Isolysis

Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography, www.suepaterson.co.uk Unless you’ve been cryogenically frozen or holidaying on Mars, you’ll know, by now, that one of the region’s most loved bands, Isolysis, have called it a day (full statement below). As the statement makes clear, there is no one reason for the split, rather an assortment of [...]

Isolysis press release Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography, www.suepaterson.co.uk This has been one of the toughest press releases it’s ever been my burden to write. For a band I admired deeply, both musically and also as a collective I’m proud to call close friends, this will be also be the last [...]

How was your May? Here, at Paterson Towers, it was the usual cacophonous and stress-filled anarchy. With two thirds of The Spawn still in residence, I doubt it will ever be anything else. The Princess Of Darkness knows better than her parents, of course. Both She Who Is Never Wrong and my bad self have [...]

First published by Moonshine Magazine  www.www.mickmoonshine.co.uk April 2011 Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography  www.suepaterson.co.uk Maybe it was a curious example of fortuitous planetary alignment. Or, perhaps, God is a rocker and decided to give Ilkeston’s finest a break. Given that the Devil is said to have all the best tunes, though, and [...]

First published by Midlands Rocks, www.midlandsrocks.co.uk April 2011 Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography www.suepaterson.co.uk Nottingham’s Upload Festival returned to the Rescue Rooms for its sophomore year. The brainchild of local promoter, Al Draper, Upload raises much-needed funds for the teenage cancer trust. With a range of acts designed “…to showcase not [...]

Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography © All rights reserved. The Brit Awards, The X Factor and all the other extravagant and expensive spectacles the music industry continues to churn out cannot disguise several obvious truths; real talent, real musical ability, imaginative song writing and passionate and thrilling live performances are a [...]

First published by New Rock Music, December 2010 www.newrockmusic.co.uk ‘Best Of…’ and ‘Most fave…’ lists are notoriously tricky things to compile. With a finite number of entries, it’s bloody hard deciding what to include and even harder determining what to leave out. That task has been rendered even trickier this year with so many fine albums [...]

Press Release 23-11-2010 The Wright man for the job… Ilkeston based melodic groove metalers, Isolysis, announced today that, following the recent departure of David ‘Rock Star’ Ruffin from their ranks, the vacant drum stool had been filled. The new addition to the line-up is Dave ‘Rickstein’ Wright. Aged just nineteen, the youthful skinsman aced his [...]

Ostensibly, something of an odd couple, in reality, the pairing of Derbyshire alt.metal rockers, Isolysis and Evil Scarecrow, The Most Famous Parody Black Metal Band From Nottingham In The World, was something of a dream ticket. Plundering territory successfully mined by Stone Sour, Disturbed et al, Isolysis delivered a forty five minute set showcasing the [...]

Reproduced by kind permission of Beth Windsor and Tracy Kirk. Isolysis Press Release November 2010 In an exciting collaboration between two of the UK’s brightest and best unsigned acts, Isolysis are delighted to announce that in January 2011, they will begin pre-production for their, as yet untitled, sophomore release, with Toxic Federation’s Jake Graham and [...]