Tragedy struck Polaris in June this year during their European festival tour when guitar prodigy, Ryan Siew, passed away in mysterious circumstances that have still not been confirmed. As the…
Tag: metalcore
Other than Church Road Records, is there a label more successful than the US-based Prosthetic Records when it comes to discovering and nurturing the UK’s best new bands? Venom Prison,…
Moscow’s In Vision enjoy the pomp of classical music and the aggression of metalcore. They also have a fondness for the aching-heart melodrama of goth music. Put these three things…
Tyneside metalcore quartet, Rituals, are brimming with confidence after winning Kerrang! Radio’s ‘The Deal’ competition this year. It bagged them a recording contract with Marshall Records and a slot at…
With a Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) collaboration in the works and his metal supergroup, Killer Be Killed, to keep him occupied, you wouldn’t expect Greg Puciato to form another…
Dutch metalcore quintet, Endeavour, are a good indication where the genre is right now. It seems that the bands from this mature scene of immature angst-driven young men want to…
Vexed released one of the best debut albums of recent years in 2021. Culling Culture carved out its own niche in the borderlands of deathcore and progressive metal and received…
Alberta metalcore quintet, Arrival of Autumn, take their name from a lyric in Opeth’s 1998 song, ‘Demon of the Fall,’ but you’re more likely to detect Fit for a King…
Hertfordshire metal quartet, Before the Sirens, have supreme confidence in their song writing skills and an unusual humility to accompany them. Alun Davies (vocals/guitar), Adam Aldridge (bass), and Chris Tidey…