Falling into the gap between Post and Melodic Hardcore are Take Breath, a Shrewsbury Shropshire based quartet who may have only formed in 2019 but already have a pair of EPs out there for your listening pleasure. December 2020 saw the release of “The Hell In All I Held Too Close” with the bands huge
A couple of weeks back Bristol based Moon Reaper finally released their debut EP “Descent” after a wealth of false dawn’s and line up changes that caused no end of delays. Their inception in 2018 was very much as the brainchild of vocalist and seven string guitarist Morgan Cradick, who is joined by Aidan Rutter
Travelling back down the United Kingdom from Glasgow and Death Infused Thrash act Dominicide to Newcastle and Rituals who describe themselves as Modern Metal is the way we roll with our weekly look at the UK Underground Metal scene. Both bands have in common that they’re dropping new EPs in September (which is where the
Heading from London to Glasgow for the latest entry in our Black Map of the UK Underground Metal scene that zigzags its way across these Islands like some sort of Spaghetti incident it’s time we said something about Dominicide. The Death Metal Infused Speed Thrash quartet are Masterminded by vocalist and guitarist Craig Law who
It’s that time of the week once again. Time to kick back, nurse that hangover with a strong cup of fresh coffee and read about some of the lesser lights of heaven in The Black Map; a weekly feature dedicated to the Underground Metal scene of the United Kingdom. Today we head to the capital
Making their journey down revolution road by taking the breakdowns and unclean vocals from the Gothenburg sound influenced Metalcore of 2003 and partnering them with the swagger, big solos and sing-a-long choruses of 80s Hair Metal and distilling them to create their own sound are Next Stop Olympus. Their debut EP “Heart, Mind & Hell”
“…And the world will keep on spinning, They’re the arsonists, We’re the match, They’re the arsonists, I want to see it f**king burn, We’re the match, Let it burn” Hailing from Sheffield are Horror fuelled Emo meets Post-Hardcore act Havelocke who unashamedly came to our attention because Aaron McKenzie of While She Sleeps has been
Guildford in leafy Surrey isn’t necessarily a place you’d think of when it comes of Metal but actually there is a thriving scene there with venues like The Boiler Room and The Holroyd Arms as well of course as Radar Festival taking place in the University town which means an audience should be easy to
Heading from Middlesbrough yet further North for this weeks entry in our black book of the UK Metal Underground scene otherwise known as The Black Map, we find ourselves in Edinburgh Scotland to talk about Chestcrush, a band who specialise in fusing elements of Black Metal and Sludge into the mix to make something nightmarish
Four years ago a triumphant TrendKill were standing on stage at Bloodstock, whipping the crowd into a frenzy with cuts from their debut EP “One” in Groove laden Thrash Metal style. A milestone moment for any band, it set the bar for the Northern heavyweights, a standard to which ascend while showing others just how
