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Read MoreTour Diary: Coilguns in the UK, March/April 2013.
Last March/April Swiss hardcore/metal band Coilguns toured through the UK for a week. Guitarist Jonathan Nido wrote this extensive tour diary for Ech(((o)))es and Dust, which contains a bunch of exclusive live videos besides the usual chat of what a good breakfast is all about.
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Read MoreInterview: Tom Begley from Bossk
Bossk were one of the UK’s leading lights in post-metal and the heavy scene at large. After releasing two excellent EPs and extensive touring they unfortunately broke up in 2008. However, the band announced their return to action last year and are ready to pick up where they left off, and maybe more. Phil Johnston recently caught up with bassist Tom Begley, to find out what Bossk have planned this time around.
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Read MoreEchoes of the Past 11: Urusei Yatsura – We Are Urusei Yatsura
Simeon Ralph confesses that he owes his music taste to a fat curry eating Welshman…and waxes lyrical on the genius of Scottish noise rockers Urusei Yatsura.
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Read MoreZoon van snooK – The Bridge Between Life & Death
We don’t need to go to Reykjavik to experience the atmosphere of Icelandic music since Alec Snook, aka Zoon van snooK, decided to bring us a piece of Iceland into our homes with his new album. – By Daniela Patrizi
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Read MoreEnemy Reign – Tormented to Oblivion
Fear the rain…wait…that’s not right…. – By Ryan Stephenson
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Read MoreFat White Family – Champagne Holocaust
I never listen to new bands and hope they were ‘the next big thing’ but I kind of feel this about these gents. Champagne Holocaust feels like the real deal and with the mainstream music scene is as crushingly boring as it’s ever been, there has been no better time for a genuinely nasty band to come and give the mainstream a hard kick in its deserving arse! By rich Collins
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Read MoreSofy Major – Idolize
Imagine you’re in a French band and you’re in Brooklyn recording your next album and then Hurricane Sandy hits and you lose everything. Finishing an album this awesome shows a lot of willpower. – By Sander van den Driesche
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Read MoreThe Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer
There are many facets to The Dillinger Escape Plan sound, there’s a complexity to the songs that requires attention. Give them your attention and be rewarded. – By Geoff Topley
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Read MoreMagister Templi – Lucifer Leviathan Logos
All in all, Lucfer Leviathan Logos is a successful record. Musically, it is spot-on. Vocally, it could use a little work. – By JH Statts
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Read MoreRough Hands – Rough Hands
Could this be the first attempt to take over the modern hardcore mantle in the U.K.? – By Berns von Bernington
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Read MoreScorned Deity – Adventum
These Motor City devils keep on moving. – By Ryan Stephenson
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Read MoreThe National – Trouble Will Find Me
A pleasant enough release which will no doubt be well-received by their fans, but it doesn’t go anywhere exciting. By Darren Saunders
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Read MoreMelvins – Everybody Loves Sausages
This may be a covers album but it is still very much a Melvins record full of all of the weird, abrasive catchiness we have all come to expect from them. – By Michael B. Hayden
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Read MoreQuickbeam – Quickbeam
I hope I’ve managed to convey to you just how incredible this album is. I don’t think I can satisfy myself with whatever I write that will do the band true justice. You must hear it for yourself, you must enrich your life with Quickbeam’s music. By Geoff Topley
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Read MoreJust Handshakes – Say It
The band may have taken their time to release Say It, but it’s been worth the wait. Just Handshakes? Forget that, get over here and give me a big hug. By Kev Scott
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Read MoreHidden Currents – ArcTanGent Festival
Festival co-founder Simon Maltas takes us behind the scenes of what is sure to be one of THE events of the summer, ArcTanGent Festival… – by Hannah Morgan
