Filmed at Lonesome Dog Studios in New Malden, a piano playthrough video for “Geese, Attack!” from Joel Pinder of Fraktions is a thing of beauty. The track appears on the upcoming new EP “Don’t Mess With Grandma” as the three piece instrumental outfit once again combine prog, jazz and modern metal together in a cocktail
There are song titles and then there is “Deeply Regretting Selling Grandma’s Furniture To Invest In Cryptocurrency“, a mouthful but when you’re an instrumental band sometimes you’ve got to get your monies worth. The track is the latest from a forthcoming EP titled “Don’t Mess With Grandma” which will be released by Fraktions in November
At some point in the not too distant future we’re going to see a new EP titled “Don’t Mess With Grandma” from Progressive Jazz Metal trio Fraktions. For the moment they continue to share teases of it with this drum playthrough from Ross Gordon for “Forest Goblin Squad” shot at their rehearsal space Lonesome Dog
Who are Fraktions? These days they’re an instrumental band (piano, bass, drums) that combines prog, jazz and modern metal together into an equally delightful and devastating concoction having redefined their sound from scratch following the departure of a pair of guitarists in 2017. They’re building up to the release of a new EP “Don’t Mess
The first single from an upcoming new EP “Don’t Mess With Grandma” titled “Daddy Found Slugs On The Kitchen Floor” has received the playthrough video treatment from Fraktions pianist Joel Pinder. It was filmed by Sheehy Visuals their rehearsal space Lonesome Dog Studios in New Malden. The EP is pencilled in for a November release
Having managed to escape the London’s 229 venue alive following a show with Grace Hayhurst and In Albion in May, Progressive Jazz Metal trio Fraktions have causally shared a new single. Titled “Daddy Found Slugs On The Kitchen Floor” it continues the equally delightful and devastating cocktail of sounds they love to create having witnessed
We were lucky enough to catch the almighty Fraktions at Suburbia in Southampton during their co-headlining shows with You Win Again Gravity and so if you couldn’t quite believe our review of that show then here’s a little evidence for you. The band, once a Progressive Death Metal outfit and now a fully fledged Piano
Last time we were at Suburbia in Southampton it was for a night of pure Deathcore brutality headlined by the monsterous Monasteries but tonight is a whole different World with a trio of bands playing an eclectic mix of styles that would suit the day time at Tech-Fest perfectly. While not officially listed as such, this
While nothing is officially on social media as yet, a trio of back to back shows have appeared via various ticket providers for Progressive Metal trio Fraktions for February 2023 with support acts TBC. The band celebrated their 10th Anniversary back in November with sophomore EP “Kalos” set to surpass its 2nd Anniversary by the
Our annual pilgrimage to Newark Showground for Tech-Fest began in July 2017 and we haven’t looked back since, the absence of the festival for two consecutive years due to the Great Plague considered a crime against humanity in these parts. So rather than cry into our collective empty pint glasses, we decided that to bring
