Tag: Tears For Fears

Vs Tuesday: One Song! Two Bands! Who Wins?! FIGHT! Mad World.

A song written in a flat above a Pizza restaurant in Bath and released in 1982 that has fallen into the highly influential category, “Mad World” by Tears For Fears has ended up being so much more than just a piece of meloncholic music. In 2003 it won writer Roland Orzabal his second Ivor Novello

Review: “Kill The Bliss” by Benevolent Like Quietus

Hailing from the cold, dark winter nights of Calgary, Canada Benevolent Like Quietus promise to bring forth a bounty of brooding, Goth Rock-influenced Melodic Metal. Each song starts with Ryan Spencer (drums) who writes the music on guitar and together with Daniel Louden (vocals) put together the basic guitar and vocal structures before being worked

Exclusive Interview: DAO on “Worthless”!

Having skipped any thoughts of an EP to test the waters and released their debut full length “Worthless” on 27th September, Leeds natives DAO have given us tinnitus from listening to it in the best way. Far too loud. Seeing as they were kind enough to let us review the album before it landed everywhere

Review: “Perfect War Forever” EP by Glass Cloud

Releasing in 2013 via Equal Vision Records, “Perfect War Forever” is the second and at this point in time final outing from Richmond Virginia Metallers Glass Cloud. It came just over a year after the bands debut full length album “The Royal Thousand” and has the original line up of vocalist Jerry Rouch (ex-Of Mice

NEWS: Hot Tub Time Machine: Vexes go 80’s!

There is an obsessive compulsive disorder amongst a lot of musicians to make Metal versions of 80’s pop songs. The results may vary (no Limp Bizkit pun intended) but generally when a band makes it their own, it works out. So here’s the turn of Vexes (ex-A Life Once Lost, ex-Vessl, ex-Downstage) who have taken