WRCKG – Utrecht, The Netherlands. (Above) Photo Credit: David Hup. We’re in Utrecht once more for another shining band in both the Dutch music scene and indeed European sphere, WRCKG. The band got in touch with us after our article on equally loud contemporaries , Dock 83 who you can find...
Scornthroats – Cagliari, Italy. Scornthroats, formally Rise After Defeat, have been releasing music since 2011. Music that is perhaps only really best described as utterly visceral organised chaos, that is barely confined within an amalgamation of Hardcore Punk, Crust Punk and riffs that touch upon the not so distant shores...
Sibiir – Oslo, Norway. Cover photo credit: Fotograf Stian S. Evensen – Click Here. When discussing the darkest and heaviest in alternative music you find that nowhere is quite as synonymous with it as Scandinavia, with Norway standing as perhaps the prime example in the region. This is where Oslo...
Dock 83 – Utrecht, The Netherlands. Cover photo credit: underxposed – Click Here. With two EPs, a split, a number of singles and a recently released full-length, it’s safe to say that Utrecht natives Dock 83 are in it for the long run with their blend of Post-Hardcore and Metalcore...
The Without – Portland, Oregon, USA. FIDLAR told me that I can’t buy liquor in Portland, Oregon and thats not the best first impression to get from an area on a coast you’d like to see one day, but then all of a sudden all negative opinion was negated. Why?...
Black Tree Suns – Plymouth, England, United Kingdom. Imagine a hybrid between the tried and tested Grunge of Alice In Chains or Pearl Jam and the moody melodies and sharp riffage of Stone Sour. Imagine calm drum beats, mellow guitar riffs, sweet little harmonies and pain stricken vocals. This is...
SPLURGE – London/Brighton, England, United Kingdom. SPLURGE, a word that conjures images of Bugsy Malone and bright colours exploding from the muzzle of a Tommy or ‘Splurge’ gun if you remember that classic. However, the word SPLURGE also has a more contemporary standing and that would be in the form...
Own Your Life – St. Neots, England, United Kingdom. Sometimes, just sometimes you need external anger in order to soothe your own. You need the cathartic release of others to help assist or act as the catalyst of your own. This exactly how I felt after pressing play on the...
Yurodivy – Strasbourg, France. ‘Everybody Can Be Somebody’s Fool‘ Cover photo credit: Michel Grr Madrigal. Post-Hardcore. A genre that is an unambiguous game-changer, a genre that for better and sometimes worse has inspired countless variations of both itself and a whole and incredibly varied line of Punk, Pop-Punk, Metal and Instrumental...
Vii Snakes – Kent, England, United Kingdom. There is obvious merit in bands and recording artists publicising their art through what ever means and whenever possible, it’s the oldest given in the book but in many cases, is it really the way to go? The past has seen bands such...