There is no doubt that the second incarnation of Mortal Metal Festival which is taking place at the Phoenix Bar in High Wycombe over the weekend of 1st November is THE place to be for all that is good about the UK underground Metal Scene. Not only is the line-up incredible, but so is the
FLÜX are a band of comprised of people you know with guitarist Timfy James being formerly of both Heart of a Coward and Hacktivist and Heart of a Coward bassist V Khetia joined by Perry Smith to inject DJent groove into songs with anthemic quality. We saw them land a punch square to the jaw
“The Disconnect Tour” marches on into November with Heart of a Coward announcing simply that their will be special guests supporting them in the trek for their 4th album of the same name out now via Arising Empire. If it was possible we’d have a number of the band members pulling double duty and have
Taking lyrical inspiration in part from a series of talks by Mark Passio and George Orwell’s themes of “Double Think” and “News Speak”, Hacktivist have followed up their Prodigy cover with a brand new single entitled “Dogs Of War”. What’s more, the tune is accompanied by the news that Milton Keynes DJentlemen will be hitting
Seeing as it’s Sunday and the day after Radar Festival, we’re going to cheat a bit on this weeks entry in The Black Map and bring your further attention to a band we saw in action only yesterday. Why? Because we can and they were different and interesting. FLÜX are a trio comprising Guitarist Timfy
If yesterday wasn’t enough then we’re back for day #2! As you might expect, members of many of the bands performing yesterday are here to watch the other sets with members of Harbinger, Arcaeon and Valis Ablaze all taking in sets on both days while former members of Fraktions, Break Fifty and Diablous are in
It’s been just 7 days since we left Newark Showgrounds after another triumphant incarnation of Tech-Fest, thanks to Simon Garrod and the team. The Festival that inspired the creation of Metal Noise back in August 2017 has completed its 8th year and remains the King of the Underground Metal Scene, the UK’s equivalent of Euroblast.
Someone at Metal Hammer has got serious beef with Lincoln’s Borders. Poor reviews for both their live show with Martyr Defiled on their final run at Camden Underworld which we attended and now this very album. They’ve got it wrong. Very wrong. The person or people who did those reviews must have been a Classic
Having unleashed new song “Reprogram”, their first with new (ish) 8 string merchant James Hewitt a couple of weeks back, Milton Keynes Rap DJent crew Hacktivist have let us have a sneak peak behind the scenes of the video shoot. Vocal duo Jot Maxi and J Hurley were both photographed in recording sessions with former
It’s been a very, very long wait since 2016’s “Outside the Box” but after their recently released Prodigy cover, Milton Keynes Rap-DJenists Hacktivist have returned with a brand new single entitled “Reprogram”! It’s available for stream and download here. Shot by Loki Films and seemingly from their sessions with former SikTh vocalist Justin Hill, it
