Liberty Lies – Black Country, England, United Kingdom. The Black Country based Liberty Lies have just dropped their latest single before their November tour with veterans SOIL as well as Saliva and Sons Of Texas which is shaping up to me something really special with dates to be posted at the bottom....
The Black Swamp – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. (Above) Photo credit: Rob Rizza LIVE – Click Here. Queensland, Australia’s The Black Swamp came to my attention at random. My interest was piqued by the process of hearing Sludge, or otherwise known as “Stoner” Metal interpreted outside of its saturated and well...
Missiles Of October – Brussels, Belgium. (Above) Photo credit: Manu Bxhell. Belgium is a well known tour spot for British and European underground music. You ask any small-time or underground band they will tell you they wish to go or have actually been, with many of the bands featured on...
Eye Tape Records – New Haven/Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. The internet is a wonderful place that is full of as much rubbish as it is beneficial or relevant and useful material and when it comes to music, that is especially true. We and undoubtedly yourselves have seen a exponential rise in...
Losing Victory – Exeter, England, United Kingdom. The Exeter based Losing Victory are the product of a love for riff-laden Hard Rock and “classic” Metal, strong melodies and the moodiness in world left behind by Grunge and its distorted gloom. The previous sentence is a compliment. Promise. Formed in 2013...
Chronos – Blood River, Bath/Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Photography credit – Duncan Everton. Based in and around Bath and Bristol, Chronos are a Metal band, a Metal band that since their inception are doing the very things a great deal of modern Metal bands have lost sight of. Chronos charge...
Dead Is Forever – Chester, England, United Kingdom. In March of this year, Chester based Dead Is Forever released their debut EP under the name of Open Your Eyes. Why should this matter? Well, Dead Is Forever are at base a Metalcore band, a genre that exploded in the earlier 2000’s...
Coercion 96 – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. This was an email we were not expecting… Luke Pabich of seminal Santa Cruz Punks, Good Riddance has just announced the revival of side-project, Coercion 96. The band originally formed in 1996 and alongside Pabich, now features former Fury 66 bassist, Thomas...
Circle Of Reason – Southampton, England, United Kingdom. Gary, Simon, Andy and Rob collectively form Southampton based Alternative Rock band, Circle Of Reason and are precisely what Alt. Rock needs. The genre is often over saturated with much of the same in the way of stylistics or simply those not...
Requiem – Ararat, Victoria, Australia. Ararat boys, Requiem, formed in 2012 and by the September 2014, the band had premiered their Mass Of The Dead EP, showcasing five tracks piecing together Thrash Metal and Melodic Death Metal, all slightly blackened with a Black Metal gloss – if there is such a thing. Influences:...