At some point in the not too distant future we’re going to see a new EP titled “Don’t Mess With Grandma” from Progressive Jazz Metal trio Fraktions. For the moment they continue to share teases of it with this drum playthrough from Ross Gordon for “Forest Goblin Squad” shot at their rehearsal space Lonesome Dog
Who are Fraktions? These days they’re an instrumental band (piano, bass, drums) that combines prog, jazz and modern metal together into an equally delightful and devastating concoction having redefined their sound from scratch following the departure of a pair of guitarists in 2017. They’re building up to the release of a new EP “Don’t Mess
The first single from an upcoming new EP “Don’t Mess With Grandma” titled “Daddy Found Slugs On The Kitchen Floor” has received the playthrough video treatment from Fraktions pianist Joel Pinder. It was filmed by Sheehy Visuals their rehearsal space Lonesome Dog Studios in New Malden. The EP is pencilled in for a November release
Having managed to escape the London’s 229 venue alive following a show with Grace Hayhurst and In Albion in May, Progressive Jazz Metal trio Fraktions have causally shared a new single. Titled “Daddy Found Slugs On The Kitchen Floor” it continues the equally delightful and devastating cocktail of sounds they love to create having witnessed
Full length album “In Servitude of Darkness” may have only escaped the deserts of Australia in July but that hasn’t stopped Menelyagor, formerly of the short lived Black Metal project Fen Hollen, on his path to self immolation. A scripture has been discovered for telling of new EP “Anguish” for 2024 with “Devourer” cut from
Last time we were at Suburbia in Southampton it was for a night of pure Deathcore brutality headlined by the monsterous Monasteries but tonight is a whole different World with a trio of bands playing an eclectic mix of styles that would suit the day time at Tech-Fest perfectly. While not officially listed as such, this
While nothing is officially on social media as yet, a trio of back to back shows have appeared via various ticket providers for Progressive Metal trio Fraktions for February 2023 with support acts TBC. The band celebrated their 10th Anniversary back in November with sophomore EP “Kalos” set to surpass its 2nd Anniversary by the
Our annual pilgrimage to Newark Showground for Tech-Fest began in July 2017 and we haven’t looked back since, the absence of the festival for two consecutive years due to the Great Plague considered a crime against humanity in these parts. So rather than cry into our collective empty pint glasses, we decided that to bring
In 2017 London Progressive Metallers Fraktions were on a high, their debut EP “Anguish“, a concept release about mental health that takes the listener on a journey through multiple sound worlds taking them to Tech-Fest where they were joined by Kaan Tasan now of Heart of a Coward who reprised his role on “Panic“. But
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
