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Continue reading →: Employed to Serve, Cage Fight and Bind., The Waterfront Studio, Norwich 24.3.26One of the best things about seeing a touring band play in a smaller city like Norwich is that you will often get to see a great local band that you may never have heard before. This not only helps the band get valuable exposure, it also bolsters the local…
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Continue reading →: Bleed From Within, Disembodied Tyrant, Baest – Epic Studios, Norwich –Has modern British metal gone soft? If you could time travel back to the mid-2000’s, the country was blessed with a magnificent selection of bands pushing out the heaviest, rawest deathcore, death metal, mathcore and combinations of these and other sub-genres. Fans of a heavy riff and even heavier breakdown…
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Continue reading →: Sylosis and their mini festival in Kentish TownOn the 20th of February 2026, british metallers Sylosis released their 7th studio album “The new Flesh” via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has been touring Europe since mid January, and on release day they brought the tour on home turf, hauling half a festival heavy lineup with them onto…
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Continue reading →: Press Release – Black Orchid EmpireAhead of new album ‘Lore’, Black Orchid Empire release new track ‘Scissormouth’. BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE create huge, memorable rock music that combines heavy-hitting savagery with intense melodic beauty. Their technical, fearlessly complex grooves and gigantic sing-along choruses have already earned them a widespread fanbase. A ferociously tight live band, BLACK…
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Continue reading →: Jinjer – A Masterclass in Technical Meets EmotionalWhat better way to end a long, cold, damp, never-ending January than with a show that’s pure talent, grit, technicality and resilience, in other words, a Jinjer show? We caught Jinjer in the middle of their European Duél tour, named after their latest LP released back in February 2025 via…
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Continue reading →: Lastelle, Seven Blood, High Regard @ The Fighting Cocks, Kingston 21 January 2026Three songs in to their headline set, frontman Adam Rigozzi declares: “Now, we normally finish our sets with this song. But tonight, we’re playing Exist in full baby…” Breath Me In is one of the signature tracks from their most recent album, released across two EPs in 2024 and 2025. It’s…
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Continue reading →: Born of Osiris – Heavy, Technical, Chaotic in the best of waysProg metal, Chicago born five piece Born of Osiris took over the historic The Underworld in Camden on January 18th, following a very last minute venue change from The Islington Assembly Hall. With some of the best and weirdest deathcore and metalcore modern bands in tow, this was one of…
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Continue reading →: Beyond The Black – Storytelling and Showmanship at its finestSymphonic metaleers Beyond The Black took over the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on January 16th, as part of their Rising High tour, delivering a strong, emotionally competent and visually striking performance. Armed with two almost polar opposites for openers, one leaning more into the experimental side of metal (Seraina Telli)…
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Continue reading →: Annisokay – The Garage takeoverIs there a better way to start a year filled with gigs, tours and festivals but with the insane energy that Annisokay is known for bringing to any stage? I seriously doubt it. On January 15th German post-hardcore group brought an electric set to a packed out Garage, famous venue…
