Posted on April 12, 2013 |
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Hailing from Falmouth, KaiDekA are a groove/thrash metal five piece who have been rocking the UK metal scene since 2008, releasing their debut album, “False Idols and Pyrite Thrones” via Rising Records back in 2011 and touring it constantly since then. Now in 2013, they...
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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 March 29, 2013 |
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I read a quote the other day that said, “Music is what feelings sound like”. How true! Music can transport you to another world or take you on a stroll down memory lane. Music can invoke certain feelings in you when you listen to it...
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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 February 28, 2013 |
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Over the past several years, the North West have spawned forth some of the UK’s hottest rock and metal bands, a fine example being The Goddamn Electric – a Manchester based fourth piece who although may have been on the scene for a number of...
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Posted on January 14, 2013 |
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Despite its instructional/demanding title, I’m not too sure I’ll be telling my friends about this EP. Dark Stares show promise, but the jury needs to return a verdict before it’s time to grab the megaphone. I hope it’s more a case of this being a...
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Posted on September 26, 2012 |
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Bristol based studio project Where The Skeletons Play formed in 2011 with the intention of releasing an EP every year that would make an impact on the UK scene. The duo of Stitch (vocals and vocal effects) and Bones (Instrumentation) have definitely done so with...
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Posted on September 20, 2012 |
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I’m going to start this review with a disclaimer: “The opinions of Jason Novak are not necessarily the opinion of This Is Not a Scene.” OK. Now that that’s out of the way… Maybe I’m old. Maybe, in my old age, I’m becoming a curmudgeon, but you know...
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Posted on September 13, 2012 |
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With album art featuring one gnarly looking hog and a nice line in chugging, sludge beatdowns, one would expect XII Boar to hail from the (American) dirty south, not well-at-heel Aldershot. But this seriously powerful trio sound like they couldn’t care less about what you...
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Posted on September 8, 2012 |
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What the hell does the band name mean? I haven’t got a clue, and I’m almost as confused about their EP. I found this Cornish trio Auction For The Promise Club‘s debut release to be a real mixed bag. I like the way ‘One’ starts, with...
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Posted on September 5, 2012 |
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When I listen to a band for a review, and I haven’t heard of them before, I make it a point not to learn anything before that first listen. I want the music to speak for itself, with no expectations. With that in mind, as...
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Posted on August 23, 2012 |
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Evokateur are a dynamic three-piece band hailing from London, and with their dream like melodies and reminiscent lyrics, this small unsigned band are holding their own against the bigger electro-pop groups in the UK. The most stand-out feature in this band is the doll-like vocals...
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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 31, 2012 |
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It’s not easy being a female fronted band, especially when critics insist on comparing you to Hayley Williams of Paramore or Tarja Turunen, former singer of Nightwish. It may interest you to know that there is more than one style of female vocals than Goth-metal...
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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 23, 2012 |
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Basingstoke’s Blood Of The Spectre have been together since meeting in school in late 2009, but it is only now that they are unleashing their debut effort. During the course of this seven track self-titled EP the band tip their hat towards a few different...
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Posted on July 22, 2012 |
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Hailing from Leeds, England, indie four-piece City of Lights have wasted little time in recording and releasing their debut album, “Seasons Change”. Following the formation of the band in 2011, “Seasons Change” was only a year in the making, an impressive feat considering a heavy...
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Posted on July 5, 2012 |
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With an already staggering CV under their belt, from festival appearances to a wide span of airplay across the nations radio stations, the hard rocking quartet that is Skarlett Riot has unleashed their second, and more thrilling, EP “Villain” to your eagerly awaiting ears. With...
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Posted on July 2, 2012 |
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New York three-piece Super Gravity definitely know their way around a guitar. This five-song EP – following on from their eponymous 2010 debut album – contains everything from raw, rhythmic basslines to screeching riffs rising up and up. The guitar really is the star of...
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Posted on June 21, 2012 |
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Unbearable tension in barely restrained riffs, pounding, constant war beats, a thundering, all encompassing bass walks and vocals that roar with conviction all serve to inform that Godhunter are serious about what they do. Delivering sludgy hardcore with swamp-evocating textures, dirty Arizona motifs and a...
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