name..the place beside the crows nest where there are usually some BOTB's?

Ooly

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

like those botb's in ..oopps forget the name..the place beside the crows nest where there are usually some BOTB's?

Yep in the Trades Club up above Horans Chemist, em they're not really botb's but mostly jus gigs! Trades has gone to hell now tho so we're in the midst of lookin for new venues in Sligo......Any ideas????

Tar.Aldarion

ah the trades club..thats the name..
hmm....places to play....hmm cant think of any good ones of the top of my head...sligo seems to suck.....

HomeBrewPlease

Only nine days left until this. Cant wait. Getting plenty of drinking practice in at the minute. Have to be on top form for this.

Really looking forward to the Friday night. Seen Ground of Ruin at Day of Darkness and they are out of this world. Steel Tormentor and Eyesclosed too are excellent so itr should be a good start to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Ooly

pity its on the same weekend as Leechrum & the grange music fest, still i hope whiplash gets a good turnout

Tar.Aldarion

argh hope i can go!!!


''Leechrum & the grange music fest''
what's goin on there

Ooly

Leechrum is a festival weekend in Leitrim. I think it's all bands by poo promotions & the grange music festival is all grange local musicians, All three would be good to go to, pity they're on the same weekend, guess i'll just make the Sligo gigs.

Tar.Aldarion

cool thanks,sligo for me too :P

Pinhead

Bump!

Just 4 days left to go folks! \m/

Tar.Aldarion

generic support/bump comment!

Pinhead

www.sligowhiplash.com

Battle of the Bands line-up confirmed for Sligo ‘Whiplash’ Metalfest

The line-up of bands to take place in the Sligo ‘Whiplash’ Metalfest young Battle of the Bands Competition has been confirmed. The four bands chosen to compete on Sunday afternoon July 31st at the Leitrim Bar in Sligo are Grinder, Crave, Scorched Earth and Vitaria.

SCORCHED EARTH
Previously known as hEADRUSh, Scorched Earth hail from Killybegs in County Donegal. This four – piece, while not constrained to any one genre or strain of heavy metal, have quite clear thrash metal leanings in their music. Their 3 – track demo belies the age of these young lads and throws up three well-written and delivered tracks that evoke strong images of bands such as Overkill, Testament and Sepultura in their thrashier days. With songs such as ‘useless existence’ and ‘agonys wings’ Scorched Earth are a band for those who like their music on the extreme end of the metal spectrum and are definitely not for the faint hearted.

CRAVE
Ballyshannon four-piece Crave have already shown many throughout the north west of their immense musical ability. Taking their influences from across a wide range of rock and metal genres, Crave have an energy and passion for what they do that has to be seen to be believed. Those lucky enough to have already seen them either at the Ballyshannon Rory Gallagher Festival Battle of the Bands competition or playing what was a blistering set including some excellent covers of tracks by artists such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Rage against the Machine to name just a few at the actual Festival itself over the June Bank Holiday Weekend will testify to that.

VITARIA
Originating from Bangor in Co. Down, Vitaria were formed in January of this year. While this will be their first visit to Sligo, they have already played a series of high-profile gigs including the Belfast Metalfest this month as well as the Virgin Megastore Battle of the Bands Competition in Belfast which they won despite stiff opposition. They have wide musical influences from bands as diverse as Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head and up and coming US metal giants Trivium. One listen to their demo (recorded in their bassists bedroom) reveals the depth of their musical ability and talent and they are quite clearly a band with a future in the music industry.

GRINDER
Formed in October of last year, Grinder, formerly Stone Free, need no introduction to audiences in the Sligo and Donegal areas. Currently they have a residency slot in Bootleggers in Bundoran on Tuesday nights. Their influences are wide and varied but under the guidance of Sligo guitarist Neil Hegarty they currently wield their instruments of sin to perform the music of (old proper) Metallica, Judas priest, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. Extremely talented and committed to their music, Grinder are a musical force to be reckoned with.


The competition has been organised as part of the ‘Whiplash’ Sligo Metalfest which runs over the upcoming Bank Holiday Weekend from Friday July 29th until Sunday July 31st. Among the bands taking to the stage in Sligo over that weekend will be such Irish heavy metal giants such as Erin Maiden, Steel Tormentor, Eyes Closed, Dawn and the mighty Metallitia, who are sure to bring the festival to a rousing close on the Sunday night, to name just a few.

Battle of the Bands will commence at 2pm on Sunday July 31st at the Leitrim Bar, Sligo and will be followed directly afterwards with an early evening gig by Dublin band ‘Chosen’ who are making their Sligo debut. Entry to the BOTB competition and the following gig are open to all ages and is FREE. The winners of the competition will win a number of days recording in a professional recording studio as well as numerous media interviews which will help to enhance their profile.

The following is the full listing of events for the ‘Whiplash’ Metalfest in order of appearance.

Friday July 29th
Ground of Ruin (Kilkenny)
Steel Tormentor (Ballina)
Eyes Closed (Dublin)
Leitrim Bar, The Mall, Sligo 8pm C/C €7

Saturday July 30th
Seamie O Dowd & Band
5-7pm Hennigans Bar, Sligo – FREE!

The Nexus (Belfast)
Dawn (Coleraine)

Erin Maiden (Drogheda)
Leitrim Bar, The Mall, Sligo 8pm C/C €7

Sunday July 31st
2-4pm Battle of the Bands Competition – FREE!
Followed by @ 4.30pm Chosen (Dublin) FREE!
Leitrim Bar, The Mall, Sligo

Speedking (Castleblayney)
Metallitia (Drogheda)
Leitrim Bar, The Mall, Sligo 8pm C/C €7

HomeBrewPlease

Bring it on. Drink, metal, drink, metal, drink, metal

Tar.Aldarion

ah tonight it is....im goin so



hmm Friday July 29th
Ground of Ruin (Kilkenny)
Steel Tormentor (Ballina)
Eyes Closed (Dublin)
Leitrim Bar, The Mall, Sligo 8pm C/C €7

that will do for tonight!

HomeBrewPlease

DO NOT MISS THIS
Ground of Ruin kick off the metalfest tonight. Doors open at 8pm and GOR will be onstage at 9pm. Miss this at your peril.

Tar.Aldarion

:eek: my peril...no!!!!!!!

Tar.Aldarion

class time....even rockin out with the security staff for Metallitia at the end and then the band gave us free albums woo!!! anyway i hurt everywhere whens it coming back,wanna see some of those bands again