rock/metal features
Feature: Rumin Give Us A Track By Track Of Their New EP Horizontal/Vertical
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL is a collection of the first three songs that have been created by RUMIN. It is a totally self-produced recording, done on a zero budget. Drums were captured by Andy Ellis in a rehearsal room in Pirate Studios, Hove. Bass, guitar and vocal tracks were all recorded in Andy’s home studio in St Leonards, East Sussex. …
Feature: Simon Scarlett Of Barbarian Hermit Gives Us A Track By Track Of Their New Album ‘Mean Sugar’
Manchester’s leading purveyors of groove-laden, stoner/doom metal, Barbarian Hermit, have returned with their new album, Mean Sugar, out now via APF Records. Written over a three-year period, ‘Mean Sugar’ is a cathartic creation set against a backdrop that has seen people endure a global pandemic, endless political turmoil, a cost of living crisis and war. …
Feature: Jon Crabb Gives Us A Track By Track His New Covers EP
Released on February 11th, London Rockabilly guitarist/musician Johnny Crabb gives us an insight into his stories, thoughts and details on his new covers EP, track-by-track, and the inspirational bands that gave him the idea to record them in the first place WHY DO YOU RECORD MOST SONGS IN ONLY ROCKABILLY STYLE? “Because I think it’s …
Feature: Utopia Give Us A Track By Track Of New Album ‘Shame’
With their new album out today we caught up with John Bailey from the band to give us a low down of each track and how it all came together. All the music that I write starts with a rhythm. In fact, it actually starts with a metronome tempo in my head. I think about …
Feature: Blue Nation Give Us A Track by Track Of Their New EP ‘Reflections’
This collection of songs represents a journey of creativity, emotion, and camaraderie that we’ve poured our souls into. Let’s start with ‘Strangers’. During our pre-production sessions, we were hunting for that missing piece, and it turns out, it was hiding in the late-night musings. I’d go home after studio time, and until the early hours …
Feature: Drew Davies Lets Us Into His World During The Recording Of New Album ‘Holloway Nights’ And Provides A Track By Track
I wrote and recorded most of the record during lockdown; so I’m not entirely sure what state I was in. It gave me a sense of focus and I called on some great musical allies new and old to contribute and assist with recording. Whereabouts were you in terms of getting on, the label, the …
Feature: The Alchemy Give Us A Track By Track Of Debut Album ‘Somewhere // Anywhere’
Background: ‘Somewhere // Anywhere’ marked a significant point in the band’s journey. At the time of creating this album, The Alchemy were in a transitional phase from losing a founding member of the band and gaining a whole new member changing it all up for us. We completely produced this record ourselves from the writing …
Feature: Pete Briley Gives Us The Low Down On His Debut Solo Album ‘Album No. 1’
Background At the start of 2023, in those bleak January days where you get about 14 minutes of daylight each day, I faced a dilemma. The Outlaw Orchestra had a really busy 2022 with a pretty gruelling festival schedule followed by intensive recording and promo for an EP and single releases over the autumn and …
Feature: Sam From Sam Roberts Band Gives Us a Run Down Of New Album ‘The Adventures of Ben Blank’
Some context surrounding the making of the record: Unfortunately, no juicy bits or dirt to speak of surrounding the making of Ben Blank – no slander, no in-fighting, no back-stabbing, no epiphanies, no love triangles, squares or circles or any other geometric shapes…perhaps our anaemic, wafer-thin social media presence has already told you that story. …
Feature: Of Concrete Gods Give Us A Track By Track Of New EP Out Today
The EP has been a bit of a labour of love over the last few years. Technically we started recording it at the beginning of 2020, but the process was halted by a couple of factors. Firstly Covid got in everyone’s way, not just ours. But in the middle of Covid our drummer Paul was …