Tag: The Ward

The Black Map #186: Kvilla from Manchester!

Like the eroding cliff faces, the walls of Metal sub-genres are gradually falling into the oceans which smash against them during wild storms with many bands often taking influences from all over the spectrum and creating their own hybrids. One of those is Kvilla who hail from Manchester, a place renouned for its Slam and

Bootleg: Kvilla in Glasgow!

Manchester purveyors of Blackened Hardcore Kvilla are a month away from celebrating one year of their debut EP “The Ward” and hammered home their credentials with a music video for “Stigma” from it a couple of weeks back that serves to introduce second guitarist Josh Stead as they seek to deliver a broader, heavier and

Track Review: “Stigma” by Kvilla

When you hail from a city renouned for Slam and Beatdown, landing a blow with a Blackened Hardcore sound could be considered going against the grain. But for Sean Ossoway (Vocals), Ryan Leigh (Guitar), Adam Peeroo (Bass & Samples), and Andrew Nestor (Drums) who formed Kvilla in 2019, it was the variety of influences rather