Having blasted through select dates approximately a year ago with shows across the UK, Holland and Germany, Metallica’s Irish fanbase has been very patient in waiting for the ‘Tallica beast to roll through Ireland once again.
Joining them for this historical show is none other than Swedish occult rockers Ghost who will be making their debut Irish performance under the Bay-Area thrash veterans. Having just performed in London’s Royal Albert Hall to a sold-out capacity earlier this month, Ghost are, without a doubt, one of the most talked about bands in the rock/metal universe right now and continue to become one of the most in-demand bands within the realms heavy music.
Ghost’s latest studio album ‘Prequelle‘ was released on June 1st of this year entering the US Billboard charts at number 3 much to the surprise of the mainstream media who had never heard of the band before and in some cases still haven’t. (We’re looking at you Ireland!)
Check out the first single ‘Rats‘ taken from the new album below;
Also on the bill is none other than Bokassa, one of Norway’s rising underground bands who specialise in creating a glorious hybrid of face-smacking punk and stoner infused hard rock.
Hailing from Trondheim, Norway, Bokassa fuse hardcore punk with stoner rock into their selfproclaimed stonerpunk. The three piece has released two EPs andone album. Their debut album “Divide & Conquer” was hailed by critics all over the world. Overdrive recently featured the band as part of our “Overdrive Discover‘ series back in July and described them as; “One of Norway’s best kept secrets“. Get that feature right here.
Their second full-length studio release is expected in the coming months and recently released their first single “Only Job Can Judge Me” last week through Loyal Blood Records. Check out the tune below;
Tickets for Metallica with special guests Ghost in Slane Castle on Saturday, June 8th will be on sale from Friday 28th September priced from €89.50 (inc booking fee).
For more information, please check MCD Promotions for further details.
For your chance to win one pair of tickets to Metallica with special guests, Ghost live in Ireland’s legendary Slane Castle, just do the following;
Winner picked at random and contacted privately on Friday 28th September at 9 am. 18+ only. Good luck.
Oran O’Beirne
www.overdrive.ie 2018