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From Friday 29 October 2021

Boston Manor – ‘Desperate Times Desperate Pleasures’

It’s barely been 18 months since Boston Manor released their third album, ‘GLUE’ – an album that, bar a couple of one-off shows and festival appearances, neither fans nor band have been able to experience fully in a live environment. Despite this, however, the Blackpool five-piece have

Monday 25 October 2021

Witch Fever – ‘Reincarnate’

It feels only right that Witch Fever’s grand entrance into the heavy music zeitgeist would take place in the runup to Halloween. Rife with horror-centric iconography, look no further for the perfect seasonal soundtrack; ‘Reincarnate’ is a captivating introduction to a band that are simply too exciting

Friday 15 October 2021

Brightr & Tim Holehouse – ‘Brightr Vs. Tim Holehouse’

Split EPs have long since been embedded in independent music. For the bands and artists involved, it allows them to work together while simultaneously pushing each other to their respective fanbase. In short, you’re getting two for the price of one. Despite fans’ listening habits gradually moving towards

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Real Friends – ‘Torn In Two’

With their 2018 record, ‘Composure’, Real Friends came into their own with a set of emotionally charged and vibrant pop-rock songs. It would, however, would be the band’s last with vocalist Dan Lambton. After 10 years with the Illinois group, he parted ways in early 2020 leaving fans guessing

Monday 16 August 2021

Meet Me @ The Altar – ‘Model Citizen’

There’s a lot of talk at the moment about a pop punk resurgence, fuelled in no small part by a handful of big name artists dabbling their toes into power chord infested waters. Whether these newcomers will stick around remains to be seen, but fortunately for fans of the

Thursday 12 August 2021

Lorna Shore – ‘And I Return To Nothingness’

Deathcore is currently undergoing an enormous revival, with bands like Brand Of Sacrifice, Shrine Of Malice and Slaughter To Prevail all breathing new life into the devilishly heavy genre. Leading the pack, however, is Lorna Shore – a band who, no matter what life throws at them, pick

Friday 30 July 2021

Young Culture – ‘Godspeed’

Even in the context of the longest year in history, it feels like barely five minutes have passed since we first heard the debut album from Young Culture – in fact, it’s been nearly ten months, though in release terms that’s still a pretty swift turnaround for follow up

Tuesday 27 July 2021

Creeper – ‘American Noir’

Robbed of exorcising the demons of the exhausting creative process that yielded critically-acclaimed album ‘Sex, Death and the Infinite Void’ in a celebratory live setting, Creeper do what only Creeper can do – launch an incredibly bold and daring EP. Billed by lead singer William Gould as the “epilogue”

Wednesday 14 July 2021

Yonaka – ‘Seize The Power’

Brighton four-piece Yonaka haven’t really stopped since releasing debut album ‘Don’t Wait ‘Til Tomorrow’ back in 2019. Throughout the enforced break to touring, they’ve been busy writing a lot of new material and played both the May and December stay-at-home Five4FiveFest days in support of the Music Venue Trust’s

Thursday 08 July 2021

Brookehorse – ‘My Downfall Is My Own Design’

Birmingham: a creative hub for alternative talent that spans decade upon decade. From the godfathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, to tech-wizards Oceans Ate Alaska, the second city has been consistently churning out top-tier music for decades, and if post-hardcore newcomers Brookehorse are anything to go by, it’s