Tag: Tech-Fest

The Black Map 80: Miscreant from Nottingham!

Originally formed by vocalist Harvey Jaffrey and former From Sorrow To Serenity guitarist Kieran Smith in 2015, Nottingham quartet Miscreant dropped their debut EP “Living Death” a year later with “Bitter Regrets” featuring a guest vocal appearance from Justin Johnson of Detroit Michigan Nu-Metalcore crew Gift Giver. After line up changes and shows galore, Smith

Review: “Senses Part One” by Derange

Forged in 2013, London Tech-Metal influenced Alternative Metallers Derange have been working away on their sound over the last 6 years to create what they call “Sassrock”. Vocalist Cat Pereira, drummer Joe Farrell and bassist Joe MacPherson are accompanied by guitarist duo Nick Crosby and Justas Brazdziuas love a music video too and often look

NEWS: Worlds Away from InVisions?

York Metallers InVisions getting snapped up by Stay Sick Recordings for sophomore album “Between You And Me” was quite a move. The follow up to 2017’s downtuned debut “Nothing Never” that saw them play an afterparty at Tech-Fest 2018 has seen them head off across Europe with Our Hollow Our Home. They’ve dropped a video

NEWS: Derange are only “Human”!

London’s Derange will be celebrating on 1st November as the highly anticipated “Senses Part One” EP appears. It’s available for pre-order here. While we wait impatiently with a look on our faces that says “Mum, are we there yet? NO!”, the Cat Pereira fronted Tech-Metal infused Alternative Metallers have sneaked out a music video for

NEWS: Oni return with “Alone”!

Three years after impressive “Ironshore” and two after we saw them at Tech-Fest, Ontario Canadian Progressive Metallers Oni have returned with a new song “Alone” via Metal Blade Records and available over at bandcamp. Xylosynths set to stun, we’re hoping this means the hiatus is over…

NEWS: Techabilitation 2019!

The annual post Tech-Fest rehab clinic otherwise known as Techabilitation continues its around the venues tour, having gone from London to Derby, this year’s incarnation will be at The Bread Shed in Manchester! The one dayer will kick off at the gunslingers duel time of high noon on Saturday 2nd November with a suitably impressive

Documentary: The HAARP Machine Q&A!

The HAARP Machine mastermind and guitarist Al Mumin has begun a YouTube series to, among other things, uncover some of the mysteries surrounding the bands past. There has never been any doubt about the serious talent each line-up of the band has had, however the reputation for spontaneous combustion, including not appearing at Tech-Fest 2017

NEWS: Psycroptic “We Were The Keepers”!

One of the undoubted highlights of this summer’s incarnation of UK Tech-Fest was seeing Tasmanian Devils Psycroptic on the main stage! They’ve returned with a video for “We Were The Keepers” from their current Prosthetic Records album “As The Kingdom Drowns” having announced a massive US & Canadian your with Revocation, Conjurer, Vovoid and Skeletal

NEWS: FLÜX make “Creep” official!

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

NEWS: Core System have faith in the “Hand of God”!

Possible candidates for UK Tech-Fest 2020 Core System have new album “Contrast” being unveiled to the masses on 20th August! We’ve had the privilege of hearing it ahead of time and a review will be appearing on 17th! To get you warmed up for it, here’s a music video for the album opening track, “Hand