We first were introduced to Leeds indie punk rebels Sunliner back in the teeth of the first lockdown, when they proved they were ‘Far From Average’ – at least to the ears of our former colleague John Bedard, who was driven to declare that “if this is the kind of music we could expect on the radio I would start turning it on again! Now, two-and-a-half further down their journey, they have just released their debut full-length album.
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This self-titled debut album by Änterbila, the most recent addition to the Nordvis community, is described as “a conceptual homage to the struggles of the 18th to 20th-century peasantry in their home country of Sweden… the anguish and fury of the downtrodden are embedded in every fibre of a musical score ranging from – and transcending – what would traditionally be categorized as black and folk metal”. The PR blurb goes on to tell us that “lurking amidst the metallic darkness are passages featuring violin, acoustic guitar, and traditional arrangements… [a] formula [that] has produced a collection of songs deeply imbued with that wistful, sinister, and folkloric feeling present in various Nordic masterpieces by the likes of Storm, Isengard, Taake, Panphage, and Arckanum”. Sounds intriguing, so lets get into it…
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Our latest introduction to a hot new band sees us travelling to the land down under to hook up with Perth hardcore four piece Pincer+, who have just released their declarative debut EP, the brilliantly tilted ‘Hunting God Tapes Vol 1: Violence’. So, we took the opportunity to touch base with guitarist and chief songwriter Josh Ang to find out a bit more about their back story, the state of the musical Überverse and where they see things going from here… as well as, of course, his thoughts on the great “pineapple on pizza” debate!
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Originally a solo project by singer and multi-instrumentalist Will Hunter, Vévaki are a folk band which draws from Nordic heathenism and animistic traditions. Myth, ritual and a connection with the natural world inform Vévaki’s music, which is both contemporary in sound and wide-ranging in instrumentation.
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Iconoclast and multi-tasker Henry Rollins has announced an extensive run of one-man spoken word shows for next year.
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