rock/metal
Track: Sadness & Complete Disappointment – Grip
After the release of their debut EP ‘Fun‘ Sadness & Complete Disappointment are back with a new EP ‘GBH’ due out on the 3rd of November. They have shared the first single from the EP ‘Grip’. Guitarist and vocalist Meg Mehta explains: “a track about the internal struggle of being a creative soul living in …
Track: Ramblin Preachers – Separate Ways
Ramblin’ Preachers have released their brand new single ‘Separate Ways’, a groove-driven, filled with gargantuan glee, soaring vocals and a raw and direct blues-rock intensity. The band states: “The influences are firmly set in the southern rock vibe and that’s where the bands passion clearly lies. Trying to do something familiar but with a twist …
Meet: Southern Blues Rockers Ramblin Preachers
Ramblin’ Preachers was founded by Ross Connor & James Ives with a mutual passion for Blues Rock, Southern Rock and Americana. The bands previous singles ‘Mind Your Own Business’, ‘Better Than Me’, ‘Jester’ and the new single ‘Separate Ways’, due the 29th of September, all display the very ‘rootsy’ foundations of what ‘Ramblin’ Preachers’ are …
Track: Ibaraki – Jigoku Dayū
Trivium’s Matthew Kiichi Heafy released RASHŌMON, the long-awaited and much-anticipated album from his Ibaraki project, last year via Nuclear Blast. Listen to the full album here. Now Heafy has returned to the project and released the video for new track ‘Jigoku Dayū’, which was directed by Black Card Films. “When I first witnessed the original classic Japanese painting of Jigoku Dayū, I was mesmerised; then I read …
Feature: Teiger Give Us A Track By Track Of Their Mesmerising Debut Album
The debut album ’Teiger’ is sort of a calling card for what’s to come. It came to life during a really interesting time – we were all going through various personal struggles during the songwriting process, the bulk of which happened during semi-lockdown. The timing of the band’s formation was impeccable for Phil as he’d …
Album Review: Teiger – Teiger
With a fast growing reputation as one of the bands to see, Teiger (pronounced “tiger”) have proven to be an enigma on the music scene. The London trio’s bewitching sound is unlike anything else around right now, bringing together alt rock anthems and delicate touches that provoke, attack and captivate. Featuring the singles ‘Hydra’, ‘Come and Find …
Track: Throat – Tiny Golden Murder
For 14 years Throat have been the sonic equivalent of forcing a square peg into a round hole, now new album, ‘We Must Leave You’, is on the horizon which can be regarded as the easiest listening Throat has ever presented. The demonstrate this slightly easier listening direction, the band have shared the single ‘Tiny Golden Murder’. …
Track: Karma Sheen – Without You (Raag Jog)
Ahead of the release of their self-titled debut album due Oct 13th and a nationwide UK headline tour next month, London-based Hindustani Classical psych-rockers Karma Sheen have shared the final album teaser ‘Without You (Raag Jog)’. Explaining the meaning behind ‘Without You (Raag Jog)’, Karma Sheen frontman Sameer Khan explains: “‘Raag Jog’ casts a spell of contemplative serenity and devotional fervour, weaving a …
Gallery and Set-lists: Paradise Lost / Urne – The Academy, Dublin 16.09.2023
At a sold out Academy in Dublin, Paradise Lost, the English gothic metal act – considered to be the pioneers of the death-doom genre and who are cited to have largely influenced many others in the goth metel scene, played a storming show from their enviable cannon of songs. Opening on the night were London hardcore/doom boys …
Live Review: Motions / Rare Breed / Beatnik – NE Volume Music Bar, Stockton 09.09.2023
A sweaty night of local talent was promised as Teesside metal band Motions took to the NE Volume stage for the first time. Beatnik opened the show bringing with them a huge following and the tunes to match. Looking like a collection of musical decades, they certainly looked the part. They filled the stage with …