The second part of our creature double feature of interviews with Phoenix Arizona Hardcore Punks American Standards finds us chatting with bassist Steven Mandell about the writing and recording of the bands latest burnt offering “Dopamine Dealer“. It’s a strange new world out there which is probably why the band are already half way through
Returning after a little time in the wilderness are imposing Birmingham Melodic Death Metal bruisers Atarka with a fresh plan for World domination, a new guitarist and a new EP. The first single from that record is one titled “Barbarian” which finds the band joined by a living legend, so ahead of the 14th April
The headline really does say it all. Critically acclaimed Northampton based Groove Metallers From Eden To Exile have resurfaced with a cracking new tune in “Reason To Hate” following a lockdowns and line up changes, picking up where they left off with EP “Age Of Fire” and confirming exactly why we love them. Having had
They say that good things come to those who wait, which is perhaps a play on patience being a virtue and one band who have waited quite long enough are Kohnerah. Having put out live recordings and demos in 2018, 2019 and 2020 they finally unleashed their debut full length album “Ominous Ubiquitous” last month
Earlier this month Phoenix Arizona chaos driven Hardcore Punk quartet American Standards returned with a brand new EP in “Dopamine Dealer” mixed by Sad Ghost Studios and mastered by Nada Recording (My Chemical Romance, Bayside, Shai Hulud) that left us wondering why the band are still DIY or DIE and not signed to a major
When we started our writing and recording interview series we had no freakin’ idea that it would be as successful as it has subsequently turned out to be. Hells teeth, these are loved by all of you as much as, if not more than our regular interview series. So as long as you keep reading,
After last weeks interview with Ruaidhri Houston, a man known as the bassist for highly praised Belfast shock rockers So Long Until The Séance and the multi instrumentalist behind Vaughanstrosity as ever we return for a second round knockout. This time out the conversation is all about what goes in behind the scenes to get
A calendar month on from our 2nd January review of “This World Is Suffering” by Dutch Death Metal enthusiasts Demoralizer we had a conversation with guitarist Yuri de Wolf about his crimes, convictions and feelings on the sentence subsequently handed down to him in punishment. He is joined in the prison cell by vocalist Reinder
Ah. The solo project. When you’ve written a collection of songs that simply don’t fit the work of your main squeeze but you love them enough to want to get them out there into the World. What else are you meant to do? So Long Until The Séance bassist Ruaidhri Houston is the latest in
How does a record of eight cuts of Hardcore in the vein of bands who were pioneering the genre in 2005 get pieced together? What kind of gear do you need to create that kind of sound? What’s it like working without an outside ear in the room when recording a record? We spoke to
