Author: Team Uber

Insurgent – ‘Sentient’ EP (Self-Released)

Birmingham is a city that holds a pretty special place in Jonny B’s heart. Not only did he live there for five years, but his adventures with the Aston RockSoc during that time are definitely a contributing factor to his, err, eclectic music taste. As a result, the big lad still finds himself with a bit of an affinity with the Birmingham music scene (it is the ‘Home of Metal’ after all) to the point he finds himself drawn to bands from the area when they pop up at ÜRHQ. When such a band also claims to incorporate elements of prog metal too, he couldn’t resist checking them out…

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Über Rock Introduces… Afterlife

Hailing from West Palm Beach, Florida, new kids on the nu-metal block Afterlife are about to share some of the sunshine state’s warmth with their new album, ‘Part Of Me’, which is being released by Hopeless Records – yes, we know, the label is better known for its pop punk output, but that doesn’t mean they can’t push the boundaries a little bit – next weekend. So, that presented us with the perfect opportunity to catch up with singer Tyler Levenson to find out a bit more about the band and what makes them tick…

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – WARD XVI

As the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 16 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights grow brighter by the day, and life starts to return to some sense of normality, a healthy slew of new music, perhaps more than at any other time in ÜR’s history, continues to ping itself our way, and especially in the continuing tsunami of submissions we receive for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ award… Yes, as we’ve said on multiple occasions, one constant throughout the vagaries of inconsistent and often hard to stomach lockdowns is the amazing level of adaptive creativity that bands and video directors the length and breadth of the Überverse have continued to show, often in the most adverse of circumstances.

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The BIG Über Rock Interview – Gatto Panceri 666 (Nanowar Of Steel)

Jonny B recently had the chance to catch up with Gatto Panceri 666, bass player and founding member of Nanowar of Steel (who have been Über Rock favourites for a good while and are so far the only band to have won our coveted #VideoOfTheWeek award three times) to talk about the new album, ‘Italian Folk Metal’, and ask a few burning questions of his own…

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The BIG Über Rock Interview – Empyre

Don’t you just love the smell of rock ‘n’ roll in the morning? Or in the afternoon? Or in the evening? Or any time at all, in fact? Well, we at ÜRHQ certainly do, and we’re glad to say that we are starting to enjoy that heady, musky, unmistakeable aroma once again, as life starts to return to some sort of normality after 18 months of chaos and turmoil, and most of us are able to get out and once again enjoy the pleasures of a live show…

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