Monuments ended their EU and UK tour together with Heart Of A Coward and I Built The Sky with a blast in London. Following the release of their latest single ‘Animus’ (2020, via Century Media Records), the British progressive metal outfit comprising vocalist Andy Cizek, both guitarists John Browne and Olly Steele, bassist Adam Swan … More Monuments – o2 Academy Islington
Imminence headed to the Garage in London as part of their ‘Turn The Light On: Album Tour Pt. II’. The Swedish alternative metalcore quintet comprising vocalist and violinist Eddie Berg, guitarists Harald Barrett and Alex Arnoldsson, bassist Christian Höijer and drummer Peter Hanström are known for their emotive and ambient sound, combining soaring guitar riffs … More Imminence – The Garage, London
Northlane ended their Europe and UK leg of the Alien Worldwide Tour with a blast at the Kulturzentrum Schachthof in Wiesbaden. Following their sold-out London show (read here) earlier in December, Northlane, Polaris and Void Of Vision continued the tour in Europe (mainland) with their last show being at the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Wiesbaden. With … More Northlane – Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
Holding Absence ended the year with their biggest show to date and sold out London’s Scala. The Cardiff based emotive hardcore quartet comprising vocalist Lucas Woodland, Guitarist Scotty Carey, drummer Ashley Green and bassist James Joseph just released their highly anticipated debut album ‘Holding Absence’ (2019, Sharptone Records) earlier this year before touring the UK … More Holding Absence – Scala, London
Northlane ended the UK leg of their Europe and UK tour with an incredible sold-out show at the Electric Brixton. The Australian metalcore quintet comprising vocalist Marcus Bridge, both guitarists Josh Smith and Jonathon Deiley, bassist Brendon Padjasek and drummer Nic Pettersen are known for their atmospheric ambient sound mixed with heavy breakdowns, buzzing guitar … More Northlane – Electric Brixton, London
Being As An Ocean headed to the Islington Assembly in London as part of their Europe and UK tour run. The American post-hardcore band Being As An Ocean just released their latest full-length album ‘Proxy’ (2019, self-released/Believe) before hitting the road to support their latest release. Currently comprising vocalist Joel Quartuccio, lead guitarist Tyler Ross, … More Being As An Ocean – Islington Assembly Hall, London
Polaris went on their first UK and Europe headlining tour and played a sold-out show at The Dome. The Australian metalcore band comprising vocalist Jamie Hails, both guitarists Rick Schneider and Ryan Siew, bassist Jake Steinhauser and drummer Daniel Furnari started the year touring with Architects and came back for their first solo headlining tour … More Polaris – The Dome, London
Another year with a line-up of both up-and-coming artists as well as more established bands, based around the punk, emo and metal music scene at Slam Dunk Festival 2019. Every year around the May Bank Holiday, Slam Dunk Festival takes place in usually three cities in the UK being Leeds, Hartfield and Birmingham, presenting both … More Slam Dunk Festival 2019
The Word Alive are celebrating their ten-year anniversary as a band and just finished their Europe and UK tour with their final gig in London before heading to Slam Dunk Festival. The American post-hardcore quartet comprising vocalist Telle Smith, both guitarists Zack Hansen and Tony Pizzuti, as well as drummer Matt Horn have been around … More The Word Alive – The Underworld, Camden
Fare well, Carcer City. The Liverpool based metalcore band Carcer City headed out on tour for the last time as they decided to call it an end with the last stop of the fare-well-tour being the Black Heart in Camden. After twelve years of being a band and two full-length albums, Patch (vocals), Lewy … More Carcer City – Final gig at the Black Heart
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