FEATURE: Morgan Y. Evans of Walking Bombs Talks Seven Influential Protest Songs

Posted on April 9, 2025 by morgan y. evans

Morgan Y. Evans – photo credit Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gomez DaPena

Morgan Y. Evans is a nonbinary musician, activist, and writer from Woodstock, NY who has been in the scene since 1993. They live in SoCal now and record as Walking Bombs, an ongoing musical project based on solo songs and/or collaborations which has included team-ups with folx as varied as Garry Brents of Gonemage, industrial pop duo VOWWS, Lis from Filth Is Eternal, Gridfailure, and Jørgen Munkeby of Shining/Emperor (to name a few). Continue reading →

FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Live at Fernhill Farm

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Duncan Evans

2024 marks ArcTanGent’s 10th anniversary. Taking place across five stages at Fernhill Farm near Bristol, the festival specialises in progressive, largely heavy music. It is Metal-orientated, but the festival’s remit also extends to other styles including Indie and Electronic Music. ATG 2024 sees over 130 bands and artists performing over three “main” days plus a warm-up day.Continue reading →

FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Part 2 – Live at Various Venues

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Duncan Evans

Friday:

On Friday’s early afternoon, Sans Froid arrive at the Elephant stage to dish out their mournful and sombre art rock.Continue reading →

FESTIVAL REVIEW: ArcTangent Festival 2024 Part 1 Live at Various Venues

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Duncan Evans

2024 marks ArcTanGent’s 10th anniversary. Taking place across five stages at Fernhill Farm near Bristol, the festival specialises in progressive, largely heavy music. It is metal-orientated, but the festival’s remit also extends to other styles including indie and electronic music. ATG 2024 sees over 130 bands and artists performing over three “main” days plus a warm-up day.Continue reading →

END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Justin Pierrot of Stormland – Top 15 Albums of 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Guest Post

We are still wrapping up all the goodness of 2023 with some fun guest posts from bands, friends, and fiends! Check out this list from Mobile-suit Gundam-inspired Technical Death Metal artist Justin Pierrot of Stormland! Justin is working on a new release for 2024, following his stellar last album, The Human Cost!

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Meshuggah and Animals As Leaders Announced for Tenth ArcTanGent Festival in 2024

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Paul Macmillan

ArcTanGent festival has announce its first 2024 main stage headliner, Meshuggah, who will headline on the Friday night as a UK exclusive. Also on the main stage, just before them, are Animals As Leaders, with an EU exclusive show. They join Red Fang, Bossk, Textures, Conan, and many others at the event next August, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Find out more below.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Filth Is Eternal – Find Out

Posted on October 4, 2023 by morgan y. evans

A lot of bands sound like they are writing their albums with a view to the live setting these days, with business perhaps more focused on big riffs or breakdowns and how they’ll go over in a club than fitting in to the overall theme of an album, or a band’s catalog. Washington’s current finest punk band Filth Is Eternal sound like a killer live band who also took the extra time at every element of their craft. From message to delivery, this is the full package.

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