Temple Newsam, Leeds, 25th May 2019: Never will you find a more wretched hive of snapbacks and Vans. As the fans begin entering the festival grounds, the day is bright and warm... sadly it won’t last, but rain, thunder or snow wouldn’t have kept the legions away from Leeds today.
Slam Dunk has long been seen as a predominantly pop-punk festival. Although they have often featured a smattering of heavier or more abrasive bands, much of the higher reaches of the festival bills have been dominated by relatively inoffensive bands. In the last two years we have seen a rise in truly interesting aggressive music with the likes of Employed To Serve winning Kerrang!’s album of the year award last year and groups such as Code Orange making a splash on the global stage with a Grammy nomination. As Slam Dunk has manoeuvred to keep pace with this scene change, so has it looked to widen it's vision to further encompass a generation of fans who gazed longingly over The Pond at Vans Warped Tour in the late 1990s.
Hull punks Three Day Millionaires reveal their new single The Snub! Bassist/vocalist Daniel Harrison says of the track; “I remember walking into practice one night with the chord progression for the chorus and the vocal melody. It was always going to be a feel-good song, at least lyrically, but I distinctly remember feeling like a massive weight had […]
Intechnicolour are joining Drones, Haggard Cat and Bitch Falcon on the About To Break tour! The run sees the four bands on a rotating headline set and will be joined by special guests! Check out the dates and order below; Wed-Oct-31 – Cardiff, Undertone – Bitch Falcon (HL), Haggard Cat + locals Thu-Nov-1 – Bristol, The Mothers […]
Bristol’s RXPTRS are set to release their second single Parasites on July 20! In the short time since their formation in early 2018, the quintet have created a sound that combines elements of hardcore punk, grunge and punk rock that is gritty and in your face! Vocalist Simon Roach says of the track; “It relates to certain experiences we’ve […]
Palm Reader have been one of the best bands of the UK underground hardcore scene. With their third album Braille they will surely break out of the clutches of the underground. The seething melodies and bone shaking riffs, create an intense yet gripping atmosphere. With the magnitude and quality of the songs on this album, […]
Bailer have revealed another new track from their highly anticipated forthcoming self-titled release (February 9, Distro-y Records). The new single is called Feel It More! The band say of the track; “We all get caught up in the heat of the moment sometimes, and it makes it hard for us to stand back and take it all […]
It’s a cold dark night in Camden North London, it’s spooky, scary and would befit any Halloween tour or midnight walk. But, this isn’t Halloween, this is pure hardcore heavy distorted metal trapped in the body of hip hop. This is Brooklyn’s very own, Ho99o9. We of Alt-Corner are here. The Electric Ballroom has been […]
Alternative hardcore band Lifetight have released their new video for ‘Dreams‘, taken from their acclaimed debut EP Self-Tightled, released 3rd November. Purchase Self-Tightled here: http://geni.us/LIFETIGHTSelfTightled Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of hardcore staple Lock & Key, Lifetight’s self-tightled EP follows Lock & Key in it’s no-holds-barred, straight talking, two-stepping. This alternative hardcore EP builds on the finest traditions of […]
Punk group BLXPLTN have released politics fueled killer new single Education Destruction. Check it out here!
We all love Halloween and to celebrate our favourite spooky day, Slowcoaches have revealed their cover of The Misfits‘ Skulls! Check it out below; Vocalist/bassist Heather says; “I thought in some ways it might seem a bit hypocritical to be covering The Misfits. They’re a band I grew up with and, in a lot of […]
New Orleans hardcore punks PEARS have announced details of a split album with DIRECT HIT! The record is titled Human Movement and will be out on November 3 through Fat Wreck Chords! The record will hold twelve tracks with five new songs from each band and then a cover of one of each other’s songs […]
Born from the ashes of Brotherhood of the Lake and Godsick, Helpless are an aggressively heavy entity hailing from Plymouth. This is their debut album after their demos were released as an EP by record label Holy Roar.The first thing to notice here is the progression in terms of recording quality. While the EP sounded […]
13 years on from their 2004 album Suffer, Survive, hardcore crew No Warning have revealed that they will be releasing a new album Torture Culture through Last Gang/SPV on October 13. Ben Cook says; “We have attempted to express the condition of the human mind that is an outcome of being brainwashed by corporate controlled […]
