Malvina – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil ‘Hybrid warfare is a military strategy that employs political warfare and blends conventional warfare, irregular warfare and cyberwarfare with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy, law-fare and foreign electoral intervention’ Malvina. A band from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. A band that are…
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RXPTRS – South West England, United Kingdom. New bands are always an exciting prospect, especially when from the initial outset they display an interesting sound with the potential to expand and define. The south west/Bristol’s own RXPTRS fit this criteria rather well and have gone from strength to strength over…
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The History Of Flying Objects – Montreal, Québec, Canada Cover photo credit: Ryan Andrade. Now, I’m not saying this is a now a bonafide genre but the best way to – on the surface at least – understand the likes of this Montreal four-piece would be Post-Metalcore. Metalcore being the…
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HavenHurst – Montreal, Québec, Canada Hailing from the city of Montreal in Canada, it is safe to bluntly describe the four-piece known as HavenHurst as ambitious, determined and technically proficient, with the band’s third release, Grounded, only perpetuating such a straightforward labelling. In short, the band adore melody but juxtapose…
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Blowing Silence Down – Haute-Normandie, France. Cover photo credit: Guillaume Vilgrain. The European music scene is one of strong variety and a welcoming “anything goes” mentality. Bands from the UK, US and of course a multitude of European nations, populate bills, tours and festivals so regularly that through either through use…
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Dutch Elm – Newcastle, England, United Kingdom. The genres of Post-Rock and Post-Metal are renowned for their long, drawn, out seemingly eternal sonic-epics and their ability to invoke such an imagery upon the mind. They are genres that are often seen or rather heard to be the perfect soundtracks to…
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Underwing – Arendal, Norway. Arendal, Norway is home to five human beings with a penchant for the odd riff. Said odd riff – or more truthfully riffs – are inspired by every ones favourite moody Rock go to, Grunge, alongside other groove laden, heavy yet playful tones warped by a…
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Napoleon – Exeter, England, United Kingdom. Ah, Metalcore. Not many current visible Rock sub-genres can claim to have had so much commercial success while also attracting so much scorn and derision as this, one of the most divisive of the bunch. From it’s 90’s underground beginnings with bands like Earth…
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P S O T Y – Peterborough/London, England, United Kingdom. ‘We play music with few words. Always dark and always heavy.’ In my experience within the underground writing game, when a band is visibly “up to something” after a period of either absence or at least limited activity, it’s an…
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Eryn Non Dae – Toulouse, France. Abandon Of The Self via Toulouse progressives Eryn Non Dae is a Metal album from an underground movement that a lot of the more “mainstream” and or popular Metal addicts either aren’t aware of or simply don’t liken enough to the token well-known names of…
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