Brian Boyle

6 days ago | metaltalk.net | Brian Boyle

South Wales’ finest, Triaxis, are back with a bang with the long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s critically acclaimed Rage And Retribution. Since their formation in 2006, their no-holds-barred brand of pulsating Metal has continued to recruit the headbanging masses. 2015 could turn out to be a massive year in the band’s fortunes. Release Date: 18th May 2015Words: Brian BoyleLike every true Metal album, you hope to have your ears virtually assaulted from right from the off.

1 week ago | metaltalk.net | Brian Boyle

If ever there was a band who encompass honesty, relatability and downright hard graft, it is Manchester melodic Metalers Absolva. Justice is their seventh album, and if that is indeed a lucky number and scores the band some proper food on-the-table success, then no one will deserve it more. Release Date: 16 May 2025Words: Brian BoyleAbsolva are now a hormone raging thirteen years old, and by the sound of opener Freedom And Glory, you could say their balls have well and truly dropped.

1 week ago | thedailyupside.com | Brian Boyle

At least in the early days, the trade war seems to have no winners. While the US economy contracted in the first quarter, new economic data this week showed that China — its primary trade war foe — isn’t exactly gaining the upper hand. Which may be why its leaders seem to be, ever so quietly, starting to extend an olive branch. Through the end of March, China’s economy has looked a bit like a mirror image of the US economy.

2 weeks ago | thedailyupside.com | Brian Boyle

They’re making a list, and they want the SEC to check it twice. On Wednesday, Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities (the market-making firm, not to be confused with Griffin’s Citadel hedge fund, from which it was split off in the wake of the financial crisis) sent a list to the US Securities and Exchange Commission flagging what it sees as more than 30 different emerging risks facing the market. There’s a new sheriff at the SEC. Out is Biden-picked Gary Gensler, frequent foe of Wall Street.

2 weeks ago | thedailyupside.com | Brian Boyle

What’s Google without search? The world may soon find out. At least, so says CEO Sundar Pichai. While testifying in Google’s search monopoly remedies trial on Wednesday, he likened the US Department of Justice’s proposal that the company share or license search data with rivals to a de facto divesture of its search engine. True or not, it would be the continuation of a global regulatory push against the Big Tech titan.