Stevenage trio, Good Cop, associate with the cluster of powerviolence and hardcore bands in North Hertfordshire, but their sound is far different to their peers. Led by vocalist, Alfie Sell,…
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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…
Powerviolence quartet, Trading Hands, features some of the most recognisable names from the extreme metal scene in the English home counties. SBR readers might know one or two of them.…
Trappist and Connoisseur are two of California’s strangest hardcore acts, so it makes sense for them to come together for a split album. The former draw upon their love of…
London-based duo, Death Goals, are familiar names in the south east powerviolence scene centred around Hertfordshire. Harry Bailey and George Milner are also members of cult band, Chinned, and both…
To those of you for whom lockdown is like an inescapable citadel, Portugal’s Bas Rotten might be the band to help you smash through the walls. Throw away that chisel…
Grindcore and powerviolence are interchangeable at times, but a concoction of death metal and powerviolence is something a bit more niche. California debutants, Scalp, are keen to merge the two…
American power violence outfit, Gulch, have the ear of the underground with their ultra-heavy hardcore. Like many bands from their genre, they don’t care much for melody or expanding their…
Hertfordshire’s Chinned are a ferocious live act. Singer, George Milner, warms up on stage with cross-body shoulder swings and screams in the face of the audience. The bass player soundchecks…