NEWS/GIGS

The most recent information and tour dates concerning the bands that interest us with a focus (but not exclusively) on the best from the UK underground rock scene.

FEATURES

SOUND DEVASTATION - A PREVIEW OF NEW TALENT:
A small introductory preview for each of the bands contained on the Sound Devastation “Volume 2: Experimental Vs Epic”.  PART ONE of this feature includes Nostradamus0014, Encarsia, The Legion Of Doom, Rolo Tomassi, Evenflowerskill, Sunshine Republic, Souls Vibrating In The Universe, The Abominable Iron Sloth and Devil Sold His Soul plus lots more…

HEREFORDSHIRE ROCK and METAL: Perhaps the beginnings of an expanding feature that will look at bands from or based in the Herefordshire area - we'll see how it goes....

INTERVIEWS Two of the latest interviews.  More to come...

TWENTYSIXFEET: An interesting chat with Dan and Ed from from this leftfield band that includes some news about a collaboration with Immune.

BY NIGHT: An interview with vocalist ADRIAN WESTIN from the Swedish metallers just after the release of their much anticipated second album "A New Shape Of Desperation".

LATEST EP/SINGLE REVIEWS

FLATLANDS “Vermuyden” Finding much influence from the bleak and forlorn landscapes of Lincolnshire, these five noisemakers known as Flatlands have created the thirty-six minute Vermuyden... (more)

SUNSHINE REPUBLIC Demo No this isn’t a review for a gay reggae band, Sunshine Republic are actually five blokes from the south of England who together enjoy using vast amounts of electricity... (more)

FROM THE SKY “Like Crystal In A World Of Glass” Flushed with inspiration & encouraged by the amount of interest generated by their “...it fell” demo during 2006, London based post-rock instrumental band... (more)

SHARP END FIRST “Songs For The Betrayed” Amazingly, this band - currently based in Bath - has only been in solid form for less than a year, although you would be forgiven for thinking they were seasoned veterans... (more)

BLACK RIVER PROJECT "Subhuman" This is the latest demo from Leicester four-piece Black River Project.  It is entitled “Subhuman” and has been independently recorded and financed by the band... (more)

MOTHERTRUCKER "Electric Blacksmith" ...Think Sabbath's bath chair fitted with a 1584cc Harley engine, ridden by Pelican and satnav supplied by Kyuss, a further progression for the sludgecore instrumentalists... (more)

SYMMETRY “This is not the end. It is the beginning. You cannot falter now” A four piece band from the south of England that achieved line-up stability and a contentment of chemistry during early 2004... (more)

YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO “A Fresh Canvas For Stale Blood” From the final demise of the Bournemouth metalcore monsters that were Snub, comes a new band featuring ex-members Choff and Martin Jeffery... (more)

MY MINDS WEAPON “Demo 2005” Proving the influence of William Wallace cuts no ice in the UK underground metal scene, My Minds Weapon are comprised of 4 Englishmen and a Scotsman... (more)

ILLUMINATUS “Aborted Revolutions” Formed in 2001, this Nottingham 4-piece chose to keep the name of the founder’s early band from the late 90’s, but the music had evolved unrecognizably... (more)

CHRISTA PIKE Demo Dorset band Christa Pike have only been a unit for a short time, but they have already managed to put together this demo and also have plans to record an EP... (more)

BLACK RIVER PROJECT "Those Whom" This is the first demo EP from a 4-piece Leicester band, which were formed during January 2003 and showcases their powerful blend of brutal metal... (more)

UNTIL SUMMER "The Founder, The Bearer And The Messenger" Until Summer were formed in the spring of 2003 in the county of Wiltshire, this is their second EP release... (more)

LATEST ALBUM REVIEWS

BURNING SKIES "Greed Filth Abuse Corruption"...are a Bristol based metal quintet that recently released their third album... ...they have delivered eleven tracks and close on 30 minutes of magnificence... (more)

SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN “Sons Of Noel And Adrian” Now this isn’t going to suit everyone, particularly those with narrow minds! For most into rock or metal, this is either going to elate or revolt... (more)

THE MIRIMAR DISASTER “The Mirimar Disaster” Concluding two years of hard work, Sheffield quintet The Mirimar Disaster presented their debut self-titled album in 2007... (more)

DOWN I GO “This Is Disastercore” This is the second in the infamous ‘core series of releases (the first being Dinocore and maybe there's four in total) and here we find the London based band... (more)

LAZARUS BLACKSTAR “Funeral Voyeur” Formed from the core of the legendry doomsters Khang and also featuring the distinctive voice of Paul Catten (Medulla Nocte/Murder One)... (more)

ENOCHIAN THEORY “A Monument To The Death Of An Idea” Firmly standing in the progressive rock/metal camp, this quartet from the English south coast have no qualms with performing long songs... (more)

*SHELS "Sea Of The Dying Dhow” For those that need a whistle stop introduction, *shels (on this occasion) are constructed from past members of Mahomodo, Fireapple Red and Eden Maine... (more)

LATITUDES "Bleak Epiphanies In Slow Motion" Out of a mist strewn horizon stroll Hitchin’s mighty Latitudes with their gritty and foreboding Mark Williams’ produced debut mini-album... (more)

DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL ‘A Fragile Hope’ Following on from their 2005 debut recording it’s been a long wait to hear something new, but Devil Sold His Soul are back with a well worth waiting for full length album... (more)

YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO “End Of The Social Contract” The long awaited follow-up to their initial four-track EP comes in the form of a debut full length album entitled “End Of The Social Contract”... (more)

I-DEF-I “In The Light Of A New Day” Riding the momentum of their successful and critically acclaimed six track “Bloodlust Casualty” from 2006, the Manchester quartet take their unique brand of alternative metal... (more)

FUME “A History of Things to Come” The basis of their sound is a strong and aggressive metalcore assault - and it really is a metalized rendering of hardcore - but is far from being a straight forward take on that genre... (more)

MENDEED "This War Will Last Forever" The Scottish metallers are back with their first full length album and they continue to develop their quite distinctive sound, again with the rock solid Mark Daghorn on production... (more)

TWENTYSIXFEET "Two Hours Of Passionless Tango" And so came about the control of the five by the central processing unit TWENTYSIXFEET, who tell by proxy the real story... (more)

LATEST LIVE REVIEWS

IT BITES, THRESHOLD and CHRISTINA BOOTH
Sunday 16th September, 2007 @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Nr Wolverhampton, England.

SKINDRED and DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL
Tuesday 20th December, 2005 @ The Charlotte, Leicester, England.

i-(DEF)-i, PHAT JERUSALEM, BLACK RIVER PROJECT and NATURAL MUNK
Friday 30th September, 2005 @ The Shed, Leicester, England

KILL 2 THIS and BREED 77
Plus Calm Insanity. Tuesday 27th May, 2003 @ The Charlotte, Leicester, England

JUNIOR SHOWTIME METAL ALL-DAYER
Featuring Eden Maine, Narcosis, The Kevorkian Solution, Mistress, Bumsnogger, Army Of Flying Robots, Vehemence and Sutta Kane. Sunday 26th January, 2003 @ The Charlotte, Leicester, England

ONE MINUTE SILENCE
Plus Fony. Monday 20th January, 2003 @ The Charlotte, Leicester, England

CAVE IN
Plus Aereogramme and Laeto.  Sunday 24th November, 2002 @ The Citrus Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland