Rating - 3/5 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vexredband/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOW0rc1QY_O3TdJgYkKq-OA Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vex.red/ London based five-piece Vex Red has brought out another single from their EP “Give Me The Dark” to whet the appetite before their upcoming tour of the UK. “Air” sits in the middle of their five-track EP and was released in November last... Continue Reading →

Rating - 5/5 Listen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT_3MMDgA7U&feature=youtu.be Shropshire four-piece Chasing August appear to have been working incredibly hard for the last couple of years. Their debut, self-titled album was released in late 2018, and was followed in 2019 by three brand new singles. If most recent of which, Call The Cavalry, is anything to... Continue Reading →

Rating - 3/5 Release Date - 9th February Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Audiokicks/ Aberdeen foursome Audiokicks have been around a surprisingly long time. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2015, with the follow-up, Lost To The World, coming out last year. Their experience and vast back-catalogue can be felt in their latest single, Stuck On Repeat,... Continue Reading →

Rating - 3/5 Listen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_AGK_jOr0&feature=youtu.be A debut single, can be tough, choosing the best song you have of the few you have written to introduce yourself to the world. Estate have assesd their material well and greeted us with a great debut single, showcasing the potential they have and the talent that... Continue Reading →

Release Date - 31st January 2020 Rating - 4/5 Listen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGRExBuMUs Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/colosseums After putting out their debut single “Done” back in July new music seemed to be nonexistent from the Birmingham outfit. But six months later the band is back with their sophomore track, “Divided”. A post-hardcore influenced track decorated... Continue Reading →

Rating - 4/5 Listen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06FL-jVv98&feature=youtu.be Frost is the chilly debut single from Scottish outfit Isolates. Despite their lack of previous work, this single is bold, intelligent, and ambitious, and promises a bright future for the band. The lyrics for Frost come from the 1922 poem After The Winter by Jamaican writer Claude... Continue Reading →

Release Date - 25th January 2020 Rating - 5/5 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/takebreathx/ Listen on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ApKHUBgNw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1sSK4XVzxbKH6ivXsDtylOrCFr2LfPo_sGC5CW4EUF8ZW6wVKutMjj5Lc There is very little information about Take Breath to get stuck in to on the internet. Their social media pages have contained only a series of photos teasing the release of their debut single, “If I See Tomorrow”.... Continue Reading →

Rating - 4/5 Release Date - 11th January 2020 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sufferuk666/ Listen to the single on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yQpBkR9vYM Typically beatdown these days is dated and the common attitude towards writing new music for the genre seems to lean towards people playing guitar with no creative vision, a narrow vocal performance, and a predictable... Continue Reading →