Heading from London to Birmingham for this weeks entry in our Black Book of the UK Underground Metal Scene, it’s time for us to turn our attention to Stitched. A five piece Hardcore act, with a reputation for pounding kit work, tempo shifting riffs and barked vocals, they debuted single “Second Face” via the Slam
Taking the short journey from Reading to London for this week’s entry in the black book we turn the heaviness screw up on the stretching rack with a band who are named after the 1971 horror movie filmed by Mario Bava. Originally formed in 2004 as a side project by guitarist vocalist Tom Bradfield and
Citing influences in Arkangel, Born From Pain, Slayer and Vader, creating a Metallic Hardcore orientated sound is going to be the obvious choice. Taking the best of the Hardcore World and injecting it with the nitro of Thrash so take those flames and give them some serious burn, Death Warrant are a quintet that hail
The forth installment of our Black Map of the UK Underground Metal Scene for 2020 sees us head from Glasgow and Fatal Collision to Sheffield. Formed in late 2015, Arkdown have been heralded as “Steel City Riff Beasts” with a sound floating between Modern Metalcore and Deathcore they are proud to be endorsed by Fireball
In conversation with Road Mutant guitarist Tom Cronin, he mentioned not wanting to be pigeon holed as a Pizza Thrash band and wanting to avoid some of the cheese levels that have been reached by some of their peers. Well Glasgow Skate Thrash quartet Fatal Collision don’t give a s*** about that. After all, “Captain”
Continuing our journey across The Black Map of the UK Underground Metal Scene we head from Regrets in London to Barriers in Brighton. Creating a new line up 2018 when the previous one dissolved, guitarist Tom Lamont, drummer Chris Walker, and bassist Gregg Bunce went in search of a second guitarist and vocalist and didn’t
Having spent a few weeks in the North, it’s time to head back down to the Capital for the first entry on The Black Map of 2020! 26th September saw Hardcore duo Greg and Will, better known as Regrets unleash the Lion that is their debut single “No Room” complete with a music video shot
After a week away in Edinburgh, we return to Manchester for some Progressive Metal and to check out the work of Alfie Angelini (Vocals), Carl Murphy (Guitars), Tom Wakelin (Bass), Joe Clarkson (Guitar) and Will Windsor (Drums) in Blind Summit. A couple of weeks ago they premiered their first new material since their 2018 debut
It’s Sunday morning so whether you’re reading this nursing a hangover, eating a cooked breakfast or knitting your latest blanket, we don’t judge. Heading from Detest in Manchester to the heart of Scotland and Edinburgh to check out some Downtempo Deathcore groove, we’ve got something to recommend that you’ll want to out your hot cup
Technical Metalcore heroes August Burns Red are renouned for carrying the tag line “Angry Music For Happy People” on their paraphernalia. There isn’t any happiness in Manchester. Beatdown Hardcore crew Detest dropped EP “Human Scum” in June 2019 and we’re joined by Stuart Carson of Mortal Shift for “Abuser”, a track about putting a selfÂ
