TMMP caught up with The Sun Explodes a week ahead of the release of new EP The Calm, The Storm (reviewed on TMMP here) to talk origin stories, advice, and the band’s plans for the remainder of 2015… Read more…
Armed with an arsenal of killer riffs, slinky licks, intelligent lyrics and off-kilter rhythms, The Sun Explodes are blazing a path toward somewhere fresh and challenging. While many modern prog-metal bands continue to ride Periphery’s coattails, these guys are pushing into new territory – and the results of their efforts are very, very cool.
There is a distinct sense of transition rather than arrival on Read more…
Imagine a Japanese tech-metal band distantly orbiting Planet SikTh, and augmented by Yuuri of Outside The Coma. Think grim post-rock atmospherics, tangled and tortured riffs, and frenetic beats.
Sounds sick? You bet. And below, you’ll find Read more…
No Consequence have made a name for themselves on the back of fragmented metalcore melodies and twisted tech riffs – and Speechless marks their ascension to a new evolutionary level.
Drawing influence from the likes of Read more…
If your face is feeling too solid for your liking, this is the track you need to get it melted off. This is about as far from chirpy, cheeky and cheerful as you could ever hope to get. Read more…
Sometimes a band’s endorsements say it all. Exist Immortal affiliates Chapman Guitars have made a name for themselves as supporters of a new generation of fresh-thinking musicians – and so it comes as no surprise that this tech-heavy album stands as a prime example of that generation’s capabilities.
Exist Immortal do with their influences what this guy does with everything from iPhones to hockey pucks. Meshuggah. Fear Factory. Devin Townsend. Will they blend? Apparently so – and further than that, they Read more…
Katana-sharp guitar tones, throat-scarring vocals, über-polished production, one-click kicks, punchy nut-tight polyrhythms and searing solos – all are present and correct on Virus, an eight-stage set of immense tech-metal tracks. It’s unlikely your grandmother will warm to Read more…
If you’re a metal fan in a relationship, and you’re not sure whether your other half is really The One, try this simple test:
Step 1: Read more…
If it takes 3o years for a genre to be considered “Classic,” then mathcore is more than halfway to grey-hair territory. Considering that Calculating Infinity has been around for 16 years – and mathcore itself can be traced back through Deftones-style alt-metal, seventies prog and fusion bands, odd-meter-loving jazz maestros, and…well…heroin – it’s amazing that Read more…
Al Heslop of Creative Control Studios seems to be the go-to guy for Surrey and Hampshire’s top instrumental post-rock bands. It wasn’t too long ago that For Astronauts and Satellites dropped their Creative Control-enhanced album A Homing Light – and now long-time TMMP favourites Eschar have their first full-length album ready to go, in the form of Nova. Needless to say, the production suits the music perfectly.
The Eschar name is synonymous with Read more…