Some would say hardcore rules the roost in the Teesside club gig circuit. As a result there’s plenty of savage competition to stand at the peak. Tonight’s four band bill at Bad Medicine Rock Club of Climate Of Fear, Heavy Lies The Crown, All At Sea and Taller Than Trees is loaded with rabid, heavier than heavy hardcore bands. The newest of the four and first up, Taller Than Trees make their début [...]

Javelynn‘s debut release ‘Chimaera At Heart’ makes glorious use of frontwoman and former Ashbury Heights singer Yaz’s vocals which smoothly change gears from track to track. Moving from melodic and soulful, to bubblegum electro pop and even adding a bit more of a rock bite at times her voice is easily the most lasting impression to come from this album. That being said, the subtle and effective use of guitar gives [...]

Download are now one short of the big four as 14 new bands are added to their 2012 bill. Megadeth immediately leaped out of their latest release, joining fellow thrash heroes Metallica and metal gods Anthrax on what’s shaping up to be quite a stellar line up across the June 8-10th weekend. Joining Mustaine’s metal metal mongers in the latest 14 are Slash featuring Miles Kennedy, Rise Against, Steel Panther and many more[...]

Prominent steampunks The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have found themselves up against record label Goliaths EMI in a trademark battle over the title of their 2010 debut ‘Now That’s What I Call Steam Punk! Volume 1′. As owners of the compilation franchise ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ EMI are pressuring the act to rebrand their early release. [...]

Sludge metal monsters Mastodon have just released their brand new animated video, and let us say, it’s one hell of a trip. The newly premiered video for the Atlanta based bands track ‘Dry Bone Valley’ is a mix of live action and animated footage directed by fine artist Tim Biskup, that dazzles and confuses. You could quite honestly call this video a psychedelic rainbow nightmare[...]

Techno-punks Junkie Kut dropped their début single ‘Pixel Picture’ on the 25th November. Under the heavy beat of their high bpm rain, the band blend coarse electronic noise with guitars to create something brutal and strewn together in keeping with a sort of post apocalyptic cyberpunk attitude. Despite a clunky name ‘Pixel Picture’ has sticking power and manages to carve something distinctive out of its rhythmic noise. [...]

Teesside hardcore upstarts Taller Than Trees are preparing to make a mark on the northern scene. Early glimpses show the five piece as an act with a sound in the vein of Comeback Kid with catchier riffs and in a discernibly more English flavour. The quintet features Paul Gent on vocals, James Spence as drummer, Johnny Reardon and Craig Brudenell on guitars with Ben Leighton on bass.[...]

The dust has settled and all 14 new acts on the Download bill have been confirmed. The slightly over eager Soundgarden upstaged the second wave of announcements by releasing the latest version of the event’s official poster over 4 hours early for one brief moment, which is all the time you need on the internet for the news to spread everywhere. Since then
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