When your manifesto is “Blast Beats are the best, get high all the time” and you specialise in fast and aggressive Grindcore (wait… isn’t all Grindcore fast and aggressive?!) then which bands are you going to pick for your covers EP? In the cast of Norwich quartet Vast Slug, famed for such sonic abrasions as
The story goes that after three years at the grindstone, line up changes threatened to see an end to Sleepsculptor by poison, noose or knife. The Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania-based group, who originally formed in 2018, then decided to take a leap of faith and post on social media about host virtual vocalist auditions and despite
Featuring guest appearances from Cameron McBride of Methwitch and Chad Kapper of A Dark Orbit, Frontierer, Ninetrigger and When Knives Go Skyward fame, Sleepsculptor are an Experimental Metalcore band with their eyes on bringing their blend of sonic oblivion to the World on 28th April via Silent Pendulum Records. That will be when their album
Ignore talk about Friday being the first day proper of Tech-Fest because there were capacity crowds for Deathcore brutes Bound In Fear and Progressive Metal masters Exist Immortal last night. This morning starts of painfully early because having been a freezing cold night in Newark, come the morning it’s roasting hot in the tent. Still, a
“I want everything to sound real. To go against the norm. To be loud and noisy and in some cases, not perfect. I’ve got preamps that are just on the verge of feeding back. And, if you listen to the beginning of songs, you can hear static as soon as you hit play. It’s a
Some people call it a first wave announcement, but we’re calling it a tidal wave when it comes to what UK Tech-Fest have announced. An eclectic mix of bands playing Progressive, Deathcore, Death Metal, DJent and the kitchen sink are set for 30th June to 4th July at Newark Showgrounds. It’s going to be a
What do bands do when they write something out of keeping with their usual sound? Well rather than scrap it off, Tiberius have chosen to get their friends involved for an 80’s Metal inspired shred-off! So they’ve pitted against each other Tom Moore of Valis Ablaze and Adharma fame, Matt Jones from Birmingham Progressive Metallers
A few days after Vancouver Canada Deathcore collective Carcosa (ex-Galactic Pegasus, Angelmaker) dropped a full length album in “Anthology“, guitarist Andrew Baena takes us on a front to back tour of what it’s like to get a new place and build a home studio in a long gestating documentary that offers a real insight into
A third single has been separated from the pack by Swedish Death Metallers Orecus from their March released debut album ‘The Obliterationist‘ which arrived back in March via Violent Groove. Given the full red carpet music video treatment is “Distress Signal” with Tim Blom of As Skies Divide editing and the eagle eyed will notice Torbjorn
Swedish Death Metallers Orecus have chosen “Unborn, Reborn” as the third single from their upcoming debut album “The Obliterationist” with a music video by Yuvraj Imaginaria (The Raven Age). A 10 track affair, it sees guest vocal appearances by Chad Kapper of Frontierer and Fredrik Söderberg of Soreption. The date for the black book is 12th March, with
