As anyone who enjoyed a trip to Newark Showgrounds for Tech-Fest over the past decade will tell you, there is something wonderfully nostalgic about the corrugated metal and exposed pipework ceiling of The Engine Rooms in Southampton. On a cold, damp winters evening in February there isn’t a better venue to witness the first of
Tonight brings the European “Duél” Tour 2026 to London with the resurrected Textures and resurgent Unprocessed supporting Ukraine’s finest export Jinjer. The Progressive Metalcore headliners have come a long way since we first saw them live in 2017 at a sold out Camden Underworld off the back of their “King Of Everything” album, growing exponentially
Our first gig review of 2026 finds us at the iconic Camden Underworld for a night of sonic oblivion at the bands of a band who we last witnessed back in 2023 as one of the headliners of the 10th Anniversary of UK Tech-Fest. That band is of course Born Of Osiris, an American Progressive
Mixed and mastered by Mendel Bij de Liej (Catalysis, Aborted) a skull splitting new single from Mumbai Death Metal purveyors Gutslit has surfaced. “I, Berzerker”, marks the band’s first release since 2023’s seminal record “Carnal” and the beginning of a new chapter in their relentless evolution as a raw declaration of intent. Written as a defiant
Tonight we’re on the South Coast at The Engine Rooms in Southampton for an American Deathcore invasion as Chelsea Grin bring Signs Of The Swarm, Mugshot and Crown Magnetar to our shores on what has to be the heaviest ticket in town. Forget your work Christmas party because tonight is all about getting your brains
Day two of this years expanded format for Reading Rising gets underway at the sensible time of 15:00, allowing some of those who had a little too much fun last night with American Metalcore heroes Still Remains some extra time in bed. Don’t be fooled however, there are still 10 bands to shoehorn in before
This year Reading Rising is a full blown weekender of an Alternative Music Festival, offering Pop Punk, Hard Rock, Alternative and Metal bands of all shapes and sizes with the tagline 22 Bands. 2 Rooms. 2 Days. 0 Clashes emblazoned upon their posters. As a paying punter you get 5 minutes between sets to walk
The final night of a largely sold out sixteen date UK and Ireland co-headlining tour finds Drowning Pool, Spineshank and (hed)p.e. to the 1865 in Southampton for a Nu-Metal headrush the night after Nonpoint and Lacuna Coil have wrecked the place. Is tonight’s show going to be the tidal wave after the earthquake or simply
Even though tonight has been sold out for a while there are fans queuing in the rain outside the 1865 in Southampton to see if they can get a ticket on the door. That’s how great the demand is and how loved Milan based Italians Lacuna Coil and Fort Lauderdale Americans Nonpoint are on the
The event organisers warn us to “get ready for a night of chaos, nostalgia and unmatched energy” with Chop Suey and Slip-Not on a UK and Ireland co-headlining tour and as it happens, tonight ends up being exactly that. Personally this writer isn’t usually one for tribute bands but will freely admit to having enjoyed
