Three years ago it looked like South Coast Slamming Beatdown Deathcore quintet Gloomweaver would be no more as despite their well received debut EP “Dragged Back to the Waking World” original vocalist Jordan Mewse, guitarist James Lane and bassist Josh Forrest all exited stage left. However drummer Joe Kaleth and guitarist Mike Simon had other
England will become a warzone in November as Heavy Melodic Hardcore quintet Below The Neck are joined by Beatdown Metallic Hardcore crew Bitterwood for a run of four shows that will reduce venues to rubble. Perhaps they might not have been a first choice as a pairing but the Scottish duo have already put in the
Returning to the New Cross Inn in the heart of London for its third year, Reality Unfolds Festival 2025 will see an intriguing collection of Hardcore, Screamo and Extreme Metal bands attempt to reduce the venue to rubble. Taking place over the weekend of 17th to 19th January, the event will see not one, not
Encouraging violence in the mosh pit since 2019, Essex-based Death Metallers Beyond Extinction have announced a poignant tribute show to their late guitarist, Zach Scott, who passed away in August 2023 titled “Never Forget Your Own“. Raising awareness for the alarming rate of male suicide in the UK, this heartfelt event takes place on 17th
Beatdown Metallic Hardcore crew Bitterwood have announced they will be abandoning their native North East Scotland for a five night run across the United Kingdom with Mid East Hardcore collective Peace Of Mind in March 2024. The former will be airing October released EP “The Truth” while the latter will be performing June released “Life
Having survived a European conquest and lived to tell the tale, a new single from Aberdeen Scotland Beatdown Hardcore crew Bitterwood has surfaced in “No Compromises“. It features a guest vocal appearance from Cameron Ross of Northern California Hardcore outfit These Streets and appears as the band are warming up for Mortal Metal Festival at
Courtesy of David Tan a pro-shot full set from Aberdeen natives Bitterwood at Audio in Glasgow on 16th August alongside separate dedicated drum cam footage of Glen Stewart has emerged. Filmed by Kathryn McBride and Greg Hall in 4K it finds the band infusing both video game and Japanese cultural themes into a hostile mix
Is it Hardcore? Metalcore? Beatdown? A shot of all three and it hits harder than the flying steel fist of RoboCop. What are we talking about? The freshly delivered music video for the lethal new single from Aberdeen Scotland’s Bitterwood. It finds them joined by Paleface for one called “Absolute” via Blood Blast Distribution, the
“Shake it off, Take it back, to the time that I had enough, tunnel vision got me seein life for what it is, Feel the weight of a thousand suns, burning me while I try to run, You gotta see me now, Take the shot motherf***er, One shot”
Escaping the big smoke of the capital and travelling North to is this week’s agenda for our Black Map of the UK Underground Metal scene and infusing both video game and Japanese cultural themes are Aberdeen natives Bitterwood. Blending elements of Nu-Metal with Beatdown Hardcore, they’ve been delivering some frighteningly good cuts, the kind of
