For anyone who, like me, grew up on the old-school emo and post-hardcore sounds of the early 2000s, we may just have found you a nostalgic new favourite band.
New Band of the Week: Better Than Mending
New Band of the Week: Profiler
What better way to kick off your Monday morning than with the 'return' of Nu-Metal. Meet Bristol newcomers Profiler
New Music Friday Round-Up: 30 November
Friday is here, which means the weekend is but a few hours away. Praise the Lord! And what better way to while away your last few hours at work than by listening to the finest new music from across all spectrums and corners of the rock'n'roll world. We've got a stellar week of lots of... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: The Hideaways
Bristol rockers The Hideaways have honed a raucously engaging sound that puts them right up there with the most exciting new bands we've met over the last couple of years. The quartet of Danny Pugh (vocals and guitars), Tim Burden (guitar and synth), Sam Bendall-Weeks (bass) and Jack Ford (drums) formed last summer after Danny and... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Liquid State
Bristol's Liquid State are a band worth getting excited about, combining big dirty riffs, gritty basslines and pounding drum grooves with soaring, powerful vocals in their loud, unapologetically heavy brand of rock. Having won a Battle of the Bands competition in their hometown last year, they've since been hard at work on their debut EP, from... Continue Reading →
EP Review: Backroads – Faith Left Me, You Did Too
The new-found more melodic edge to Bristol metalcore band Backroads today comes to fruition with the launch of debut EP Faith Left Me, You Did Too. But don't be fooled into thinking this is anything except deliciously heavy metalcore, as the quintet of Eddie Craven (vocals), Kyle Herbert and Alex Miles (guitars, Jack Ford (drums)... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Backroads
Bristol's Backroads have honed a lyrically charged hard-hitting metalcore sound that packs an intriguing punch with a newly found more melodic contrast. The quintet began with college course pals Eddie Craven (vocals), Alex Miles and Jack Ford (drums), who were soon joined by bassist Artur Mizerski Jr. after he complimented Eddie on his Counterparts hat, then... Continue Reading →
Single Review: From Idols To Ashes – Justified
Bristol rockers From Idols To Ashes' exciting hard-hitting post-hardcore sound is back with the release of new single Justified. The track, which in typical FITA style is built around big guitar riffs from Aaron Daniel, builds on the success of this year's EP Scare Tactics, which we featured when they were our New Band of... Continue Reading →
Introducing: HIGHLIVES
This week's theme is clearly pop-punk, as we've got another British band making waves in the punk world in HIGHLIVES. The Bristol five-piece make what they describe as "happy music with sad lyrics," and "emotionally driven cheese." The band started in late 2012 as a three piece and has grown from there to their current... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: From Idols To Ashes
A few weeks ago we met Bristol post-hardcore rockers From Idols To Ashes at a Last Hounds gig in Camden, and ever since I've been eagerly awaiting bringing them to you as our New Band of the Week. Now finally that time is nigh, so get ready for something extremely exciting and very heavy to... Continue Reading →
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