Continuing to be a prominent figure for the past decade in British hard rock, Frank Carter has remained one heck of a frontman throughout different projects. Since 2015, he’s put his efforts tantalizing the scene with the Rattlesnakes. Alongside slaying guitarist, Dean Richardson continues to succeed finding their softer side with End of Suffering (International Death Cult).
What a truly intriguing mix of styles this appears on paper! A duo comprised of Punk underground overlord and current Dead Cross member Justin Pearson and hip-hop producer Luke Henshaw, Planet B are bringing so much to the table of their self-titled album (Ipecac Recordings) and are doing do with politically charged lyrics which are looking to rail against “the lack of humanity in the world…….”Continue reading
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever but to create something that will…” begins the fifth Amaranthe album, all proudly released by Spinefarm. And while this particular release may not be quite in and of itself destined to live indefinitely in our hearts and minds, as a collective, the band really must be given credit for carving a sound and style that is wholly and completely their own. Ten years deep into a healthy and prolific career, Helix not only shows no sign of letting up but feels like a second wind to launch the band into a second decade.Continue reading
What became of real pop stars? This is a question I have asked myself over and over the last few years. As we’ve lost Prince, George Michael, and David Bowie, and there is no new Madonna, Bjork, Sinead, Tori, or nary even an Alanis in sight, I wondered when the next generation of legends would come, if ever. A few years back I got turned on to PVRIS when I still lived in their home state of Massachusetts, and I heard White Noise right when it came out. Then I saw them live, and whoa, I was blown away by them. However, one of the hardest things to pull off in music is the second album. Sure you have your entire first act to create a sound and cultivate your style. People are fickle and expect a lot as fans. Much tougher to grow from that and keep it going, but PVRIS has pulled it off impressively. Continue reading
Normally, when a press release boasts that no samples were used on an album, we can infer two things about the band in question: firstly that they’re trapped in a time-loop that extends no later than 1994 and secondly that they play some kind of raw, sloppy Punk/Metal that no-one would imagine for a second used samples. For the first time in the history of music, however, there is actually a point to declaring that – if you go in to Igorrr’s kitchen-sink onslaught of Metal, dance, Balkan music, 8-bit synths and whatever else solo permanent member Gautier Selle feels like chucking in, you could be forgiven for thinking that samples play a heavy role. They certainly used to, but in the decade-plus since the first Igorrr demo was released, Selle has gradually built up both his own musical ability and his circle of connections and collaborators, until every sound on Savage Sinusoid (Metal Blade) was created specifically for the album.Continue reading
Ulver has made a career of doing the unexpected and turning it into a sublime musical journey. The uneasy alliance between artist, subject matter, and fans hasn’t always been linear, and certainly never bowing to the obvious. For some just the mere name of the band conjures up a deep well of love for their first-wave black metal releases, some 25-plus years ago. Even back then, they were the most out of the box group of artists from an era where many tried and failed to be unique. They choose to defy categorization, and follow their own pure inspiration. If you really love making or enjoying good music, old scenes don’t dictate what drives you anyway. Continue reading
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno is not shy about his love of most music that isn’t particularly metal. Several of his side projects, such as Crosses ( †††), pull heavy on the dance music genre. Now you can hear Moreno flex his vocal skills on house music star/producer Nick Hook’s new album, Relationships (Fool’s Gold Records). Moreno adds his talents to the track ‘The Infinite Loop’, which also features DJ Rashad and Nasty Nigel . You can hear it below:Continue reading
Enter Shikari released a new video for their brand new single ‘Redshift’ on Annie Mac’s BBC 1 show last night. You can watch the video for ‘Redshift’ at this link or below:
Enter Shikari is still on the road supporting both 2014s The Mindsweep and 2015s companion album The Mindsweep Hospitalized. ‘Redshift’ is produced by the band and producer Dan Weller, and mixed by Tim Bran (London Grammar, La Roux, The Verve). The video directed by Mike Tyler (previous ES videos or ‘Anaesthetist’ and ‘Torn Apart’).
Rou Reynolds comments:
“Redshift is a song about bloody good luck! On the grandest of scales! Literally! Our universe is expanding faster and faster and a few trillion years from now, everything will have sped away from us so fast that all we would see when looking out from Earth is empty space. We would deduce that we were totally alone in the universe. A lost sheep. The last and only biscuit in the tin”
Enter Shikari is heading out on tour in the UK with The Wonder Years and the freshly-reformed original line-up of The King Blues. They will play bigger venues than at any time in their career and will utilize quadrophonic sound design at every show. This will be followed up by a tour of Germany with The Qemists and Modestep on different halves of dates.
Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep Tour 2016
UK Tour
Feb 18: O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK
Feb 19: Corn Exchange – Edinburgh, UK
Feb 20: Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham, UK
Feb 22: International Center – Bournemouth, UK
Feb 23: Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff, UK
Feb 25: Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, UK
Feb 27: Alexandra Palace – London, UK
Mainland Europe tour dates
Mar 13: Autre Canal – Nancy, FR
Mar 14: La Laiterie – Strasbourg, FR
Mar 15: Trabendo – Paris, FR
Mar 17: Krakatoa – Bordeaux, FR
Mar 18: La Sirene – La Rochelle, FR
Mar 19: Zentraal – Pampalona, ES
Mar 20: Sala Apolo – Barcelona, ES
Mar 22: New Age – Treviso, IT
Mar 23: Kesselhaus – Munich, DE
Mar 24:Huxley’s – Berlin, DE
Mar 26: Paaspop Festival – NL
Mar 27: Ewerk – Cologne, DE
Mar 28: Ab – Brussels, BE
Tickets and details : www.entershikari.com/shows
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