Having a population of nearly 220k, Luton is actually one of the most populated Towns in the United Kingdom not to have been granted City status and as the crow flies being 29 miles from London probably has something to do with it. For over a century it has been the home of Vauxhall motors
How many bands are there on the UK Metal Underground circuit? Millions. Like Pokémon, you’ve gotta catch them all and so this entry in our The Black Map takes us 206 miles from Brighton to Telford and Recall The Remains who have been on the West Midlands Metalcore scene since 2016. It’s taken them a
One of the cities with the most vibrant of Metal scenes in the United Kingdom is Brighton, which might be a place to enjoy a walk along the sea front, get some fresh fish and chips or an ice cream on a hot summers day or enjoy the arcades on the pier during a sudden
Making waves since forming in 2019, Neon Empire are a Metalcore quartet from Dublin Ireland who originally started out life as a solo project of guitarist and clean-vocalist Hassan Ali. They’re the kind of band that some might consider a guilty pleasure due to their love of adding electronic embellishments to tracks in a similar
As In Flames put it, sometimes you have to reroute to remain and for Fraktions that’s exactly what they’ve had to do. Having started life as a quintet in 2015 they impressed with debut album “Anguish“, a concept release about a journey through Mental Health recorded and mixed by Daniel Reid (No Consequence) and mastered
Heading from South to North for this week’s entry in our on going weekly Black Map feature that highlights all that is good in the UK Underground Metal scene and we put the pin in the atlas on the city of York. They have a scene with the likes of InVisions hailing from the territory
The end of 2017 saw the emergence of Reading Beatdown Hardcore crew Vakora who had been quietly squirrelling away creating material to reign hell on an unsuspecting World. The quintet played a run of shows, sharing stages with Arcaeon and Visionist before unleashing their first studio single in a year later entitled “Infirmity“. Then came
From Southampton to Stoke in a single death defying leap for this weeks entry in our black map of the UK Underground Metal scene? Call us Dr. Banner, but not without good reason. Back in May 2020, Blackend Thrash trio Liam Stubbs, Chris Brownrigg and Myles Stockton, otherwise known as Hellfekted, pulled the pin on
From last week’s Manchester Thrash trio Beyond Salvation we head to the south coast to talk about Nu-Metalcore merchants Majin. A band who had an incredible 2020, despite lockdown by building their name and reputation with some Cyberpunk influenced Deathcore singles in follow up to their debut EP “Warpath” and a surprise KoRn cover. For
The fifth anniversary of Manchester Thrash trio Beyond Salvation probably starts here with a cup of Skull Crusher Coffee and a hangover grin. Jon Pedley (Vocals and Guitar), Arun Kamath (Guitar), Karl Stone (Bass) and Simeon Moore (Drums) started the band in 2016 with a mutual love of the more Technical Thrash approach that fans
