It’s been a while since we’ve been to the The Dome in Tuffnel Park. The venue is the big brother of the smaller Boston Music Room that sits below it and tonight will see Sacramento California’s finest Noise Metal exports Will Haven joined by our very own Palm Reader! Both bands have released phenomenal new
Halloween in London has been a long time annual event for Wednesday 13. Having played an Anniversary show for “Fang Bang” a couple of years ago, tonight sees the band take on our personal favourite “Skeletons” in full for its 10th Anniversary! The band have also promised some Frankenstein Drag Queens songs tonight in preparation for
Tonight is the third stop of this fairly extensive run of European dates for a trio of Party Metal bands that you might otherwise expect to see as part of a bigger festival line-up. The O2 Academy Islington is a decent enough venue but as ever, there always seem to be delays in getting the
Alton Lounge Bar in association with Pathfinder Promotions UJ & Caliber MGMT Presents – Alton Half Dayer @ Lounge Bar. That’s right, in perhaps the strangest of locations, some of the hottest upcoming UK Metal and Hardcore bands on the scene at the moment join forces for 6 hours of wall-to-wall distorted guitars and blast beats.
Released in December 2017, “From Day One” by Harmed is a gem of an EP and one that received the full review treatment from us. Given that the EP is only 14 minutes and 22 seconds long, it came as quite a surprise to us that the band from Budapest would be doing a headlining
It’s 20 years since the inception of Corby Northamptonshire natives Raging Speedhorn, which for some might be hard to believe. After something of a turbulent past with line-up changes, implosions and explosions the band returned to the limelight in 2016 with “Lost Ritual”. Tonight however is a different beast. The original line-up on stage together
The final date of highly influential Tech-Metallers SikTh‘s 8 date UK run with Loathe sees them joined by Hardcore Punk trio MSRY at The Bullingdon in Oxford. Having re-united 4 years ago and dropped an EP and Album while touring the globe since, it’s a smaller venue show on a tour which sees the band
It’s the final tour from Lincoln Deathcore crew Martyr Defiled. There 11 years on the scene has spawned 4 albums 1 EP and a handful of singles and demos and an ocean of live action. But with drummer Richard Duffin needing to spend more time with his young family and the other band members moving
After yesterday’s switch to Merch tables downstairs and from glasses to plastic cups for beer, day #3 promises a fine selection of talent and fortunately no Grime… …Pressure [7.5/10] from Norwich open up with some straight up hardcore, complete with politically charged and socially aware messages. A couple of short speeches about the scene and
After last nights Sheer Terror warm-up show, Sunday the first full day of Upsurge Festival. Complete with a 5 string bass and snoodes, Kent Metallic Hardcore band MTXS [9/10], blow away any cobwebs from last night. Airing a new song which they are recording tomorrow and classics like “Suffer”, surely they should be higher up the
