Tag: Vakora

The Black Map #240: Enmity from Guildford!

Dry January maybe approaching its bitter ending but that hasn’t stopped the discerning Metal Head from collecting a steaming Sunday morning hangover after over indulging the night before. Who doesn’t need to let off a bit of steam at the end of a stressful working week? So as is customary we use our weekly Black

Review: “Where Is Your God” by Vakora

Reading Berkshire residents Bernardo Graca (vocals), Nathan Jasiewicz (lead guitar), Reuben Sharp (rhythm guitar), Ben Campion-Bye (bass) and Matthew Parnell (drums) collectively form the Frankenstein’s Monster that is Vakora. Blending Beatdown Hardcore with Deathcore they did the hard yards as a live band before committing any of their material to tape having formed towards the tail

The Black Map #149: Vakora from Reading!

The end of 2017 saw the emergence of Reading Beatdown Hardcore crew Vakora who had been quietly squirrelling away creating material to reign hell on an unsuspecting World. The quintet played a run of shows, sharing stages with Arcaeon and Visionist before unleashing their first studio single in a year later entitled “Infirmity“. Then came

NEWS: Vakora prey for “Forgiveness”?

Mixed and Mastered by former Bound In Fear guitarist Keir Campbell and Ryan Wood, Reading Deathcore crew Vakora have resurfaced for “Forgiveness” for the first time since their 2019 EP “Where Is Your God“. The quintet who like nothing more than to cut some Metallic Hardcore and Beatdown into the mix were due to play

NEW: Arcaeon Tech-Fest warm-up show!

Arcaeon haven’t announced it yet, but tickets are available here for a Tech-Fest warm up show at The Facebar in Reading on Friday 29th June. Support will be from Death Warrant, Vakora & Mountainscape. For anyone not already in the know, the band have re-tooled their line-up with Stuart Sarre from London progressive tech-metallers Sentience