LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • EP REVIEW: BOGSIDE SNIPER SQUADRON – Demo (2023)

    Unrelenting, unpredictable and undefeated Black Death Metal with an prominent Irish republican twist. Recorded during Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 in Pennsylvania and Derry. There is very little information out there on the Bogside Sniper Squadron except that they are a completely new band that includes members from USA and Ireland and that someone let…

  • EP REVIEW: RADARNA – Heavenly Demons (2022)

    We rarely touch upon Folk-Metal on the site but when we do we tend to love it and Swede’s Rådarna have a new 3-track EP out now. Several Metal genres and even a touch of Celtic-Punk make this an EP well worth checking out. Outside of the Celtic diaspora in places like north America, Australia…

  • EP REVIEW: BOG IRON – ‘Star Of The County Down’ (2022)

    California’s Bog Iron celebrate their 16th anniversary with their first studio release in years featuring a winning combination of classic Folk and hard rocking Trad! We are ingratiated to you readers sometimes for your recommendations for that is how we came across today’s band Bog Iron. We do have writers far and wide but still…

  • 2020 ROUND-UP’S. THE MAHONES, RUNA, ALESTORM, MAGGIES FLOCK, BARBAR O’RHUM

    2020 was by and large a shitty year for music. Sure their were a few bright spots… off the top of my head the many Live Streams but it was never going to replace live gigs for the Celtic-Punk scene where live gigs are everything. Even in a year with much fewer releases we still…

  • REMEMBERING HUGH THE GREAT O’NEILL IN SONG

    Concluding our short series on celebrated figures from Irish history immortalised in song. Today is the turn of Aodh Mór Ó Neill (anglicised as Hugh The Great O’Neill), 3rd Baron of Dungannon and 2nd Earl Of Tyrone. For our third and final part of the series we have opted for a song that is an…

  • 2016 REVIEWS ROUND-UP PART ONE. PINT KILLERS, THE MUCKERS, NOWHEREBOUND, HOIST THE COLOURS, SKILTRON, BAY STREET BASTARDS

    Every year we have been doing this has got better and better for celtic-punk releases. As happy as we are that this is so it also means that we just cannot keep up with everything out there. We haven’t had the chance to review everything we received or heard so here is Part 1 of our 2016…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: SAOR- ‘Guardians’ (2016)

    A unique blend of Scottish folk and atmospheric black metal inspired by traditional Scots poetry and heritage. In reviewing this amazing album I really hope i can do it the justice it truly deserves.Sadly celtic-metal is not a music genre I am too familiar with although I can myself returning if theres more bands like Saor knocking…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BARBAR’O’RHUM- ‘Toutes les Routes Mènent au Rhum’ (2016)

    Celtic dancing music with the rhythm of whistles and pipes, the power of electric guitar, bass guitar and drums… and never without a bottle of rum! Every time (and i mean EVERY single cotton-picking time) I see the town Toulouse mentioned I instantly start singing the Johnny Thunders penned punk rock classic ‘Born To Lose’ in my head. So its…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: STRAWDAZE- ‘Sei’ (2015)

    Italian celtic-punk with influences of Ireland, heavy metal and ska! It’s pretty unusual to come across an album in the world of celtic-punk where the songs are in any other language than English so it makes a pleasant change to hear a band that doesn’t seem to mind whether north Americans like them or not!…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: DANNY GREENE- ’10 BLOCKS FOR THE IRISH’ (2015)

    Straight Up Southern Illinois Working Class Old School Traditional Hardcore Punk Well those of you of a nervous disposition better turn away now as Danny Greene may well be responsible for doing some serious damage to your sensibilities! We have of late neglected the punkier side of celtic-punk and we are more than making up…

  • SINGLE REVIEW: LORETTA PROBLEM- ‘Justice Or Crime’ (2015)

    A bunch of Finnish punks and hippies mixing celtic tunes with punk-rock since 1994. Peace, love and a fistful of middle fingers when needed! Doing this blog has certainly opened my eyes to the spread of celtic music across the world. Not only with the celtic diaspora re-connecting with their roots but among people with none…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: IRON MOUNTAIN- ‘Unum’ (2015)

    celtic acid rock? Iron Mountain are an highly original instrumental group based in Limerick City in Ireland. On ‘Unum’ they have created a unique debut album of five sprawling tracks that although reminisent of bands like Mogwai, Low and Planxty actually don’t really sound like them at all. Now I can’t pretend to know much about…

  • CATCH UP 2014 REVIEWS! BLACK 47, CELKILT, BIG ART PETERS, CRUACHAN, MY LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE, DUCKING PUNCHES, DEIEDRA, HARD UP, JOHNNY KOWALSKI AND THE SEXY WEIRDOS, LES FOSSOYEURS SEPTIK, NOWHEREBOUND, THE POKES

    Here at 30492- LONDON CELTIC PUNKS blog we much prefer to do really detailed reviews but its been impossible for us to keep up with all the great releases we have come across so here’s a few quick ones just to catch up and get 2014 out of the way. Each and every one are worthy of…

  • CELTIC-METAL’S TOP FIVE BANDS

    Having touched on Celtic-Hip-Hop last week I’ve since been looking into the genre of Celtic-Metal which basically combines Celtic Folk music with Heavy Metal of course. With Scandinavian metal bands having a long history of delving back into the history of their respective countries and adding various elements and influences to their music it was…

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