Tag: Upsurge Festival

Bootleg: Cage Fight at Upsurge Festival!

From humble beginnings a collaboration between TesseracT guitarist James Monteith and bassist Jon Reid which snowballed when they brought in in drummer Nick Plews and former Eths vocalist Rachel Aspe, Cage Fight are fast becoming a household name despite only forming in 2021. The band will be supporting Brazilian Thrash Gods Sepultura on a handful

Bootleg: Climate of Fear at Upsurge Festival!

Not only a pro-shot full set from Climate of Fear, the band who wrote “The Onset of Eternal Darkness” but also dedicated drum cam footage of George Bignell has appeared courtesy of David Tan. He joined Kathryn McBride and Owen Diplock in filming all of the bands that played Upsurge Festival at the New Cross

Bootleg: TRC at Upsurge Festival!

We have no idea who the dude is getting a sweat on with a panda hat on in the pit at the front of the stage in this pro-shot full set from TRC at Upsurge Festival in January at the New Cross Inn that comes courtesy of David Tan, Kathryn McBride and Greg Hall. But

NEWS: Climate Of Fear celebrate “The Final Dawn”!

Rewinding the clock back to 2020, Climate Of Fear have seen “The Final Dawn” from their current EP “Stained With A Dismal Beauty” given a music video. Footage filmed by underground legends David Tan, Owen Diplock, Sean Pitcam and Kathryn McBride from live performances has been spliced together to give us the best of the

Playthrough: Full Set from Street Soldier!

If you thought that anyone was done with last summers second incarnation of Upsurge Festival, you’d be wrong. One of the highlights was a set from Street Soldier, who brought “Northern Hate” to London’s New Cross Inn with style. So filmed by Daniel Howard, here’s drum cam footage of that full set with Laurie “Drill

Playthrough: Full Set from Loathe!

Pro-Shot by Daniel Howard of Nefarious Youth fame, here’s dedicated drum cam footage of Sean Radcliffe from Loathe during their set at last summer’s incarnation of Upsurge Festival. The set took place on 18th August at the New Cross Inn in London with the Liverpool Gloom Kings being announced as a special guest for the

Playthrough: Full set from Brutality Will Prevail!

The set from Metal influenced Hardcore wrecking ball Brutality Will Prevail at last summer’s incarnation of Upsurge Festival was one of the highlights of the Weekend at London’s New Cross Inn. Courtesy of David Tan and filmed by Daniel Howard, here’s the dedicated drum cam footage of Marc Richards at work! BDHW Records released their

Playthrough: Upsurge from SeeYouSpaceCowboy!

The third incantation of Upsurge Festival looks as likely as getting away with living a Champagne lifestyle on a Lemonade budget for a decade and getting away with it, however David Tan still has footage from last year’s event to roll out. Filmed by Daniel Howard, here’s dedicated drum cam footage capturing SeeYouSpaceCowboy sticksman Byran

Listmania: Metal Noise Top #5 Live Bands of 2019!

Metal Noise have been at 34 (yes, thirty four) shows in 2019 so our Top #5 live bands of the year takes into account every one that we’ve seen and no-one we haven’t. Just go and check out our “Grand Tour” page or our live reviews if you want validation that this list only includes

Bootleg: Revolve at Glasgow Audio!

One of many highlights of this summer’s incarnation of Upsurge Festival, Glaswegian Metallic Hardcore act Revolve were filmed once again by David Tan, Kathryn McBride and Ross Hutton at Audio Lounge in Glasgow on 3rd October. They launched their second assault on Mother Earth with “Dragged Into Extinction” in February. It’s available over at bandcamp.