• Album Stream: Duellists – Into The Fade

    May 24, 2019 - By 

    Comprising members of NI alt-rock royalty in Throat and Element, the music of Portadown/Larne trio Duellists is full-blown, riff-fuelled testament to the power of perseverance and pushing forward. Off the back of lead singles ‘Into the Fade’ and the recently-released ‘Perspective’, their long-awaited debut album, Into The Fade, makes for a breakneck, twelve-track statement of intent across 35 minutes. Recorded by Caolán Austin at Smalltown America Studios in Derry and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at Godcity Studios, it’s a release that firmly reveals the threesome to be at the peak of their collective powers. Duellists play Dundalk’s The Spirit Store on…

  • Stream: Duellists – Perspective

    May 10, 2019 - By 

    On Friday, May 24th, Northern Irish trio Duellists – a band comprising Throat rhythm section Mike Barr and Rus Crookes and Ex-Element guitarist Peter McCavery – will release their highly-anticipated debut album, Into the Fade. Across twelve tracks, it makes for a fierce, nostalgia-incinerating barrage of first-rate noise-rock, swiftly positioning the three-piece as one of the country’s most vital bands. New single ‘Perspective’ distills this down two face-melting minutes. Marrying a slew of riffs and taut rhythms with McCavery’s larynx-shredding vocals, it makes for a masterful, all-too-short rampage. Delve in and prepare to hit repeat below. Duellists play alongside Podracer at Dublin’s Underground…

  • No Fading: An Interview with Duellists

    May 29, 2018 - By 

    As everyone knows (or should know) Northern Ireland’s alt-rock lineage is both proud and incredibly diverse. Comprised of stalwarts of the scene as it looked several years ago, Duellists are a new-fangled three-piece promising aggression, abrasion and intensity. Ahead of their forthcoming debut album, the Belfast-based band talk to us about influence, almost ripping off Fugazi, the John Carpenter-conjuring video for their debut ‘Into the Fade’, the state of NI music and more. You founded in 2015 and comprise ex-members of NI bands Element and Throat. How does Duellists differ from those two acts, and do you think your previous incarnations works to…