After five singles, 454k of Spotify streams and a summer that saw them play the 10th Anniversary of Tech-Fest, Trap Metal collective Swarm6ix have announced they’ve inked a deal in blood with Berlin Independent Record label Out Of Line Music. For those not in the know, the labels roster runs deep with Parisian Nu-Deathcore unit Ten56,
As reducing The Hairy Dog in Derby to rubble and decimating the weak at Tech-Fest’s Techabilitation 2023 event in December wasn’t enough, Progressive Deathcore collective Writhe have announced they are taking their debut EP “In Filth” on the road. They do so as special guests of Progressive Death Metal merchants Kassogtha who celebrate seven years
Citing influences in Lorna Shore and Humanity’s Last Breath, United Kingdom Progressive Deathcore collective Writhe have created a debut EP titled “In Filth” which places them on the edge the territory of those beasts. A cautionary tale of a sentient AI’s transformation into a Lovecraftian entity of unfathomable horror, the concept record is one to turn bone
They say that all good things must come to an end and with that in mind it is time for the final chapter of our Listmania Awards Season. It’s been an absolute pleasure going back over the year that was 2023 and picking out the songs, the EPs, the albums and the live shows that
One of the many highlights of Tech-Fest in the summer was witnessing Texas heat bringers Kublai Khan on the Pins and Knuckles main stage. Three months before that took place the Metallic Hardcore crew played Triple Crown Pavilion in Louisville Kentucky on 18th March and the set was caught on camera by hate5six. 2023 single
Back outside The Hairy Dog in Derby during Techabilitation from Tech-Fest a few weeks back and who should Blank TV come across? Hacktivist vocalist JJ Olifent and Sworn Amongst guitarist Ashley Currie. They discuss the event, what it takes to make it in the underground Metal scene and a whole heap more. Both have new
The fifth category in our Listmaina Awards Season is dedicated to those bands who bring the heat to the stage, the one place where there is absolutely no hiding place. So of all the bands we’ve witnessed from all the shows and festivals we’ve reviewed in the past year, who stood out enough to make
One of several bands including Harbinger who were actually formed by a mutual love of all things Tech-Fest, Writhe embraced the opportunity to play Techabilitation like a duck taking to water. Having released their debut EP “In Filth” just prior to the event they had plenty to talk to Blank TV about outside The Hairy
Read our Tech-Fest Techabilitation 2023 review and didn’t believe it could have been that good? Fair play, sometimes seeing (and hearing) is believing. Fortunately for us, the set from Nu-Deathcore outfit Chaos Sequence was caught on camera by Martin Kelly for your viewing pleasure! The footage isn’t raw either having been mixed, mastered and edited
The story goes that after the departure of vocalist Lizzie Parry and Dan “Hendo” Henderson from Progressive Metalcore favourites Sertraline in 2022, Benji Mars was recruited to continue the dream for guitarists Tom Wilson and Mike Hawkings alongside drummer Si Douglas. However the quartet very quickly came to realise that a new sound and direction was
