Posted on May 12, 2013 |
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sem·pi·ter·nal: everlasting; eternal. This is “Sempiternal”, the fourth album by British metallers, Bring Me The Horizon, and the follow up to the band’s 2010 opus “There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven, Lets Keep It A Secret” which was...
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Posted on April 30, 2013 |
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There is a strong possibility that you have noticed the name Neaera in passing before completely by accident. Fairly regularly their name seems to pop up mid to lower billing on a metal show featuring several young upstart bands; normally with Emmure or the ilk...
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Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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When Howard Jones announced he was stepping down as Killswitch Engage vocalist back in 2012, and ex-singer Jesse Leach picked up the gauntlet once more to take his place, the metal world was split in two on whether or not the return of Killswitch’s original...
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Posted on April 10, 2013 |
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Up to this point, the greatest contribution to music Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has given the world was Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin MacMichael. Orchid’s Curse is trying to change that. Since their inception in 2005, Orchid’s Curse has continually evolved in their sound and become one...
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s ever intrepid photographer, Sabrina Ramdoyal, fought her way through the flying elbows and lenses of the photo pit to capture these images of Cannibal Corpse, DevilDriver and The Black Dahlia Murder during their show at the Ritz in Manchester on March 9, 2013. Cannibal...
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Posted on March 27, 2013 |
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Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Beneath The Eclipse are a new band with a remarkable amount of talent and energy for such a young four piece only just unleashing their debut EP, entitled “Effort”. Opening with the title track, a myriad of layered vocals, guitar pyrotechnics and subtle...
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Posted on March 8, 2013 |
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Though I would never consider myself a metalcore fan by any stretch, I’ll listen to anything if it’s good and even if I might be in the minority at those shows who enjoy the maintenance of a full mouth of teeth and an un-fractured nose,...
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Posted on March 1, 2013 |
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Named after the giant sandworms in Frank Herbert’s magnum sci-fi opus Dune, Shai Hulud have toiled hard in the underground for nearly two decades, never troubling the mainstream, but consistently releasing albums of emotive, technical, post-hardcore, melodic metalcore since before the dreaded M word was...
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Posted on November 14, 2012 |
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Beyond All Recognition released their debut album “Drop = Dead” through Napalm Records. Their genre is dubbed “dubcore”, “dubstep”, or “dub-whatever flavour this week”. How generic. It’s ill fitting to what David Sohr (vocals), David Eriksen (guitar), Paul Gidlof (guitar), Pontus Bergstrom Warren (bass), and...
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Posted on November 12, 2012 |
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Hype is a powerful thing, it can make a band but it can also break them just as quickly. The music scene is full of bands that have collapsed under the weight of their own hype, some bands thrive on it with very little to...
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Posted on September 14, 2012 |
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With a name like This or the Apocalypse, you’d expect the band in question to have something profound and meaningful to impart, an answer to some yearning questions in the face of armageddon. Or, it could be enough for them to just repeatedly batter your...
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Posted on September 3, 2012 |
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Since the release of debut record “The North Stands For Nothing” in 2010, Sheffield’s While She Sleeps have been on the radar of metalheads across the UK. Fast-forward to today and the metalcore mob have been crowned Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards and...
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Posted on August 12, 2012 |
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It is often stated that the best and most everlasting of music is the stuff that pushes beyond its barriers; that tries new things, explores new horizons, makes new sounds and broadens our minds to new territory; a sentiment that is especially true it seems...
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Posted on August 9, 2012 |
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Tear Out The Heart formed in 2011 and unanimously agreed that when this line-up had gotten together in one room, it was instant energy and everything just clicked. From that day on the rest was history. Tear Out The Heart combines sinister vocals with elements of...
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Posted on July 29, 2012 |
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In just four short years as a band, Shadows Chasing Ghosts have seen three releases, relentless touring and festival appearances. The band have played their own headlining shows, as well as support slots with big names such as Blessed By A Broken Heart, Bury Tomorrow,...
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Posted on July 24, 2012 |
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Dublin’s Red Enemy play the type of metal that would make Pantera and Lamb of God proud: Fast, groovy, thrashy music with a chip on it’s shoulder. The band’s latest EP is short, like about 15 minutes short and should leave fans of those bands...
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Posted on July 23, 2012 |
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Metalcore as a sub-genre is one that has received a very critical response in recent years, often described very negatively, very saturated and even thought of as a near dead style. It also seems to be one that in recent times, more UK bands are...
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Posted on July 22, 2012 |
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There’s been an underlying force in British music over the past year or so, a force so powerful it’s even infected primetime BBC Radio 1. It’s the latest wave of metal bands that are causing havoc across the Isles and attracting an impressively large and...
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Posted on July 21, 2012 |
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A part of the ever growing and ever thriving UK metal scene, Dorchester in Dorset is the latest in an increasing line of ‘unexpected sounding places’ in the UK to produce a pretty decent sounding metal band, in the form of Kill The Conversation. On...
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Posted on July 16, 2012 |
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“We entered the straits in great fear of mind, for on the one hand was Scylla, and on the other dread Karybdis kept sucking up the water and vomiting it up. The spray reached the top of the cliffs and it made a deafening sound...
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