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 →
Introducing: Battalions
"Big dirty riffs with horrible vocals," this wonderful phrase sounds like the perfect Halloween listening and tells you everything you need to know about the sludgy, stoner rock sound of Hull's bearded behemoths Battalions. The quartet of Phil Wilkinson (vocals), Peter Cross (guitar), Matthew Dennett (bass) and Matt Walker are belligerent champions of the UK's underground rock... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Barbarian Hermit
With a name like this, how could we possibly not name Barbarian Hermit as our New Band of the Week? And when you hear their music, which they delightfully describe using the 3 G's of "Gargantuan, groove and gravy," our choice is only further validated. The Manchester doom and sludge scene super-group are proud creators... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: URNE
London metal newcomers URNE deliver a deliciously brutal mass of thrashy, sludgy riffs cast against surprisingly melodic vocals that have us very excited about this brand new band. Formed out of the ashes of Hang The Bastard, the trio of Joseph Nally (vocals and bass), Angus Neyra (guitar) and Rich Wiltshire (drums) have swiftly carved their own metal... Continue Reading →
Introducing: St Fenton The Tainted
Intense nudity and Capri Suns, stagnating water and chicken blood, witches and... mist. These wild and wonderful talking points sound like the musings of a madman, which they may very well be, but they're also a few of the more random topics that come up when we spoke to 'damaged sludge metal two-piece hog punching... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Hundred Year Old Man
We're starting 2018 as we mean to go on by making our first New Band of the Week of the year the brilliantly bleak, relentlessly heavy Leeds-based doom sludgers Hundred Year Old Man. The six-piece of Tom Wright (guitar), Steve Conway (drums), Aaron Bateman (bass), Paul Broughton (vocals), Dan Rochester-Argyle (keys and vocals) and Owen Pegg (guitar and vocals) - plus... Continue Reading →