Whereas many of their contemporaries of the noughties’ British alt rock scene have faded into obscurity, Essex boys InMe have steadily pressed on throughout the last decade with consistently solid releases. Their sixth record ‘Jumpstart Hope’ continues their steady journey, albeit mostly trades the volatility of their earlier output for something a good deal more introspective.
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Rightfully regarded as one of the most legendary bands within the extreme metal spectrum, Napalm Death still continue to astound with the sheer variety and unpredictability of the music they produce. It’s been a long wait for new material since 2015’s furious ‘Apex Predator – Easy Meat’, and though the band are in full swing for a new touring cycle this year they aren’t yet ready to put out a full release, opting instead for the 7” ‘Logic Ravaged By Brutal Force’. Spread across just two tracks, the band take a decided left turn into almost post-punk melody on the title track, sounding decidedly more Killing Joke than their usual snarl would entail.
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An early start after a late night of being Hagrid in work sees our travelling gigaholic take in some of the finest doom and stoner bands forging a name for themselves at the moment, under the umbrella of APF Records and curated by Manchester’s Stonebaked Promotions, who ran the Sniff The Riff festival we covered a year and a half ago, again priding themselves on having no band clashes. The short train hop across done, it was time for the big lad to take in some neck breaking musical delights.
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As usual, we received almost 100 submissions vying for the coveted industry title of our ‘Video Of The Week’. And it takes a lot for the winners to fight their way to the top. We do apply a number of criteria, of course: these include no straight-to-camera performance pieces, while lyric videos also tend to be be relegated to the bottom of the heap. Not that this is to dismiss the worthiness of the songs or the format in which they are presented, as all unsuccessful submissions are added to the longlist for our hugely popular Singles Club feature… Having said that, who proved to be the creme de la creme and grabbed the honours this week?
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A new challenger to the progressive scene, RADAR Festival has just unveiled its second announcement – and it is an absolute corker to say the least.
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