Having been forced to reschedule Radar Festival not once but twice, the organizers have launched a crowd funding campaign to raise some funds and pay off some debts. They aren’t after a free pass however, instead they’re offering a wide range of merch perks in exchange for the much needed funds, which you can check
Having had the pleasure of “Clouded Minds & Silver Lines” by Progressive Metalcore quintet Sertraline, we were lucky enough to be granted an audience with them to talk about how the EP came together, the importance of the mix and to have a laugh at some of their working track titles. All being well, they’ll be
The organizers of second incarnation of Radar Festival have announced they have rescheduled from 31 July and 01 August 2020 to Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2020. This means Toska, Voyager, Palm Reader, I Built the Sky and Nick Johnston will drop off the bill. However the trade off for that are some high
Performing at Download Festival is something Toska guitarist Rabea Massaad classes as the best gig that his band have ever played. We were lucky enough to see them at the first incarnation of Radar Festival and the progressive trio were on fire. By the Silos. Here’s “Congress” from their Download set.
DJentlemen Modern Day Babylon ripped up Radar Festival last summer with cuts from their new EP “Undefeated” getting heads banging from the very start. Thanks to his sponsor Meinl Cymbals, sticksman Peter Hatas has recorded drum playthrough video for “Impulse” from the EP, recorded, mixed and mastered by main man Tomas Raclavsky.
FLÜX are a band of comprised of people you know with guitarist Timfy James being formerly of both Heart of a Coward and Hacktivist and Heart of a Coward bassist V Khetia joined by Perry Smith to inject DJent groove into songs with anthemic quality. We saw them land a punch square to the jaw
London & Reading based Arcaeon have been on our *ahem* Radar for a while now. Having first witnessed their impressive live show in 2017 when they joined the recently retired and much loved Carcer City and Perception (now known as Keepsake) in an impressive line-up for the return of The Arusha Accord prior to the
A wealth of live footage (including some from their stand out set in the Fireball Whiskey stage at this summer’s incarnation of Tech-Fest) has been spliced together like the DNA of Aliens to create a hybrid video for “Descendants” from Harbinger! We had the pleasure of chatting to bassist Kris Aarre at lat weekends Radar
Seeing as it’s Sunday and the day after Radar Festival, we’re going to cheat a bit on this weeks entry in The Black Map and bring your further attention to a band we saw in action only yesterday. Why? Because we can and they were different and interesting. FLÜX are a trio comprising Guitarist Timfy
If yesterday wasn’t enough then we’re back for day #2! As you might expect, members of many of the bands performing yesterday are here to watch the other sets with members of Harbinger, Arcaeon and Valis Ablaze all taking in sets on both days while former members of Fraktions, Break Fifty and Diablous are in
