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NEWS/GIGS The most recent information and tour dates concerning the bands that interest us with a focus (but not always exclusively) on the UK scene. It all depends what we are told about! If you have news you want posting, then email it across...! |
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Herefordian singer/songwriter Neil Ivison and Hammond/Rhodes player Adam Barry are the heart and soul of The Misers. With their debut album just completed at Rockfield Studios and the start of a new chapter ahead of them, we chatted with Neil to find out all about it... |
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Guitar player Nico kindly explains to us about this French band, who they are and all the excitement surrounding their latest album release. |
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An interesting chat with Myron, the Bass player from the Strasbourg band who introduces us to the French metallers, tell us about their latest album and explains just what makes them tick. |
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LATEST ALBUM REVIEWS ADMIRAL ANGRY “Buster” Be prepared to have your conceptions of a musical style recalibrated. These guys take everything you have ever experienced and push it past the end of the scale... (more) THE MISERS “Amplified Life Stories” It’s so easy to become blasé when you’ve been reviewing music for some time, but every now and again an album will come along that pours a metaphorical bucket of ice... (more) FIVEWILLDIE “Slung From A Tree” This is the debut album from these crushers from Cork, an Irish five-piece who were formed back in 2005 and after initial adjustments have been settled with this line-up... (more) THE SORROW “Origin Of The Storm” Having only been in existence for 18 months and following on from their 2007 debut, here we find the Austrian metallers The Sorrow back with a new album... (more) KONTAKTE “Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies” This London based trio take their name from the 20th century German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen 1958 minimal electronic composition 'Kontakte... (more) SIKH “One More Piece” Sikh are a four piece band from Nice in France and have been together since 2001. Their debut album came out back in October 2005, so it’s been quite a wait for new material... (more) S-CORE “Gust Of Rage” From the north-eastern French city of Strasbourg, this five piece band of metal maulers have released their second album of bruising and battering metalcore... (more) IT BITES "The Tall Ships" After their heyday period in the 1980’s and a sad demise in the early 90’s, it was welcome news to many during 2006 that Cumbrian prog rockers It Bites had reformed... (more) DYSFUNCTIONAL BY CHOICE “Travelling In Travel” A Parisian five piece that have so far released four self-produced EPs and have been together for quite sometime before attaining a deal with Drakkar Records... (more) 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) *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) |
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LATEST EP/SINGLE/DEMO REVIEWS ALL HAIL THE RUIN “Vultures” There are many exciting bands around the UK currently playing a more technical form of metalcore and All Hail The Ruin who are based around the Birmingham/Solihull area... (more) BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE “Brotherhood Of The Lake" EP Plymouth based band Brotherhood Of The Lake have been together since 2006 and sound as tight as fuck... (more) TALONS Demo Talons are experimental Post-Rock instrumentalists from Hereford. They spent some time previously as Kites but after significant personnel shuffling and once the line-up had settled, it was time to become... (more) 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) |
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