Unable to tour the US until April due to visa issues, Monuments have made use of their touring off time and recorded a brand new single entitled “Animus” complete with music video. It’s their first recording their now not so new vocalist Andy Cizek and they’ll be off around Europe with Heart of a Coward
Saint Petersburg Florida Metalcore quintet Art Of Defeat have only been around since 2018 and composed and recorded their debut EP as Steve Mctigue (Vocals), Ryan Rightmyer (Drums), Rufino Lomboy (Guitars) Gradi Shutt (Bass, Vocals) and Marco Santos (Guitars, Vocals) before a line up change has seen Brandyn Soto take over at the microphone helm.
Metal Noise have been at 34 (yes, thirty four) shows in 2019 so our Top #5 live bands of the year takes into account every one that we’ve seen and no-one we haven’t. Just go and check out our “Grand Tour” page or our live reviews if you want validation that this list only includes
For all you Spotify users out there – if you haven’t already, if you follow the wrapped link and enable it here you will get what you always wanted – a breakdown of all the tracks and albums you’ve listened to over the last 12 months with your very own statistics! We’re not going to
Prior to their now rescheduled “Phronesis” US tour, Progressive Tech-Metallers Monuments have announced a huge European trek with Heart of a Coward. The run has just a pair of larger venue shows upon our shores in March. 3rd Manchester, TBC 4th London, O2 Academy Islington
We’re at the first incarnation of a brand new Progressive Metal Festival in Guildford Surrey, taking place in a Casino a stones throw from the train station. It promises two days of wall to wall Metal with a wide range of bands we know well taking to a pair of stages with no overlapping sets.
Possibly soon to be named the permanent sticksman of Whitechapel, Alex Rudinger has laid down a drum playthrough of “Father of Lies” from the bands 2008 album “This Is Exile”. As the album wasn’t recorded to a click track, guitarist Zach Householder created a custom tempo mapping and slowed things down for a better live
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.
After last night’s two people crowd surfing on an inflatable sofa going over the barrier and fortunately not getting broken during Black Tongue’s set, In Fear They Follow [7/10] bring a stuccato riff filled Metalcore bounce to open day #3 of UK Tech-Fest and attract a decent crowd. “Solace” is a decent cut though during
Sticksman Alex Rüdinger continues to fill in and grace the drum stool in Whitechapel having had stints in every band from The Faceless to Monuments and even Revocation. He’s recorded some playthrough videos while practicing the Whiteschapel’s upcoming European Tour with this cut of “The Void” from “Mark Of The Blade” being the latest in
