A new dawn, a new day and a new line up for Hacktivist finds the now four piece playing shows once more, blasting their way through Norwich, Milton Keynes and Nottingham. In the warm up, new drummer Ste Cole has shared a playthrough video for the cut that introduced him to the fans in “Bones“.
Following the shock announcement of the departure of guitarist James Hewitt, bassist Josh Gurner and drummer Richard Hawking which left Milton Keynes DJentlemen Hacktivist with just one original member in vocalist Jermaine “J” Hurley, the band have dropped a new single and announced a new line up. Former Borders vocalist JJ Olifent remains Hurley’s partner
They might not have quite yet completed a sold out run with The Home Team and Andres but that hasn’t stopped DJentlemen Hacktivist from announcing their next move. April 2025 will see the band, who sold their souls to crooks and criminals, playing their first headlining shows since 2022 and joining them on the trio
Suburban Noize Records signed US Trap-Metal outfit Dropout Kings have announced a run of shows from Zurich to Rock la Mures Festival in Romania that will see them joined by Hacktivist for no less than six stops in the United Kingdom in July. The Milton Keynes DJentlemen have dropped a couple of recent singles which
Not satisfied with the previous covers in their recorded works and wanting to freshen things up with new vocalist JJ Olifent, Milton Keynes DJentlemen Hacktivist have followed “Crooks and Criminals” with a reworked rendition of “Forgot About Dre” by Eminem and Dr Dre. Rebranded “Forgot About H” with lyrics that reference British life as well as
Back outside The Hairy Dog in Derby during Techabilitation from Tech-Fest a few weeks back and who should Blank TV come across? Hacktivist vocalist JJ Olifent and Sworn Amongst guitarist Ashley Currie. They discuss the event, what it takes to make it in the underground Metal scene and a whole heap more. Both have new
Filmed from the stage at Fajtfest in the Czech Republic earlier this month, US Trap Metal masters Dropout Kings were joined on stage by Milton Keynes DJentlemen Hacktivist as both bands reprised their roles on the collaborative cut “I Ain’t Depressed” which was performed live for the first time ever. The cut appears on Dropout
It might not seem possible but 2021 is the 10th Anniversary of the formation of Milton Keynes DJentlemen Hacktivist. They were one of the highlights of this summer’s Slam Dunk Festival as they rolled out cuts from their new album “Hyperdialect” including 2019 single “Reprogram“. That one saw dedicated drum cam footage of Richard Hawking
Joining our series of interviews that surround bands writing and recording processes are Budapest, Hungary based Godgiven as we spoke to guitarist and vocalist Andras Gyorffy about what goes in behind the scenes with it comes to making a record like their recently released “Not That Godly“. Something of a labour of love that was
After a trio of EPs, including 2014’s “Walk On The Rope” and 2016’s “Out Of The Box“, Hungarian Metallers Godgiven took two years out to write and record a full length album. Going by the name of “Not That Godly“, it will be released in the summer with “The Business Show” chosen as the first
