Picture standing inside a concrete bunker while a massive mechanical thunderstorm erupts overhead. That total sensory takeover hits the second Dead/Asleep launches into ‘Victimless’. The opening air-siren synth paints a scene of total emergency before a wall of down-tuned guitar chugs collapses directly onto the tempo. Independent music rarely arrives with this degree of absolute […]
Masks offer a profound sense of freedom and X-Anonymous understands that better than almost anyone in the current underground circuit. Their latest offering Claim It All rips through the silence with a hunger that feels remarkably earned and fiercely independent. This track is not really about vanity because the Metalcore collective has chosen to let
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The air in the room shifts when ONEWAY kicks into the opening bars of Addicted and it feels like the walls are sweating under the weight of a secret that can no longer be kept. There is an immediate sense of gravity here because this is a song about the center of the storm where
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The air in a sweaty basement club feels different when a band like UNB4RRED rips into a track like Hail Mary because it hits with the weight of an anvil dropped from a skyscraper. This alt-rock trio from the Brighton and Norwich scene has managed to bottle the lightning of frustration and release in a way that
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“A whirlwind of operatic intensity and complex metal arrangements that marks the turning point of a trauma-fueled narrative odyssey.” Heavy music has always thrived on the collision of the beautiful and the brutal but rarely does an independent act find the sweet spot between those worlds with such cinematic flair as Oïkoumen on their latest
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“A cinematic surge of heavy guitars and melodic weight that cements Subtle Monster as a rising force in the independent metal scene.” The air feels thick with anticipation the moment the first notes of Vestige hit and it is clear that Subtle Monster is not interested in playing by the rules of generic radio rock
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If you’ve been reading a lot of my reviews, I’m geared towards simplicity over technicality, but what if you have an album that balances both simplicity, technical mastery, and skillful execution? ALL I LIVE FOR had just released their sophomore LP, ‘Into The Ether.’ Join me as I discuss this record at length and read
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