HENGE – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 5 March 2025

In pursuit of ever more bizarre music and unusual musical experiences and in part thanks to ArcTanGent and its ever expanding list of oddball alumni, Jase W has discovered HENGE. So to paint a picture, several intergalactic shaman/mystic types of varying degrees and er, species, have formed a musical outfit that produces all manner of wacky electronic songs with a smattering of psych rock to create music about mushrooms, Tardigrades, and travelling through space and all that cool shit…

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The BIG Über Rock Interview – Erja Lyytinen

Finnish blues-rock guitarist Erja Lyytinen is preparing to invite us to wake up and #SmellTheRoses with the release of her first studio album in three years. Not that she has been quiet in the interim, continuing to tour the Überverse almost incessantly. Last year was a particularly busy one, rounded off by two landmark moments – one of which was perhaps a bit surprising, as she explained…

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Über Rock Introduces… Solothurn

We ourselves were first introduced to these Northern Ireland alt-rockers when they forced us into musical #Servitude with their debut EP nigh on 18 months ago, subsequently going on to give last year’s Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition a fair oul rattling with a trio of highly impressive performances. Although on the outside they have been relatively quiet in the interim period, they have been beavering away behind the scenes, and this past week came crashing back over us in #Waves with a tsunami of a new single.

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Whitechapel ‘Hymns In Dissonance’ (Metal Blade)

Whitechapel has long been a dominant force in deathcore, carving out a legacy with their punishing sound and relentless evolution. With nearly two decades under their belt, the Tennessee-based juggernauts are set to unleash their ninth studio album, ‘Hymns in Dissonance’, a record that sees them venturing into fresh conceptual territory while also delivering a crushing return to form, as Josh B now explains…

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Benmont Tench ‘The Melancholy Season’ (Dark Horse Records)

It may be fair to say that the name of Benmont Tench, legendary keyboard player and founding member of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, may not be as well known as the huge roster of legendary artists he has worked with over the years, especially when that diverse roster includes Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, The Replacements, The Screaming Trees, John Prine, Waylon Jennings, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, the Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash… That’s some list. Now Tench takes centre stage himself with the release of his second solo album ‘The Melancholy Season’ on Dark Horse Records.

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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Maria Iskariot

With your beloved ÜR being one of the few Brexit-breaking ÜK websites with a permanent presence on continental Europe, from where we continue to fire ICBMs deep into the enemy territory that is musical mediocrity, our latest selection sees us brushing up on our rather sketchy Dutch, and listen intently as this Ghent-based punk quartet use their own language to launch a vicious aural assault on the #Leugennar, or #Liar, who is the subject of their wrath.

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