If you’ve seen the tour poster for the upcoming rescheduled In Flames tour and were wondering quite who Defects are then their new single “End Of Days” accompanied by a fiery performance video courtesy of Loki Films (Architects, Sylosis, Ingested) should be all you need to know. It is just their second after debut single
Taking something of a risk, Birmingham’s Spinefarm signed Alternative Metal collective Shvpes have announced a run of UK tour dates that will take up the vast majority of November as they go up and then arc back down the country. No support bands have been announced as yet, but the tickets go on sale on
Torquay Devon’s annual Underground Metal Festival Burn It Down will be taking place on 5th September will a little help from sponsors Blackstar Amplification, Jagermeister, Red Bull and Vocalzone. They’ve announced their first wave of bands and it’s epic. Can they persuade Carcer City to come out of retirement for the next wave? Dinosaur Pile-Up
Having announced a summer festival run starting in May with Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival and including Download and 2000 Trees, Birmingham Rockers Shvpes have unloaded a new single entitled “Hot Head” complete with a hilarious music video directed by vocalist Griffin Dickinson. Perhaps 2020 will see them release a new album to follow up
The four day weekend that is The Great Escape Festival in Brighton will the taking place from 13th May and it looks like a Metal stage will be announced with Conjurer, Ithaca, Shvpes and Svalbard all on the bill! Tickets are available here with more to be announced! It’s known as a festival for “new”
Shvpes vocalist Griffin Dickinson and bassist Grant Leo Knight spoke to Local Distortion about the creative process behind their music videos for “One Man Army” and “Undertones” as well as getting searched by the Police while on tour in Europe… Probably for the crimes against humanity that are those Native American Indian head dresses…
Palisades have announced that they will be the main support for Sleeping With Sirens on their upcoming November “How It Feels To Be Lost” tour for the album of the same name which is out now. Interestingly Shvpes and Holding Absence will appear on selected dates with the later missing out on a US run
Holloween Episode III: Night of the Living Dead is taking place at The 1865 in Southampton on 26th October and will see Metalcore heroes Our Hollow Our Home joined by a who’s who of up and coming bands from the UK Underground Metal Scene and well as the winners of this year’s “Road To Holloween”
There are pair of headlining shows next month in London and Birmingham for Shvpes but it’s their appearance at the third annual Our Hollow Our Home “Holloween” that has raised an eyebrow because that is now a huge line-up for the price! They’ve shared a brand new single and music video for “One Man Army”
Having already toured the living daylights out of “Greater Than” including shows in the US and in Europe with Disturbed, October will see a pair of shows from Shvpes back home. Support is still to be announced but judging by some of the recent quality of those they have brought out, there should be no
