A new day, a new dawn, another live show. Today’s final destination is Camden Electric Ballroom for the London stop of this years incarnation of the Impericon Never Say Die Tour. A full half day event with seven bands taking to the stage, each one taking it in turns to test the foundations of the
From Birmingham and A Titan, A Deity we head to the south coast for this week’s entry in the encyclopedia of the UK Underground Metal scene that is The Black Map. Two hundred and thirty acts have appeared in the feature that continues to introduce new bands while celebrating older ones, something that makes it
Despite exiting stage left Barney Warner of Replacer from the Pintglass ranks he continues to hang around like a bad smell and joined the band who also feature Ben Mason of Bound In Fear at Donfest. That took place at Eigar Studios in Leeds on 28th May and was caught on camera by Sean Pitcam
Describing themselves as Aggregated Beatdown, a sub-genre that sits in the centre of the Bermuda triangle of Deathcore, Metallic Hardcore and Hardcore are Replacer, a quintet comprising vocalist Barney Warner, guitarists Ben Campion and Nathan Jasiewicz alongside the rhythm section of bassist Ewan Riddell and drummer Chris Silvester-Beale and hailing from Guildford in leafy Surrey.
After 2019’s “Way Of The Geeza” announced Pintglass to the World as a Beatdown Deathcore collective with Ben Mason of Bound In Fear and Barney Warner of Replacer delivering tongue in cheek humour over a plethora of riffs and pummelling rhythms there seemed to be an air of a time limited side project to Pintglass
The second of three at the Casino Night Club in Guildford for Radar Festival is a big one with bigger crowds and slush puppy style pints of frozen Pimm’s on offer as well as a plethora of bands bringing riffs in plentiful supply from 13:00 to the midnight hour to keep us entertained. We predict
Engineered and mixed by Trae at Like Minded Company, mastered by Pete Grossman at Bricktop Recording, adorned by artwork from Logan Evans and a logo by Chris Englebert, “Sadistic Sounds of Suffering” marks the debit EP from Oklahoma based Cell, notable for having vocal tracking by Mychal Soto (Strangled, Pintglass)… …how do you like
Following the announcement that South African Slamming Brutal Death Metal brutes Vulvodynia will be appearing at Tech-Fest this summer, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that the undesputed heavyweight champions will be playing some shows around it on skull island. They’ve tapped up Bound In Fear and Replacer side project Pintglass for the full
The tyrannus reign of terror continues with another single in “Neon” from the Lords of Post-Deathcore Sunfall. Including a cover of “No Life” by Slipknot they smashed out 6 singles in 2021, surpassing 255k of Spotify streams which bodes well for their appearance at Hammerfest 14 in Great Yarmouth, on 17th November. Also at the
Depending on which side of the fence you sit on, “Matricide” is either the debut full length album from Wolverhampton Beatdown Deathcore crew Old Wharf or a sophomore EP as at seven cuts for seven deadly sins it qualifies as a full length on streaming services. What it does is follow their March 2019 EP
