_Victory Records are pleased to announce the signing of Welsh Metal/Hardcore outfit Continents.
BAND LINE-UP Philip Cross, Vocals Darryl Sweet, Guitar Duncan Hamill, Drums Tom Weaver, Guitar Dominic Turner, Bass Victory Records welcomes dynamic Welsh Metal/Hardcore outfit Continents, to its roster. Watch the full announcement video here. “We've always tried to put our own passion for our music before external influence, the most important thing for us is that we enjoy the music we play, and if other people enjoy it too then that's awesome,” said Vocalist, Philip Cross. “We like to mix elements of our favorite styles and influences, and then put our own perspective on things to see where it takes us.” Formed in 2010, Continents quickly established themselves within the UK music scene. They are five self-proclaimed “lads with a party attitude who love getting groups of people into a room who share their passion for music.” In concert, this UK bunch throws a blistering barrage of songs and energy at the crowd which is evident in their first music video from the band’s self-released single "Trials"; which received over 10,000 views on YouTube, in just the first few days. Thanks to “Trials”, in November the band was voted as a favorite YouTube UK Metal Act and was featured on the YouTube home page. They will be killing it on stage Saturday, June 30, at Leeds University for Europe's biggest indoor metal/hardcore festival, Ghostfest 2012. They will be joining the likes of Emmure, The Black Dahlia Murder, Comeback Kid and many more. https://www.facebook.com/Continentsband http://www.victoryrecords.com/continents
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REGION: COUNTRY: ITALY GENRE: METALCORE / HARDCORE This is a new initiative set out by the Global Metal Apocalypse team in attempt to exploit and promote fresh underground unsigned talent to the masses. Every so often (possibly weekly) an unsigned band will be plucked out of the abyss and showcased, and so for this week it is Shake Well Before from Italy. _Shake Well Before is a Metalcore / Hardcore band from Italy which formed in 2008. The project started with the recording of their first 3-track promo. With the video "This Butterfly Is A Dragon" the word of this Italian stallion was soon spread. After a few important concerts (sharing the stage with bands like Adept, Hand To Hand, Hopes Die Last, Post Offense, More Than A Thousand, The Dead Lay Waiting and many more) the quintet won a regional contest as the "best young band" in 2009. In the same year the band went on to record their very first self-produced EP called "Rational Painkillers Pills" during a trip in Munich,Germany and all 500 copies were sold.
Through a few line-up changes the band changed their style as well and had a rebirth. The first serious single "Watching Jersey Shore" has been out since october 2011 was recorded by Marco Mantovani (Hopes Die Last) as a taster to the EP. The EP called "Goliath" was recorded at the Fusix Studio by Andrea Fusini, well-known to the Italian music scene and released on March 2012. "Insomnia" was the first single taken of the EP with a video directed by Andrea Larosa on youtube which can be viewed here. Right now the band is promoting "Goliath" and working on brand new stuff! https://www.facebook.com/shakewellbefore Antagonist A.D. have premiered the song "Violence" from their upcoming album _'Nothing From No One' on their official Facebook page, which can be found here .
The album is set to hit stores on July 3rd through Mediaskare Records. “The new album steps in a more personal direction than our previous releases,” stated vocalist Sam Crocker. “There are still the usual themes you can expect from Antagonist A.D. with songs about animal rights, consumerism & apathy, but where it differs is dealing with anxiety, depression – feelings of alienation. I think for me, being from a tiny town on a small isolated island at bottom of the world I really started to feel that isolation – the lyrics have been a lot more therapeutic than anything I have written before.” RHYS STEVENSON FAINT YOUNG SUN - WICKFORD - POST HARDCORE / POWER POP
Wickford crew Faint Young Sun brought the armored sounds of Post-Hardcore / Soft Rock with the sauces of breakdown HP, funk-out Ketchup and Heinz 666. This is their first time they played their as of yet untitled song, with the fruitiest of breakdowns bearing a apple and cream of the crop, in tandem with a rotten pear in relation to a steamed out drummer. None the less they brought their 'A' game with them, whipping in a formidable ballistic missile of unprecedented audible sound-waves, echoing their name in their own sound of which is incomparable to other bands. Wild Wickford wizardry whips whirlwinds of wondrous wreckage around to calm the anti-carnage which seems to have stalled the crowd, but for Faint Young Sun, they may as well have won the hearts over on this one. [8.5] RHYS STEVENSON FREE A.M. - ASHINGDON - PUNK ROCK Sounding like a estranged mix of acute pop / post-punk rock this band have a screechy vocalist, but with that sounds the sensational audio noise of punk being booted out from the speakers. This is the sort of band that ups the ante from recording to live performances, whilst the guitar strumming is synchronous and the solo was insanely mental, this band brought in a party / funk feel and raised the poker stakes in that heat of the Rayleigh Battle of the Bands, musically they are similar to that of Sum 41 and Madina Lake. Free A.M. are a band bringing back the old traditional foundations of Punk Rock found in The Who, Sex Pistols and The Clash. Free A.M. however made their own sound and something new, just old roots are used as a foundation for this. [7] RHYS STEVENSON IT KILLED HARPER - SOUTHEND - PUNK ROCK / METAL This quartet unleash a torrential downpour of rock infused hardcore or so it would seem as their genre seems to be somewhat undetectable in it's easiest form, however the music itself is a semi-whitewash, coming from a progressive influence by embedding it on a watered down version of hardcore. Creating eccentric solo's, outrageous riffs and a hellbender humdinger of a matrix-cocktail from which involves mixing both rock and metal into the musical cookery pot and brewing something sensationally non-comprehensive in it's penultimate stage. It Killed Harper burdened a decent stage presence, but sadly they were the least promising of the night. There is a long way for these chaps to go before they can think of making something sound-breaking or record breaking. They brim with potential but lacked on the harnessing of the power and enthusiasm they tried giving. [6] RHYS STEVENSON ALL FOR YOU - WICKFORD - POP PUNK / HARDCORE Armed with a female vocalist, bringing more than a Pop Rock sound to the stage All For You delivers a sound that sounds far better than Paramore meeting Rolo Tomassi and The Pretty Reckless in one hit. The vocalist's vocals are left unchallenged, being one of unique sound and different to modern female-fronted bands. All For You is one of those bands that should easily be on Kerrang Radio and in Kerrang Magazine under the 'soft rock' tag, however they caused a rapture of which unleashed a chasm of interlinking musical craftsmanship with the underbelly of a meshed collection of Pop Rock, Riot Grrl and utmost intellect. Whilst the dress style clearly reflects a Post-Punk image, the music does the talking, ripping up a parallel streak of notes to awaken any nearby graveyards, so whilst the dead lay waiting to be awaken (no pun on the Swindon Metal band) by a band with enough explosive sound to challenge the British Army, the living are always awake, but in this case stand emotionally attached to this band's music. Definitely a band to watch out for, one of the more promising bands from the Essex music scene and definitely Kerrang material for sure, what with having the guts to do a cover of Jessie J's 'do it like a dude', this made JJ look like a poseur in music. [8.5] RHYS STEVENSON SOME WERE SATELLITES - ESSEX - ALTERNATIVE ROCK Climaxing on the vibes of Post-Punk / Hardcore is The Satellites, a quintet with more stomach-churning power than the Saw 'goreology'. But that's a little bit of a non-intellectual statement, in mere sincerity this band have a sack of balls more than ball sacks (no rude pun intended, unless you think that way), sounding similar to Enter Shikari munus the trance music, this quintet finalises a night full of ups, downs and the wide array of genres that have been exerted this night - even if the crowd resembled a home match of a local non-league football match. Even if they had a bout of trouble with the drums and a pun-after-pun sexual-related verbatim, this is a band with MTV stamped on their backside and a record label deal possibly in sight, mixing the best of soft popcore with hard hardcore. The Satellites are a promising upcoming band that could grab Kerrang's attention, all that's left to say is watch this band closely. [8.5] RHYS STEVENSON 2ND HEAT
SUPER CHARGER - CHELMSFORD - THRASH METAL This quartet hailing from the county town known as Chelmsford brought a string of insanity with them, a collaboration of the Thrash Metal genre and sleaze style complimented their stage presence, essentially in the style of the Brazilian Thrash metal posture, all in all this quartet bring a battering of a bruising in a fury of a fire-storm, whipping up a storm on stage in the form of a blasting of sonic audible, fury-laden, balls-scorched Thrash Metal. A band to watch out for, with a collection of riffs to rape any human senses, Super Charger are perhaps one of Essex's Metal hopefuls. [7] RHYS STEVENSON STORM OF ASHES - SOUTHEND - METAL Hailing from Southend, Storm of Ashes is a metal quintet who infuse hardcore-style vocals with a metalcore basis, but the genre is hard to pin-point. Essentially guaranteed to snap spines and murder man kind, the quintet unleashed a ravenous display of futile brutality, raw riffs and a complete array of ear-shattering musical compositions. Not to mention a catastrophic explosion emanating from the speakers of which cascaded upwards and downwards to entrance the audience into a mind-boggling jaunt of songs which concluded as a promising signal that Storm of Ashes are ready to wage war. [7] RHYS STEVENSON SLEEPLESS PARIAH - SOUTH-EAST ESSEX - METAL The heaviest and far more brutal act of the night, the South-East Essex quintet Sleepless Pariah detonate a collection of nuclear tracks to devalue any negativity possibly surrounding this Death Metal / Hardcore band. Blitzing an endless wave of eccentricity in it's most intricate form, this is due to be the next big act from Essex, sounding a little heavier than fellow county men Tides of Virtue, the break downs offer a unique sound in that the guitars do high-pitch squealing, whilst rivalling audio space with the extreme drumming. Sleepless Pariah are one of the top five new bands from Essex to watch out for. [8.5] RHYS STEVENSON ALL AT SEA - ESSEX - MELODIC HARDCORE / ROCK Not one of the better performances that night but still could have been worse, none the less Essex quintet All At Sea gave a solid performance, best they could. Mixing a soft approach of melodic rock with emo-ish hardcore to sound similar to bands like Madina Lake. None the less, these boys are certainly BBC Radio material and are sure to become a big hit in the rock scene, strange as it may be even though their performance was acceptable, they won the 2nd heat of the BOTB. So there could be something I was missing, but I am sure these guys will prepare to wreck the place once again. [6.5] RHYS STEVENSON CHASE THE ENEMY - CHELMSFORD - POP / PUNK / ALT ROCK Of all the bands that night, the most livelier rock band came out with a breathtaking performance, with vocals sounding similar to that of Hayley Williams, Amy Lee and Avril Lavigne put together, the soft but funky sound of Pop Punk eradicated all moshpits and enlivened a decent party feeling. Chase The Enemy hailing from Chelmsford gave a slap on the face to those exhausted and begged for more excitement. Playing as a quintet but sounding more like an army, Chase The Enemy may just yet get some attention from Kerrang! before long. [8] RHYS STEVENSON RAYLEIGH BATTLE OF THE BANDS HEAT 2 WINNER: ALL AT SEA |
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