Heavy with the weight of hard-rock yet melodic and contemplative in line with a devoted solo songwriter, Coty Calloway’s COMPROMISED pierces through the noise of the scene with a nostalgic and mighty presence.
Metal
Mourning Sun are a band who whole-heartedly commit themselves to the attitude, angst and intensity of metal, yet also weave in that crucial element of musicality and audience-awareness.
“A million eyes stare at me with despise, A million lies swarm about inside my mind…”
Beautifully capturing the vastness of the space, with ideally produced vocals and guitars introducing what proves to be an epic and emotively rooted journey, Bridges Ablaze deliver an intense and immersive new-metal classic.
Name Your Price is stunning, refreshingly original, purposeful, soulful and intense, gritty and gentle – juxtaposition masterfully incorporated.
LA new-metal outfit Hollywood Nightmare deliver the perfect fusion of melody, passion, distortion and pace, with their brilliantly immersive anthem The Rayne. From the outset we’re embraced by this multi-layered soundscape, the band utilising contemporary production as much so a classic metal guitars and live drums. The leading voice drives through an emotive story and … Continued
Latvian artists Skultik and Reinis Liepa bring two worlds together, with creative originality and conceptual depth combined.
Standing tall on the strength of intention and eclecticism combined, alternative rock outfit Lokella promise to engage and energise, with their deeply human and musically powerful album As We Unravel.
“People should start building instead of destroying. Reconnecting instead of disconnecting. Striving towards peace, not war. Because, unless we do so, all that’s left is destruction and a dead world.”
Brilliantly-captured guitars lead with distortion and heavy riff-work, backed by the equally energising crash of live drums, as hard-rock outfit Signal Static craft an original song of both anthemic and emotionally poignant roots.
Strength of songwriting and band-unity stand tall from the outset, as alt-rock fourpiece Circle Creek hit the scene with their energising new project The World Is On Fire.
Songs of pain sung with joy and devotion to the moment. An inspiring release, boldly personal yet broadly accessible, offering some of the very best tracks and performances of his career.