Heavy thrash metal with a fine balancing of the creative freedom to play and the conceptual, atmospheric intention of a bigger project – Ankoth delivers a deadly force of intense metal pace and weight, with the unmistakable Danu’s Decline.
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Original music fearlessly blending genres, for an eclectic twelve-track album that’s consistently shifting – Eternity the artist lights up the space with the heavy bass and soul-funk of You Are My Groove, before we head further into the depths of Find Me.
Created and driven by the desire to profile women who have conquered immense struggles and tests in their lives, The Unshakeable Woman Podcast is a conversational indie podcast that shines light on some of the most interesting and inspiring women of our time.
Prior to the upcoming Gifted N Blk event at Windsor’s iconic Other Space Arts CIC, we caught an interview with organiser and host Faith, to find out more about the inspiration for the shows, the booking process for artists, the ideas behind it, the venue choices, and plenty more. Here’s the conversation in full. * … Continued
Funky guitar rhythms and riding bass lines, a female vocal distantly mixed for a kind of pop-rock meets shoegaze recording aura, later evolving through something of a traditional folk to rock fusion of styles – Lady King & The Aces roll with the creative punches, for Smooth Sailing.
Originally penned for a stage play exploring a 1960’s folk musician who falls in love with an actress, Butterskies makes note of Martin Leroux’s influences amidst James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, following the singer’s equally vulnerable and evocative voice, through a slowly evolving soundscape of subtle additional strings and peaceful summer imagery.
A breath of fresh air – organic and heartfelt, intimate and unplugged; the authentic sound of folk music and storytelling with purpose, pain, and possibility all scattered throughout its makeup. Roy’s Orb present a beautifully nostalgic, stylistically simple yet conceptually complex account of the human experience, with Phosphate.
What begins as a mellow acoustic number, soon evolves through moments of near heavy metal, progressive rock, and even electronic hard-rock. 3mind Blight is the genre, essentially, and these thoughts and creative outbursts form a melodic and enchanting tapestry of fearless revelation and vulnerability.
Creatively bringing together a timeless synth and dance-pop arrangement, with deeply personal lyrics and a boldly distinct vocal sound – Revived Echoes delivers a poetically complex ode to romantic longing, with Hypnotised.
Confidently walking the line between the profoundly personal and the broadly accessible – Denver-based artist Jaid captures a sense of intimacy and vastness united, for the all-consuming soundscape, provocative reflections, and uplifting energy, of his latest single Last Dance.
From the mellow to the outright untraceable in pace and presence, Joe’s guitar-work shines with natural charm throughout this seductive gem of a blues-folk track. The voice and guitar feel born to perform together in this way, and underneath we get a simple, nostalgic blues groove, a meandering bassline and beat combination, with some modest keys and synths adding a sleepy gospel vibe to an already alluring fusion of traits.
Perfectly encapsulating the implications of its title, and seamlessly blending the ferocity of metal with the essential embrace of rhythm, concept, character and even melody, Death Culture fires up a brand new album with a powerful opening track, and proceeds to impress throughout the intense and addictive Man and Machine.