Tracking their drums at Bury College and rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of a number of Manchester and Bolton based bands, Asleep At The Helm are a quinet of seasoned musicians who wasted no time in recording and releasing the debut full length “Dissonance” in December having started out as a band in
Wolverhampton, a city named after Wulfrun, who founded the town in 985 and musically famous for being home to Slade and Babylon Zoo amongst others is in the heart of the Midlands. It’s the place that you can well expect a Beatdown Deathcore crew to hail from. And you would be right. Old Wharf are
There have been bands that have suffered naysayers and then there are Wasted Life. A Hardcore Punk band from Stoke on Trent who have been on the scene for nearly a decade with a trio of albums, the latest of which “World War Zero” is soaked in the blood, sweat and tears that went into creating
Northampton is without a doubt a place where Metal resides. It’s the home of Metalcore quintet Wovenlung. Having shared stages with Shields and Secrets in 2018, the band will be joining Wars and Immerse early in 2019. Having taken a break after the release of the bands debut EP “Fractured”, they returned with new vocalist
The city of St. Albans is about 20 miles outside of London in Hertfordshire. It’s foundations come from the Iron Age settlement of Verulamium, Celtic for “settlement over or by the marsh” and it takes its name from St. Alban himself. Although his resting place is believed to be on the outskirts of the current city,
A large market town 11 miles from Northampton, Wellingborough was established in the Anglo-Saxon period with the name “Wendelingburgh” as a place surrounded by five wells. Appearing on the towns coat of arms, Redwell, Witche’s Well, Lady’s Well, Hemmingwell and Whytewell each have a place in the towns history. In 1959, the residents awoke to
The Black Map of the UK Underground Metal Scene reaches week 40 as we head from Leeds to Hull and Downtempo Doom crew Black Tongue. The quartet call their style “Doomcore” and have previously been signed to Century Media though there are distinct elements of Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore and Doom in their crushingly heavy
Continuing our journey across The Black Map of the UK Underground Metal Scene, we head North to Leeds. When you’ve got an alternative rock scene with bands like Dinosaur Pile Up, Kaiser Chiefs & The Sisters of Mercy, you have to do something to stand out from the crowd. That’s something Leeds Harcore quintet Higher
Heading from Scotland to the South Coast and Portmouth this week, it’s time to melow things out a bit. Having kicked off a huge European run with Silent Planet and Comrades just last night, we thought it was time gave Portsmouth Cathartic Post-hardcore quintet Acres a place on The Black Map of the UK Underground
Continuing our journey across the black map of the UK Underground Metal Scene, we head from Corby back to Scotland and Aberdeen. The third largest city in Scotland by population and home to a World famous University and for being the place where Rockstar North created Grand Theft Auto. Aberdonian musicians include Annie Lennox and Emeli
