LIVE: 2000 Trees Festival 2017 – Saturday

2000 Trees is now in its second decade as a festival and as the event continues to impress year after year, it happily shows no sign of slowing down. As an alternative festival that focuses on celebrating UK acts both new and old, there aren’t many line-ups that can

Pijn share new video for ‘Dumbstruck & Floodlit’

Manchester post metal collective Pijn have exclusively shared their new video for ‘Dumbstruck & Floodlit’ via the ArcTanGent Festival Facebook page. The song itself is taken from the band’s debut EP, ‘Floodlit’, which was released earlier this year via Holy Roar Records.

The Tidal Sleep unveil new album, ‘Be Water’, plus UK tour with Svalbard

German post hardcore act The Tidal Sleep are exclusively streaming their upcoming third album, ‘Be Water’, at Metal Hammer. The record will be released in the UK this Monday 29th May via Holy Roar Records, with it being released in Europe via This Charming Man Records and Japan

2000 Trees announce line up for The Forest stage

2000  Trees have announced the line up for the acoustic Forest stage at the festival this year. Hundred Reasons, Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, Ben Marwood, Tellison, Jim Lockey, Bare Knuckle Parade and Non Canon will perform exclusive sets at the festival, along with other bands who are already

Deaf Havana, Oathbreaker, Milk Teeth, The Winter Passing and more added to 2000 Trees

2000  Trees have added more bands to the line-up of this year’s festival. Deaf Havana, Oathbreaker, Milk Teeth, The Dirty Nil, Svalbard, Employed To Serve, Lemuria, The Winter Passing and more are among the latest names to join the event. They join Slaves, Nothing But Thieves,The Wonder Years, The Front Bottoms, Beach Slang,

Svalbard are the perfect soundtrack to the end of the world

Last month, I went to see Oathbreaker twice on their UK tour. Both shows were everything I hoped for from them, but something else came to my attention that I had been stupidly overlooking for years: Svalbard. While I was aware of them, I hadn’t had the chance to become

LIVE: Oathbreaker / Svalbard @ The Underworld, London

When Oathbreaker released the emotionally jarring ‘Rheia’ last year, nobody was prepared for the impact it would have. It showed a huge progression for the Belgian metal band, received critical acclaim across the board, and we named it as our album of the year. Even though people throw the

Oathbreaker, Svalbard @ The Underworld, London

Effigy confirm initial line up

Effigy recently announced the first round of bands for their upcoming weekend fest. The following acts were added to the bill: Big Business, Bossk, Whores., Brutus, Employed to Serve, Svalbard, The Hyena Kill, The Broken Oak Duet, Memory of Elephants, Goram, Dead Hands, Monolithian and Madilan. The metal/hardcore mini-fest will take

Pijn unleash debut EP, ‘Floodlit’

Manchester based collective Pijn are exclusively streaming their debut record, ‘Floodlit’, for The Independent. Containing four tracks of soaring and sombersome post rock/metal, the record will be available this Friday 27th January via Holy Roar Records. The band also have a number of upcoming shows in the next couple of