Posted on May 16, 2013 |
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As the stranglehold of austerity grips ever tighter, one chink of light in the darkness is that the arts always improve in times of economic gloom, and the current period has been no exception. Ruined Families hail from Greece; once the cradle of democracy and...
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Posted on May 12, 2013 |
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Asidefromaday are a five-piece from France dealing in various types of music with the prefix of ‘post’. Now I’m not a big fan of this prefix. I tend to be suspicious of bands distancing themselves from their neighbours by claiming to have moved on to...
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Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Ah Friday, the end of the week, the beginning of the weekend, and what better than to welcome the weekend in with than an evening of high octane music from the Swiss noise merchants Coilguns. Comprising of 3/5 of The Ocean, Coilguns are polar opposites...
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Posted on March 30, 2013 |
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My five-year-old daughter is obsessed with the movie “Pitch Perfect”. I did not think I would be a failure as a father quite this early. Anyway, being the push over that I am, I have downloaded the soundtrack and purchased the movie for her so...
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Posted on November 15, 2012 |
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The UK post-hardcore scene is currently bursting at the seams, with big names like Architects shifting a sizeable amount of units and spawning a legion of sound-a-likes who all wear each others’ shirts and get touted by the likes of Front Magazine as the best...
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Posted on November 14, 2012 |
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When a band member decides to quit playing bass in order to focus on “vocals and crowd fighting”, as did Louis Jucker of Swiss noise merchants Coilguns, you know that you’ve encountered the real deal, especially when the guitarist deals with the situation by increasing...
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Posted on October 9, 2012 |
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Occasionally, very occasionally, a record comes along that catches me completely blindsided and then simply blows me away. Apostate from Prague in the Czech Republic have succeeded in doing just this with their second EP, ‘Λ ♦ Λ ♦ Ø’ (no, we don’t know how...
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Posted on September 30, 2012 |
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How much do you demand of your bands? I mean really, properly demand- how high do you set the bar, how unflinching are you in what compromises you will or will not make before you’re going to part with your hard earned cash to support...
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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 12, 2012 |
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Despite what their name may imply, you’re unlikely to find Belgian 5-piece Campus down the library putting in a few hours of extra study before a 9am lecture. These lads sound like they were born and raised on the stage, a perfect conduit for the...
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Posted on August 4, 2012 |
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Three records in and Cauls from Newcastle in the north east of England are really beginning to hit their stride. Hot on the back of 2011’s pair of two-track EPs ‘If Bored Pull Tab Marked Tab’ and ‘Crave Divan’, the somewhat counter-intuitively titled ‘EP2’ sees...
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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 28, 2012 |
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For those of you who are familiar to the raspy sound of Memphis May Fire you will know what’s in store for their third full-length album to date, “Challenger.” Like all American post-hardcore bands this dynamic group of young rockers share a blend of authentic...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Hailing from New York, Primitive Weapons are relatively new to the metal scene. They released their first self-titled 7” on Shinebox Recordings in 2011; a blend of sludgy post-hardcore and metal, later signing with Prosthetic Records and releasing “The Shadow Gallery” on March 13th, 2012....
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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The Royal Park Cellars in the depths of Headingley is quite plainly what it says, a cellar in the basement of a pub, in the middle of a flourishing student community. For a special Easter Sunday indulgence the cellar played host to four bands, whose...
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Posted on March 18, 2012 |
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Music originating from the Swiss mountain town of La Chaux-de-Fonds should, under normal circumstances, sound as brutal and left field as the music that is being made by Coilguns. Created from members of progressive metal band The Ocean, Coilguns are Jona Nido on guitar, Luc...
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Posted on March 15, 2012 |
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A Silent Escape are now prepared to make their mark on the UK scene. Meshing the hard-hitting delivery of Comeback Kid and In Flames with the song-writing sensibilities of punk-rockers Millencolin, A Silent Escape are set to push open the envelope in the shape of...
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Posted on March 15, 2012 |
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Cult Cinema, a band from London, UK, released their debut EP “Iscariot” in August of 2011 on Siege Of Amida Records. They’re definitely a test of listener rigidity when it comes to crossover genres. Embracing depressive black metal and hardcore inspiration, this band may be doomed to a...
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Posted on January 31, 2012 |
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2011 was a year that saw many impressive returns, an abundance in high quality releases and a strong arrival of new bands that made the metal world take notice. There were also plenty of excellent bands that did not quite find the moment to capture...
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Posted on January 29, 2012 |
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File this one under “guilty pleasures”. St Albans based post-hardcore outfit Enter Shikari garners praise and sheer loathing in equal measure. They’re especially popular among the hipster youth. Let’s see what the fuzz is all about this band and their third album, entitled “A Flash...
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