Latest Reviews
- Halestorm – Hello, It’s Mz. Hyde
- Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
- Noothgrush – Live For Nothing
- Dead Label – Sense Of Slaughter
- Joff Bailey Of Savage Messiah Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
- Bleeding Through – The Great Fire
- Fourth Autumn – Mock The Weak
- ThisIsNotAScene’s Ones To Watch Out For In 2012
- El Caco – Hatred, Love & Diagrams
- The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean
- Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood Of Colour
- Goatwhore – Blood For The Master
- Charred Walls Of The Damned – Cold Winds On Timeless Days
- Biohazard – Reborn In Defiance
- Savage Messiah – Plague Of Conscience
Latest News
- Dio’s ‘Holy Diver, Last In Line, Sacred Heart’ Deluxe Editions coming 12th March 2012
- 'End Of Days' Tour 2012 Announced Featuring Elimination & Triaxis
- 14 More Bands For Download 2012
- RIOT Guitarist Mark Reale Dies
- Soundgarden, Tenacious D, Biffy Clyro And More For Download 2012
- Pelican To Release New EP In April
- Blink 182 Release 'After Midnight' Video
- Firewind Announce New Century Media Deal And New Album Title
- Shinedown Sign To Roadrunner Records & Announce Album Details
- The All-American Rejects Announce New Single & US Tour Dates
- Black Breath To Unleash Savage Second Album In March
- Woods of Ypres Release Statement On David Gold's Death
- Man Overboard Announce Huge Touring Schedule For 2012
- ForChristSake Sign To US Roxx Label
- Sinocence To Record New Album
Follow Us!
Popular Tags
2011 Anthrax Basick Records black metal Black Sabbath Candlelight Records Century Media death metal doom metal Download festival Earache Records European Tour Dates Evile grindcore Hardcore Heavy Metal Interview Knebworth Live Review Manchester Mastodon Metal Metal Blade Records Metalcore Metallica Motorhead Nottingham opeth Post Hardcore progressive Progressive metal Punk Relapse Records Rise Records Roadrunner Records Rock Sludge Metal Sonisphere Southern Lord Spinefarm Records Tech Metal Thrash UK Tour 2011 UK Tour Dates US Tour Dates
Unsigned Bands Archive
Gurt – Redwin
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No Comments
Now, as some of us might know, sludge metal has been a genre kicked to the side and never really tickled many taste buds, however, slowly but surely it has made a slow come back and I think Gurt are ready to prove it by...
Zaar – Abkehr
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
The bio of German band Zaar states: “We’re a collective of three musicians who are obsessed by music and art. The interest for all kinds of music, art in general and passions has led us to a project that is full of eagerness to experiment...
Serious Beak – Huxwhukw
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
As one who is generally not eager towards instrumental releases “Huxwhukw” from Australian avant garde metallers Serious Beak is a thoroughly impressive display of creativity and intensive sounds to excite and inflame the senses. “Huxwhukw” is a stunning blistering explosion of unpredictable unique metallic and...
Koloss – End Of The Chayot
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
“End of the Chayot” is an amazing offering from the band Koloss. Not only was it self released, but the band themselves recorded it. Everything from mic placement to engineering to mixing to mastering was all done by Koloss. What kind of quality do you...
Shades of Avalon at Manchester Academy 5/12/11 and Roadhouse 10/12/11
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No Comments
Taking to the stage like a longboat to frozen water, Manchester’s melodeath brutes Shades of Avalon played two well known Manchester venues in the same week. Citing honourable influences such as metal and beer among bands like Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom and Immortal, although...
Evisorax – Isle Of Dogs
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No Comments
The outlook for the British extreme metal scene has rarely been better, with promoters and scenes cropping up all over the country. There are a lot more opportunities than in recent years and Evisorax one of the bands that are at the forefront of that...
Orwell – A View Of Heaven, From A Seat In Hell
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No Comments
“A View Of Heaven, From A Seat In Hell” from Wisconsin melodic death metal band Orwell is a definite grower. Its intensive charms slowing working their intrusive and skilful fingers deeper and deeper across multiple plays rather than offering an instantaneous wave of attractive but...
Celtachor – In the Halls of Our Ancient Fathers
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No Comments
“In the Halls of Our Ancient Fathers” is the second demo from Dublin based folk metallers Celtachor and comes with a free tin whistle. According to the frontman Steve, this is the mythology loving bunches first outing as “a band proper” and chance for newly...
Immanifest – Qliphotic
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments
Immanifest is a six piece symphonic death metal group out of Tampa, FL formed around 2008. “Qliphotic” is their first release of material as Immanifest and although it is a 3-track EP it is packed with big sounds and well composed music. The word qliphotic...
The Raygun Girls – The Taker
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments
The new and fourth album “The Taker” from New York rock band The Raygun Girls is a mix, a mix of dark tones, gothic flavourings, thumping riffs and quality. At times it is a confusing release that one is not sure whether to like or...
Hemoptysis – Misanthropic Slaughter
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No Comments
Hemoptysis is a four member band out of Phoenix Arizona. “Misanthropic Slaughter” is the freshman release from the desert quartet venturing into the world of thrash metal which many regard as a dead or dying genre of metal. Coughing up blood and thrash metal, is...
Our Lives in Motion – Stages
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No Comments
“Stages” is the second release from Worcester, MA based Our Lives in Motion, following the 2010 “Salvation in Secrets”. Produced by Brooks Paschal who has worked on Paramore and There For Tomorrow releases, these influences can undoubtedly be heard on this EP. “Stages” delivers six...
Rise Above – Stand My Ground
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No Comments
Rise Above is a Dutch heavy rock band, based in the Eastern parts of the Netherlands. This hard hitting outfit consists of Lars Uyttenboogaart (vocals/guitar), Rik Heebing (lead guitar), Romijn Sanders (bass) and Sander Helmink (drums). Their first collective sign of life, entitled “Stand My...
XII Boar – XII
Posted on August 12, 2011 | No Comments
“XII” is the debut EP from Hampshire based stoner metal band XII Boar. The trio of Tommy Hardrocks (Guitars & Vocals), Adam Thomas (Bass & Backing Vocals) and Dave Wilbraham (Drums). Opening track ‘Train Wreck’ is a three-minute blast, with a driving riff flowing the...
Lost Without Cause – Take Back Everything
Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
Despite some relative and positive success such as being featured on MTV 2 in 2007, two successful tours, a single that broke into the UK Charts, and numerous shows with the likes of My Passion, Fei Comodo, Don Broco, and Lower Than Atlantis, Watford rock...
Heavy Spacehero – Legacy
Posted on July 30, 2011 | No Comments
Heavy Spacehero is the solo project of mysterious Finn Olli S. “Legacy” is the 2nd three-track EP he has released so far this year. Both this and previous release “Enigma” seem to have been born when Olli was cut off from the world after a...
Action Replay – Burning In Ice EP
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No Comments
With a plethora of female fronted bands currently making ripples there is another to add to the list. Birmingham band Action Replay bring a blend of strong, well thought out song writing and creative well delivered melodic rock sounds tinged with some classic hard rock...
Holding Sand – On Sleepless Nights EP
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No Comments
From their beginnings in 2007 French melodic hardcore band Holding Sand has steadily been winning over more and more people and on the back of their debut EP “Ebb & Flow” , a 25 date tour around France, and this, the “On Sleepless Nights EP”, ...
The Evil Amidst – Lords of The Nine
Posted on June 18, 2011 | No Comments
When you read up on a band to do a review and you see Death Metal and Florida mentioned, you can’t help but feel you know what to expect from the album. These expectations are further raised when your band consists of Malevolent Creation members...
With One Last Breath – Self Titled EP/Hell We Create
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No Comments
Making a stir since their beginning in 2008, York band With One Last Breath have been opening eyes and ears to their sound through live shows with the likes of Asking Alexandria, Bury Tomorrow, and Glamour Of The Kill, as well as with their debut EP...