Tag: Hacktivist

Live Review: Fat Lip Fest 2018 in Bristol!

The Adnam Stage is where we’re at, in The Lanes bowling alley for Bristol’s Fat Lip Feat 2018! Fat Lip has been going since 2013 with regular live shows and taking its name from the much loved Sum 41 song. The annual one dayer is split across 4 stages and 3 venues in a close

Playlist: Rap Metal.

Metal Injection released a their 10 most underrated Rap Metal songs over this past weekend and it got us thinking. While Rap Metal was something that was arguably started by Anthrax‘s collaboration with Public Enemy, it was generally considered part of the Nu-Metal era sound. So where does that leave it now? Nu-Metal elements have

NEWS: Turbulence Festival 2018 First Line-up Announcement!

Taking place across three venues (The Junction, Underground & Fortescue) in Plymouth on Saturday 13th October, this years incarnation of Turbulence Festival have announced their first wave of bands. They say 30 plus further bands to be announced, but so far 6 have appeared, 3 of which should be enough to justify the ticket price

NEWS: Basingstoke Love Festival 2018 Sunday line-up!

We’ve deliberately held this one back for fear of cancellation, but on the weekend of 7th & 8th July at the War Memorial Park is Basingstoke’s Love festival (aka B Love, formerly known as Basingstoke Live). The festival features a crazy mad collage of music styles but we’d like to draw your attention to The

NEWS: Hacktivist announce Camden Rocks warm-up show!

Hacktivist have announced the cancellation of their 19th May farewell show with former Heart Of A Coward guitarist Timfy James. They’ve also confirmed a run of shows booked for the remainder of the year as well as promising more. Having replaced Ben Marvin with Jot Maxi last year, Timfy James had announced his stepping down from the band to concentrate on

NEWS: Hacktivist announce DJ/Double MC set in Brighton!

Sunday 6th May will see Hacktivist perform a DJ/Double MC set (Presumably J Hurley and Jot Maxi) at PRYZM in Brighton with support from Harbinger, Pink Narcissus and End of Daze. Hacktivist are yet to announce their new guitarist to allow founding member and former Heart Of A Coward man Timfy James to complete a

Review: “Self-titled” by DVSR

Old school review from July 2017 in a different format to the usual reviews we’ve been putting out. Kind of a Throwback review to bring us up to date on DVSR’s material as the band will be playing UK Tech-Fest this summer as their first UK/EU show! DVSR (prenounced “Devistator”) are a Djent rap metal

NEWS: Hacktivist announce departure of Timfy James!

Hacktivist have announced the amicable departure of guitarist Tim “Timfy James” Beazley in June following the bands next 3 shows. The former Heart Of A Coward guitarist was one of the founder members of the group, combining forces with former Heart Of A Coward frontman Ben Marvin in the group. Marvin exited the band in January last year

NEWS: Bristol’s Fat Lip Fest announces 2018 first wave!

Taking place on Saturday 28th July, Bristol All Day festival Fat Lip Fest has announced its first wave of bands for the 2018 incarnation. At £22 plus fees it’s an absolute steal! Hacktivist Carcer City Bad Sign Mallory Knox Black Peaks Area 11 New Volume Tigresses Home Bound Better Than Never Catch Fire Beyond Recall

Review: “Faces of Eve” by Faces of Eve

The self-titled full length from Faces of Eve is the 2017 follow-up to the bands impressive debut EP “The Story So Far”, released in 2015. Hailing from Hertfordshire the band have been lucking enough as an unsigned band to land Tim “Timfy James” Beazley, current Hacktivist and former Heart Of A Coward guitarist to recorded, produce,