You're browsing the archives « Previous PageNext Page » From Sunday 20 September 2009 Glory Glory Scars have new songs at www.myspace.com/gloryscars This City – We Were Like Sharks This City are a band that will instantly divide people. With a sound that fuses elements of bands as far separated as At The Drive-In and The Automatic, it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but that’s not to say it Skindred – Shark Bites and Dog Fights It’s safe to say Skindred are a unique beast. Find me another band that manages to mix such a diverse range of musical styles and deliver the goods in such a brutal, yet heart-warming way, and I’ll spend an evening eating my extensive hat collection. While ‘Shark Sights and Sounds – Monolith A quick review because I don’t really think this falls within the boundaries of what we usually review. Sights and Sounds hail from Canada and sound a little like Oceansize crossed with Tool with some punkier elements underneath in all. Devin Townsend’s production brings some meaty tone Flood of Red – Leaving Everything Behind Recording your album with the not-cheap Brian McTernan and then releasing it as a download for just $1 (65p-ish) is either marketing genius or the actions of an absolute fucking madman. Either way, until October 19, 2009 you can get this album for about the same price as Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic If, like me, you rarely read long reviews and instead read the first paragraph, glance at the score, and then stop reading, well all you need to know is that this album WILL be in top 10 ‘record of the year’ lists. It’s sensational. For those VE drummer leaves According to his Twitter, VersaEmerge drummer Anthony has been kicked out the band. New Empires fade song Melodic Metal-core band Empires Fade from Manchester have uploaded a new song titled ‘Endeavour’ on myspace at www.myspace.com/empiresfade New WATO New track, ‘These days, I have nothing’ from We Are The Ocean‘s debut album, Cutting Our Teeth is up on the myspace. www.myspace.com/wearetheoceanuk Saturday 19 September 2009 Wilson Fisk – The Bear Cub EP To be fair to Wilson Fisk, you could never accuse them of trying to be anything other than a very British band. The vocals are very, very homegrown. There’s no faux-So Cal vocals, no Mockney accents…this is very British stuff. Thumbs up. These guys featured on our
