Coming hot off of their blistering 2016 record Bottomless Pit, expectations for industrial hip-hop group Death Grips’ sixth album Year of the Snitch were high. From their tech-phobic masterpiece The Money Store, (recorded in 2011 at the height of the Wikileaks scandal) to 2015’s synth-laden trap double EP The Powers that B, the Californian trio have carved out […]
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An Emotional Journey – Interview with Robert Garbett
Playing the Exeposé Showcase at Cavern for sure, I’ve always really wanted to play there since I was a teenager Music Editor Alex Wingrave to local musician and Exeposé Showcase alumnus Robert Garbett about his influences, writing in the studio and the songs which make him get up and dance. You’ve got quite a few […]
Album Review: Of Mice and Men – Defy
It’s been an interesting year or so for the Southern California metal quartet Of Mice and Men. After founding member and lead vocalist Austin Carlisle exited in December 2016 due to health problems, many thought the band would slowly fall apart without their frontman. But instead, remaining members Valentino Arteaga, Phil Manansala, Alan Ashby and Aaron […]
‘Our fans are incredible’: An Interview with Of Mice and Men’s Aaron Pauley
Ahead of their upcoming fifth album, Defy, out 19th January on Rise Records, vocalist and bassist Aaron Pauley from Of Mice and Men gives his thoughts on Chester Bennington, the Foo Fighters and more… Firstly, what was the recording process with Howard Benson like? Howard and his team were incredible. They worked tirelessly to help us […]
A Night to Remember: Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
I remember exactly where I was when I found out that Chester Bennington, vocalist in world-famous rock group Linkin Park, had taken his own life. I was at a blink-182 concert at the O2 in London, and in an arena full of excited music fans, it was a strange and heavy atmosphere to be in, […]
There’s a Ned Flanders themed metal band called Okilly Dokilly
I never thought there’d be a day when I got to witness the marriage between two of the most important things in my reclusive, nerdy, meme-based humour filled life: heavy metal, and The Simpsons. The news is, friends, that that day has come. Okilly Dokilly are a five piece metal outfit from Phoenix, Arizona. Self-defined […]