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From Tuesday 08 November 2016

Tiny Kingdoms – ‘I’ll Wait Around’

Some bands keep you waiting years for new music, but thankfully Tiny Kingdoms isn’t one of them. ‘I’ll Wait Around’ is their second EP of 2016 and it’s one that will further enhance their growing reputation. Previous release ‘Stay’ found Tiny Kingdoms in typically inventive form as

Monday 07 November 2016

Calligram – ‘Demimonde’

When most people think of black metal, they conjure up images of long-haired ghouls in corpse paint and spiked arm gauntlets, running around frost-bitten forests in Scandinavia and burning churches. The iconography of the genre is well known, and at this point also a little hackneyed. Where

Red Light Runner – ‘What Are You Thinking About?’

Hailing from Kent, four piece band Red Light Runner have returned after a six year break to start creating their own mix of pop tinged emo and indie once again. After a small taster in 2014, with the release of their double A-side single ‘Lucky Thirteen/Just Might Find’, they’ve

Sick Of It All – ‘When The Smoke Clears’

Three decades ago Queen headlined Wembley, the M25 Motorway opened and, in the brightest city in the world, Sick Of It All joined a thriving NYHC scene alongside the likes of Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags. Since then the band have spent 30 years changing the face of Hardcore Punk

Monday 31 October 2016

Swan Song / Who Cares? – ‘A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem’ split EP

Over the years London has been a major host and home to many different forms of UK Hardcore (UKHC). Proving that the scene is still alive and holds some of its original values, Swan Song and Who Cares? only confirm this to be true with their new split EP,

Sunday 30 October 2016

Fenix TX – ‘CRE.EP’

‘CRE.EP’ is the first release by Fenix TX since 2001, but it almost never happened. Originally part of the seemingly unstoppable Drive-Thru Records during their heyday, plans to reform and record new material were dramatically put on hold after frontman Will Salazar suffered a stroke that saw

Saturday 29 October 2016

These Minds – ‘Pour Out’

Sweet, sweet UK pop punk: how we love you so. Once a genre dominated by the Americans, UK bands are proving they’re worth their salt all over the place right now; just look at Trash Boat or Neck Deep. These Minds, from the not so sunny city of Leeds,

Thursday 27 October 2016

Heriot – World Collapse

‘World Collapse’ is a change of direction for Heriot, departing from their heavy-hardcore roots to produce an easily accessible, engaging and abundantly experimental release. For the most part their hardcore influences are put to one side to focus wholeheartedly on metal and it certainly changes things up. An epic opener in every

Friday 21 October 2016

Dead To Me – ‘I Wanna Die In Los Angeles’

Who isn’t a sucker for great, bouncy, melodic music that has an edge? And even more so when the lyrics to those happy sounding songs hide darkness and pain? That’s the magic of Dead To Me and it’s on display in this, the band’s first new release in five

Thursday 20 October 2016

Breathe In The Silence – ‘Hold My Heart’

Bridgend in South Wales is home to some of the UK’s most prolific alternative bands, such as Funeral For A Friend, Hondo Mclean and Bullet For My Valentine. Now it’s home to one more, Breathe In The Silence. September saw the release of the Welsh quintet’s debut EP ‘Hold