LIVE: Modern Life Is War / Svalbard / Swain / Who Cares? @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Trust Modern Life Is War, one of the darkest, moodiest bands in hardcore, to arrive in the UK smack-bang in the middle of a seemingly endless heatwave. The beer garden at the front of the Brudenell is positively packed out with moshers in sunglasses enjoying an ice-cold beer. Unfortunately

ArcTanGent announce first wave of bands, including Giraffes? Giraffes! UK Exclusive

ArcTanGent Festival last night announced its first set of bands for the 3 days festival, set on Fernhill Farm, 16th-18th August 2018. We’ve spent the last few months curating some very special experiences for the ArcTanGent faithful… We’ve got GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! playing their first ever European show, And So I Watch

Svalbard, The Tidal Sleep, Maths @ Birthdays, Dalston

LIVE: Svalbard / The Tidal Sleep / Maths / Fall of Minerva / Earth Moves @ Birthdays

Tonight’s eclectic evening of bands, sponsored by Holy Roar Records and delivered through Justine Jones of Employed To Serve, whips up a tasty menu of acts that personify the hard work required to be successful in the scene. It is a an absolute tour-de-force, and showcases the very best

Terrible Love (ex Bastions, Goodtime Boys) unleash new song, ‘Doubt Mines’

Featuring former members of Bastions, Funeral for a Friend, Grappler and Goodtime Boys, Terrible Love have shared a video their new song, ‘Doubt Mines’. It is the title track from their upcoming second EP, which will be released on the 19th January 2018 via Big Scary Monsters (UK) and Through

Maths announce trio of UK shows

Norwich post hardcore act Maths have announced a trio of UK shows for later this month. This will be the band’s first shows in over two years. Their last release was the 2015 EP ‘The Fires Courting the Sea’ on Tangled Talk Records.

Employed to Serve announce Basingstoke headline show

Employed to Serve recently announced that they will be playing a headline show at the Sanctuary in Basingstoke on the 27th October. This will precede their UK headline tour the following month; the dates for these are listed below. Earlier this year they released their second album ‘The Warmth of

Glarus (ex Hammers) unveil debut album, ‘Then and When’

Manchester post metallers Glarus have shared their debut album, ‘Then and When’. Produced by Pijn’s Joe Clayton, the record was solely recorded by frontman Sacha Zucconi (Big Machine, Minno, ex Hammers). The album is available digitally for PWYW download via bandcamp or you can pre-order it physically on CD,

Weeping share first demo plus will play selected shows with Let It Die and Ithaca

Bristol band Weeping have revealed their very first demo. Available for free download on bandcamp, it showcases the band’s amalgamated style of noise, drone, metal, grind and screamo. Check it out below! Demo by Weeping The band will also be playing the

2000Trees Festival 2017 – Saturday

Day 3 of the wonderful 2000 Trees. Saturday’s action is brought to you by The Winter Passing, Bad Sign, Milk Teeth, Svalbard, Rolo Tomassi, a surprise set from Palm Reader, Lower Than Atlantis, The Menzingers and Oathbreaker.