Killers Creed – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Photography credit – Infected Monkey Media – Click Here. The Australian Metal scene is something Musically Fresh has had a slowly increasing vested interest in this past year, with Brisbane specifically making more of an appearance as the year has progressed. Speaking of a...
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...
Guardian – Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. Photo Credit – Glen Davidson For our previous work on Guardian’s Debut – Click Here. Northumberland Metallers Guardian were relatively quiet for a while and hard at work but then, they awoke heavier than ever. Our guest writer DJ Awesome Wells, was impressed by...
Black Hearts – Leeds, England, United Kingdom. Photo credit – Alison Hope Photography – Click Here Formally Suicide Defects, Black Hearts are a band hailing from Leeds in England’s north. They are a band who not only made the right decision on the name change, but also produce a hard...
Vera Grace – Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Oxfordshire quintet, Vera Grace, have just released their second EP in the form of concept EP, Novella. But before we get to that, let’s discuss the band’s sound. They’re a Metal band – there’s no doubt there – but in what vein? That’s a harder...
Sonic Skies – Hameln, Germany. Refreshing Metalcore their way. Metalcore gets a lot of negative press. Despite this, there are some bands that break the mould by cascading down through the negativity via that subtle, yet crucial, difference Personally, I’m not a huge fan of Metalcore. I find it can...
The Autumn Levels – Dresden, Germany. The Autumn Levels are Metal five-piece from Dresden, Germany formed in 2013. They define their genre on their Facebook page as, ‘Adventurecore’. Yes, it seems we are yet to exhaust all potential “-core” genres – but I’m very much intrigued by this one. In fact… I’ve Googled it. Relevant results? – ZERO....
A lot of the people I surround myself with abhor modern, popular Metal. It’s a constant uphill struggle trying to explain the relevance of bands like Architects, Parkway Drive and Bring Me The Horizon. For some of my mates, this hatred is founded in the pretence that follows the scenes these artists...
Above The North – Lyon, France. French ferocity. Formed in 2012, Above The North are another example of the natural progression that often makes a band. Originally, the band’s sound was more focussed on a harder, riff-based Metalcore style that employed pummelling drums and break downs that were supplemented by...
I have a bit of a mission statement at moment. That mission statement is to get as many of the bands I have ranted about in the last year, on to Musically Fresh, so you can hear about them as quick as possible. Having heard that Krokodil have released their...