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Fat Lip Fest Review

In a month were festivals suffered on a large scale, we don’t need to point fingers, Fat Lip Festival took over 2 venues in Bristol for its inaugural year & did so in the loudest way it knew possible. Entering the tiny venue of The Lanes as As Flames Rise began their set, it very […]

MAYPINE – In The Back Of My Mind

Brighton pop punk rockers, Maypine are a fairly new band on the block. Formed last year, the band released their new EP, In The Back Of My Mind, on 4th August. They take influence from the usual suspects and fit suitably into the British pop punk scene but there’s something else there too. The opening track […]

Truck Festival 2017

Words and Photographs: Helen Messenger and Vicki Bailey Returning to Hill Farm, in South Oxfordshire for it’s celebratory 20th anniversary was a bigger and brighter ‘Truck Festival’. Well…brighter until around 7pm on the first day when the rain that had been threatening all day finally arrived. Unfortunately a large number of people had only just […]

Cursed Earth – Cycles of Grief Volume 1: Growth

Fresh from signing to UNFD Australian metallic hardcore band Cursed Earth released the Cycles of Grief Volume 1: Growth EP on the 4th August. This EP sees the group display a true understanding of the various styles of heavy music, whilst maintaining a thematic consistency based around the darker aspects of life. The EP has […]

Sleep Token – II

Sleep Token are, according to them, ‘an entity unlike any encountered before’. They are, apparently, the representatives of a deity known as Sleep. They maintain an anonymity similar to that of Ghost (before they all started taking each other to court), with strange marked masks and interviews seemingly just a vessel to convey further information […]

Make Them Suffer – Worlds Apart

Australian six-piece Make Them Suffer released their album Worlds Apart on July 28th. The album is full of catchy hooks, anthemic choruses, and it’s almost worlds apart from their previous albums. ‘First Movement’ opens the album, and immediately sees the band move away from their deathcore roots, onto something a little more progressive. Their style is more melodic […]

‘Bad Solution – The War Within’

Bad Solution‘s The War Within brings you squealing guitars, thunderous riffs and a mix of aggressive yet melodic vocals, in a classic yet exciting metal fashion. A true blend of rock and metal. Musically genius. The vocals do lack slightly for me in places and could compliment the music/emotion/themes more, but just when I start […]

Best EX – Ice Cream Anti-Social

Best EX formerly Candy Hearts recently released their new EP ‘Ice Cream Anti-Social’. This is the bands first EP under record label Alcopop Records. Best Ex are a great throwback to late 90’s to the early 2000’s, the bands previous work under Candy Hearts was much more indie focused, whereas this EP is just straight light hearted pop punk but with some […]

Energy & Miss Vincent @ The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham

After being at several festivals, I welcomed heading to one of Birmingham’s smaller, intimate venues in The Sunflower Lounge to see Boston punks Energy on their first UK headline run. Opening the night is Mantra. I got more into their set towards the end as they seemed to improve after each song. They have a […]

Crumbs – Mind Yr Manners

Leeds quartet Crumbs are throwing a splash of colour into the UK punk scene this July with the release of their debut album, Mind Yr Manners. It’s a short and sweet collection of tracks as unconventional as they are catchy. Mind Yr Manners is an album of juxtapositions, Ruth Gilmore’s vocals detail various struggles in […]

Oceans Ate Alaska – Hikari

Birmingham’s technical metal wizards Oceans Ate Alaska are set to release their new album ‘Hikari’ today. An interesting fact; the album was named from the Japanese word for ‘light’. This heavy record showcases new vocalist Jake Noakes. The first track Benzaiten has a very interesting instrumental opening with what I believe consists of Japanese instruments. […]

A Promise To Forget – Dying To Live

After overcoming numerous hurdles along the way, Birmingham metalcore outfit A Promise To Forget are ready to drop their debut album Dying To Live in August. The fruit of their long labours is a self-released record of immense sincerity and personality. ‘Metalcore’ is something of a blanket term these days, applied to an increasingly disparate […]

Milk Teeth – Be Nice

British pop punk band, Milk Teeth have released their brand-spanking-new 4th EP (including 2 EPs and 1 studio album) named ‘Be Nice‘ after releasing their debut album ‘Sad Sack‘ over a year ago The EP consists of four kick-ass songs which includes, Owning Your Okayness, Prism, Fight Skirt and Hibernate. This album shows us all that the […]

The Cruel Knives – Side One

The Cruel Knives formed following the demise of Heavens Basement with Sid Glover and Rob Ellershaw teaming up again after the split and joining forces with Tom Harris and Al Junior. They’ve played shows with The Pretty Reckless and have now revealed debut EP Side One. Opening track The World We Were Sold begins with […]

White Noise Radio – Cosmos

Bristol based alt-rockers White Noise Radio formed in 2014 and released their first EP last spring. This summer’s successor, Cosmos, follows a similar course melding complex riffs and rhythms with huge radio ready choruses. This EP, however, does take a more direct approach with none of the songs out staying the 6 minute mark in […]

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