Four years and one Godzilla sized cover since their debut EP “Cry Havoc“, the inevitable return of Gutlocker is finally upon us having been recorded with producer Lewis Johns (Employed To Serve, Conjurer, Funeral For A Friend), the choice to work with him seemingly fuelled by the bands desire to write something not only different
Following the announcement of an album release show at The Fighting Cocks in London town on Saturday 9th July with support from Sore Teeth, Aggro, Sewer Trench and K. Yetti comes the second single and title track from the upcoming new Gutlocker album “To Be Alive“. If you hadn’t guessed it by the date of
Filmed at The Facebar in Reading at the show we reviewed on 13th May, footage of Groove Metal riff lords Gutlocker performing new song “Make My Day” has surfaced. It’s the second cut to be reveiled from the bands debut album “To Be Alive” that will drop on 8th July with the first being “S.F.S“. They’re
After a phone call warning of something unterward about to go down at The Facebar in Reading tonight, the cops have setup a perimeter and blocked all entrances and exits. Emergency Vehicles have been primed and readied to clean up the debris as the venue is set to be reduced to rubble by four bands
With an unhealthy run of shows booked and an as yet undated new album mixed and mastered by Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House, Gutlocker have launched their first single from it in “S.F.S“, complete with a music video that follows a similar narrative to the Michael Douglas classic “Falling Down“. The single marks
Filling in the time between there here and now and releasing their freshly recorded album recorded with Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House, Gutlocker have been squeezing in as many shows as humanly possible. 3rd April saw them at The Solent in Southampton and their Jamiroquai cover from the 2003 incarnation of Godzilla getting
Currently working on getting an album committed to tape, Gutlocker have returned to 2019 and their “Deeper Up North Tour” for a documentary they have kept up their collective sleeves for the better part of two years. For the select few blissfully unaware of the tour name reference, the band covered “Deeper Underground” by Jamiroquai
Taking their name from the ancient Mesopotamian Empire, Akkadian are a quintet who like to muse on themes of the ancient civilizations of the Sumerians and Egyptians while touching on Inter-dimensional travel and beings, something which runs deep within the mystery of both cultures. They formed in 2018 in Cambridge, releasing singles “Black Sand” and
The influence of Mudvayne shouldn’t be underestimated when it comes to Technicality and during in their early records a certain amount of Progressive nature. Born out of the Nu-Metal era and featuring largely introspective lyrics from vocalist Chad Gray, they also made use of polyrhythmic sounds with guitarist Greg Tribbett and bassist Ryan Martine producing
The Wheatsheaf in Oxford was the venue for the last gig which we attended in back in March, headlined by Gutlocker with Transients and Weaponry completing against Arimea in a Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Quarterfinal. Arimea impressed us with cuts from their “Castle Bravo” EP and lockdown has seen them drop acoustic and playthrough
