Simon Mernagh went to the inaugural festival edition of underground heavy music festival Sonic Dissonance in Edinburgh.

Sonic Dissonance is a new extreme metal festival held in Edinburgh. Simon Mernagh caught up with the festival’s key architect and creative lead Bailey Junior to find out more.

Calligram have crafted a claustrophobic, unnerving but occasionally beautiful record.

Sigh truly is defined by a strong sense of identity: no other band sounds quite like them.

The interweaving of dark folk, prog and post-rock elements is tastefully accomplished, an excellent return to form for Tenhi.

Delivers a near-constant stream of consistently excellent riffs and above-average songwriting for the genre.

Yakuza have reaffirmed their well-earned status as one of the more interesting and dynamic voices operating in sludge metal.