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Interview: Henrik Steenholdt of Empyre

Northampton-based Empyre are set to release their stunning new album ‘Relentless’ on March 31st. Their first for highly-acclaimed label Kscope. The quartet launched the album with a listening party in a cinema, followed by a full gig later that night. Frontman Henrik Steenholdt joined us to talk about the listening …

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Review: Papa Roach – Alexandra Palace, London

When it was first announced that Papa Roach were set to support Don Broco on the UK leg of their world tour, the internet went absolutely crazy – to have such a legendary group support Rob Damiani and co. was a massive prospect, with the four Bedford lads now having …

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Review: Marcus King – SWG3, Glasgow

This is another first for me, my first time at SWG3. Situated on the river Clyde just outside the main hustle and bustle of the city centre, SWG3 was a former galvanisers and TV studio that has been transformed into a hub for live music, clubs, and art exhibitions. First …

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Review: Phantom Elite – ‘Blue Blood’

Has it really been six years since Napalm Records unleashed Exit Eden onto an unsuspecting public and in doing so, created one of the best surprises in quite some time? The international symphonic metal supergroup released an album of cover versions of well-known pop and rock songs, and the videos …

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Introducing: Arctic Dreams

Arctic Dreams is a Serbian-German sympho-industrial-black-death-metal band originally founded in 2009 in St.Petersburg, Russia by Alex_Y (vocal/guitars/music/lyric) and Syd (bv’s/guitar) and based in Belgrade, Serbia. The band was a studio project for more than 10 years, but in 2020 they decided to return to full-fledged activities. What are the origins …

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Introducing: Segmentia

Finnish pop-metal outfit Segmentia is a fireworks display of several music styles based on heavy and pop-influenced sounds. Jere, drummer and main songwriter of Segmentia drew the short straw and filled in the blanks on our introduction to Segmentia. What are the origins of Segmentia, how long have you been …

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Interview: SKYND

Uber-creative, true-crime-inspired duo SKYND is the creative outlet of singer SKYND and producer/multi-instrumentalist F. An extensive European and UK with Ice Nine Kills launches in April and SKYND was on hand to talk about the tour, as well as discuss the true-crime cases that have led to SKYND music and …

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Review: Empyre – The Black Prince, Northampton

For hotly-tipped rising UK rock outfit Empyre, it made perfect sense to give their loyal fanbase the first chance to hear the forthcoming new album ‘Relentless’ in a cinema. If ever there was a UK band that served up their music in widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio as opposed to shitty …

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