Featured EP /// Omaha ‘Trading Hearts’ (2013)
Leicester metal/post-hardcore outfit Omaha are a very young, but a very confident band. Their debut EP ‘Trading Hearts’ is full of savage breakdowns, guitar riffs that will make your head dizzy and viscous, seducing melody. Power rays of crushing textures hit hard to sweep everything away in its radius. Framed by thick, intense ‘Lives In Half’ … Continue reading
Getting to know /// Raised As Wolves
If you hear Raised As Wolves at least once, they’ll definitely kidnap your imagination with their fresh mingle of alternative rock and post-hardcore, served to you with the band’s personal attitude. Catchiness and brutality, firmness and melody, clear and harsh vocals – all these tot up to very engaging listen. On 15th July Raised As … Continue reading
Face to face with Falling With Style
Welsh post-hardcore outfit Falling Wth Style have had a busy couple of weeks recently: playing Download and an ultimately successful EP launch in Cardiff followed by the release of the EP ‘This Hell You Call Home’ itself. A six-track offering presents a bunch of powerful, stormy melodies that create unrestricted buzz and animation in your personal … Continue reading
Featured song /// Our Tomorrow ‘The Last Time’
They are young, but have already caused quite a stir around Wales with their relentless energy. Let me introduce, Our Tomorrow. Having formed in mid 2010, Our Tomorrow wasted no time in taking live circuit by storm and moving forward only in leaps. The band’s single ‘The Last Time’ was produced by Gethin Pearson and recorded … Continue reading
Independent outlook /// Eager Teeth ‘Eager Teeth’ [Album] 2013
In the times of genre blends in order to achieve a more unique sound it’s often very important not to overdo and when deciding to perform some kind of chemistry on sounds, bands should be well aware of how to do that not to spoil the whole spin. Brighton-based Eager Teeth know and, more importantly, … Continue reading
Featured playlist /// Funeral For A Friend
Funeral For A Friend fairly hold the title of one of the most influential bands in the UK: their debut record ‘Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation’ is still considered by many the standard of post-hardcore and sets the bar in the genre really high. However, since forming back in 2001, Funeral For A Friend … Continue reading
Band of the week /// Canterbury
In the time of gimmicks and manufactured bands, real artist have the value that of diamonds. Meet a UK music diamond, which is still waiting to be discovered by more music lovers – Canterbury, who evokingly call their music ‘sweet rock’. Canterbury began in 2005, but it wasn’t until 2009 when their debut album was … Continue reading
News /// Eager Teeth To Release Debut Record!
On gathering together in one music unit in 2010 Brighton-based Eager Teeth fused together their love of alt-indie, punk and post-hardcore into their own unique soundscape, which is now more than ready to hit your ears and record collections in full bloom: the band have announced the release of their debut self-titled album on 18th … Continue reading
Independent outlook /// I’ll Stay In Memphis ‘Faultline’ [EP] 2012
Try being a post-hardcore act today. On the one hand it can be ridiculously easy with so many fine examples right in front of you, but on the other, how not to turn into a grey mass in the genre with such tight a competition? I’ll Stay In Memphis stick to the golden middle of … Continue reading
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