The Hertford Corn Exchange, 28 July 2022 The Hertford Corn Exchange is one of Hertfordshire’s premier music and comedy venues. A splendid Victorian building on the main high street, it’s…
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The Red Lion, Stevenage, 15 July 2022 Pub gigs are some of the best on the circuit. The competition for live shows is at its fiercest right now with a…
They hail from the birthplace of heavy metal and draw inspiration from the West Midlands greats that influenced the course of extreme metal over the last four decades. But Iron…
The Red Lion, Stevenage, 25 June 2022 What can be better than a Saturday at your local pub for a grindcore festival? In my case, I live five minutes away…
Extinction A.D. produced the finest thrash album of 2022 so far, and their 2021 EP was just as stunning. The quartet’s muscular metallic fury and hardcore spirit single them out…
US math-grind duo, Pound, caught the imagination with their 2019 sophomore effort and are here in the UK for an extended tour of Europe. Their travels through England culminate with…
The Maopolski brothers of Sullivan County, New York are two of the most talented teenagers in contemporary metal, having composed three albums to date and supported the likes of Judas…
Sammy Urwin and Justine Jones might be the face of English metallic hardcore titans, Employed to Serve, but they’re also the curators of the UK underground and scouts of the…
Experimental doom metal has its trailblazers in the post-metal scene, but the avant-garde interpretation from Italian quartet, Messa, raised many eyebrows earlier this year. Along with American trio, Eight Bells,…