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
They say that all good things must come to an end; so as the sand slips though the hour glass we’re going to enjoy one last day of Techabilitation at the hands of Tech-Fest and then sit back and watch as Simon Garrod’s new band Eschalon grow wings. Tech-Fest has been an adventure for us since 2017,
After a night where the first five bands brought their A game to The Hairy Dog in Derby, the standard has been set for others to maintain and make the final Techabilitation a momentus occasion to send Tech-Fest off in style. Ten bands are primed and ready to do battle with an audience suffering from
There is a certain irony that just as we arrive in Derby for what could be the final Tech-Fest event in Techabilitation at The Hairy Dog, “Beginning of the End” by Spineshank should surface on the Spotify playlist we’ve been listening to on the drive. In truth it’s not so much the end as a
Filmed and mixed by Marty Kelly and edited by Gman Media, the full set from The Cartographer at Techabilitation 2023 has premiered! The event took place earlier this month at The Hairy Dog in Derby and having been there to witness it live, we can tell you that it is well worth the twenty seven
