Pile Up Festival 2018 will take place across the weekend of 22nd to 24th June at Fibbers in York. The indoor 3 dayer is a veritable feast of up and coming UK talent and a real showcase event. There are still 3 bands to be to be announced but the majority of the line-up is
Part #4 of our Metal journey around The Black Map of UK cities takes us from Sunderland to the Midlands. The city of Birmingham has been home to genre crossing Tech-Metallers Oceans Ate Alaska. Progressive Metalcore is what some have described them as but we prefer the description afforded to them by their label, Fearless
Birmingham Progressive Metalcore crew Oceans Ate Alaska will be joined by Kingdom of Giants & Shields for a UK run together to Hop Fest. The hard working OAA recently released an excellent album in “Hikari” on Fearless Records, debuting new vocalist Jake Noakes and are currently in the US with We Came As Romans. June 21st London,
Taking place at Rushden Athletic Club in Northamptonshire over the weekend of 29th June, Hopfest 2018 still has 3 mystery bands to unveil. The 3 day festival will feature the cream of the crop of UK underground metal talent, including Sworn Amongst, Carcer City & Confessions of a Traitor while also landing Birmingham’s finest Oceans
It kind of goes without saying that there has been a huge outpouring of love for Linkin Park with the passing of their iconic frontman Chester Bennington. October Ends recently joined the live-in with their Tech-Metal inspired cover of “From The Inside” featuring Arva (ex-Oceans Ate Alaska).
And the final offering from the Hoosier Dome show with Wage War, a pair from Birmingham Tech Metal band Oceans Ate Alaska, courtesy of MoshPitTV. Both songs are from the bands summer released album “Hikari” out via Fearless Records. The album is the first with new vocalist Jake Noakes.
For anyone not in love with their new vocalist, Oceans Ate Alaska have dropped an instrumental version of “Hansha” from their current album “Hikari” which is out now via Fearless Records. The cut is part of Fearless Records “Instrumental Editions” campaign which sees many bands full back catalogue being released in this format.
In true Punk Goes Pop style, this weeks entry is a Beyonce Cover with Oceans Ate Alaska‘s version being Punk Goes Pop 6 from 2016, whereas Palisades version was released as a standalone single in 2014. OAA’s version is a brutally heavy Deathcore meets Tech-Metal cut and a stalwart of their live set, whereas Palisades cut is
Having already released a lyric video and a drum playthrough, Fearless Records have released a guitar playthrough for “Covert” from Oceans Ate Alaska. The song comes from the bands recently released album “Hikari”. All we need is a bass playthrough to complete the set.
