FESTIVAL NEWS: FINAL NAMES CONFIRMED FOR JERA ON AIR
The final names have been confirmed for this summer’s iteration of the Netherlands’ best independent rock weekender, Jera On Air.
Read MoreThe final names have been confirmed for this summer’s iteration of the Netherlands’ best independent rock weekender, Jera On Air.
Read MoreSo, here we are, batterin’ and breezin’, poundin’ ‘n’ pummellin’, stompin’ ‘n’ strollin’ our way through the darkened heart and soul of another busy rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’ month here in the Überverse… We’ve the death decks fully cranked up, and the amps set so loud that the neighbours are gonna enjoy some of the finest sounds around (whether they want to not!) – just as are you, our loyal readers… so, grab a chilled beer or three and settle into your favourite armchair and enjoy our latest selection of the hottest aural delights to have come our way over the past seven days:
Read MoreHaving supported gothmeisters Cradle Of Filth back at the tail end of 2024, High Parasite – fronted by former My Dying Bride mainstay Aaron Stainthorpe in collaboration with the enigmatic Tombs – fulfilled their long-held promise to return to the dank back streets of ÜR’s hometown with this headline show, designed to showcase their brand of punked-up “death pop” in all its inglorious glory.
Read MoreThis Belfast five piece has been combining sludginess thicker than the sleech beds of the rivers that run through the heart of our mutual native city with razor-sharp punkiness and shit tonnes of positive attitude for around a decade now. A demonstration of how they believe in taking their time in doing things their own way, this new EP has been something like 18 months in the making, with the first tasters having been served up to us in the latter half of 2024.
Read MoreDespite have graced the deathdecks and stages of the Überverse for almost 40 years, it could be argued that Tyketto have been surprisingly laconic in their recorded output, with this being only their sixth album in that four decade-spanning career. But, then, their journey has been one taken by so many travellers along rock ‘n’ roll’s rocky and rollin’ highway, with break-ups, disagreements and record company screwovers and many other obstacles placed in their path: but, for the past two decades or so, frontman and founder Danny Vaughn has become an assertive figure, very much in charge of his, and his band’s destiny, and very much on his own terms. Now, ten long years after their last studio outing, Tyketto are once again back in the fight, with a line-up of both artists and songs that the singer himself regards as their strongest and most coherent in the project’s storied career.
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