Tag: Tech-Fest

Riff Police! Pull Over! #130: Siamese Vs Led Zeppelin!

Formed in Copenhagen Denmark in 2011, we didn’t come across the brilliance that is Siamese until Tech-Fest in 2018. They took the stage as an unknown entity to us and as is part of the joy of a festival, by the time they left the stage, we were won over. Mashing up their own songs

NEWS: Teachabilitation 2020 goes online, lineup announced!

As with the 2020 incarnation of UK Tech-Fest, the organizers annual winter warmer Teachabilitation has gone online for 2020. The rehab clinic for Tech-Metal Junkies has been announced for 5th December via YouTube with a lineup that includes some old favourites as well as some new names. There will as ever be after party, which

Bootleg: “From Out Of Nowhere” from Tiberius!

Following a number of very well put together lockdown sessions including Tech-Fest at home, Edinburgh Progressive Metallers Tiberius have taken some time to learn a stone cold classic. That would be “From Out Of Nowhere” by Faith No More, something ripped up by the likes of Five Finger Death Punch and the only time that

NEWS: Sworn Amongst celebrate 16 years with new single “Crucify”!

Coming with a warning about strobe lighting effects and splicing together footage from their set at Tech-Fest in 2019, Northern Technical Metalcore merchants Sworn Amongst have delivered an eye popping new single in “Crucify” as they celebrate 16 years in the game. The quintet are signed to Famined Records, the home of Harmed and Dematerialize

The Black Map #127: Vexed from London!

Back in April 2019, London female fronted Deathcore collective Vexed made a serious impact with their debut single “Elite” which reached 329k Spotify streams and a just as impressive 117k views for the music video by Loki Films on YouTube; no doubt in part due to the attention that having Thy Art Is Murder vocalist

Live Review: Heart of a Coward (Live Steam)

Milton Keynes DJentlemen Heart of a Coward have been stalwarts of the UK Metal scene since 2009 and despite a trio of line up changes in that time, they’ve gone from strength to strength, proven statistically by the fact that “Hollow” from 2013’s “Deliverance” and “Collapse” from 2019’s “The Disconnect” top the bands individual streaming

NEWS: In Fear return with your DJent fix in “Hex”!

Bristol DJentlemen In Fear (formerly known as In Fear They Follow) have returned to follow up their end of May single “Serpent” with another bounce filled cut in “Hex“. The band have a trio of December shows lined up with Famined Records signings Dreameater, who themselves dropped new EP “Bleed” a week ago…

NEWS: KMAC2021 covers Northlane’s “Bloodline”!

When Scottish Metal Meme King Kmac2021 was announced on the bill for Tech-Fest 2020, we raised an eyebrow in ponderment on what kind of content he’d be delivering to the Fireball Whiskey Stage. He’s a talent musician in his own right but could equally deliver an off kilter alternative Comedy set. Taking a moment of

Exclusive Interview: Chapfallen talk “The Art Of War”!

Aggressive Metalcore merchants Chapfallen are a band who, with their debut EP have set their sights high. Originally a bedroom solo project that grew very quickly into a full band, the Stoke-on-Trent six piece have gone from strength to strength. They’ll be at the O2 Academy in Birmingham on 13 & 14th February 2021, at

Bootleg: “Narcissist” from Vexed!

Reminiscing about Tech-Fest 2019 in the absence of a 2020 event has got us thinking about Vexed. They were scheduled to be direct support for a UK tour with Deathcore titans Whitechapel in April but instead wound up… like everyone else, glued to the sofa binge watching another Netflix box set while demolishing another Papa