Pile Up Festival – York, England, United Kingdom. Another of Riff Media’s festivals this year, Pile Up Festival will take place at the Fibbers in the city of York this coming June and will showcase a line-up doing its very best to provide the best both in known names and...
Windover – Minsk, Belarus. Hailing from Belarus and Minsk specifically, Windover are a band taking key aspects of the diversity of modern Punk music and twisting it to their needs through soaring and whirling crescendos, break-neck tempos, precision time signatures and utter catharsis. Maze is the band’s debut release, consisting of...
Over Time – Denver, Colorado, USA. Hailing from in and around the musical hub of Punk music known as Denver, Colorado, Over Time have had a busy month. The band played their first show in early May, haven’t really stopped playing more shows since and are now set to release their...
WRCKG – Utrecht, The Netherlands. (Above) Photo Credit: David Hup. We’re in Utrecht once more for another shining band in both the Dutch music scene and indeed European sphere, WRCKG. The band got in touch with us after our article on equally loud contemporaries , Dock 83 who you can find...
Fire At Will – Toulouse, France. Every once in a while, outside of the regular requests we receive from bands, artists, labels and PR companies, we do our best to scribble a few words on bands that have made a lasting impression on us. Fire At Will are such a...
Better Than Mending – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The Bristol brewed Better Than Mending can be said to be taking the crooning emotional vocals and heartfelt lyrics of the solid but indeed very emotional early 2000’s and re-invigorating them via the modern day Post-Hardcore and Melodic Hardcore scenes. Before we...
Cold Summer – Wakefield/Leeds, England, United Kingdom. Photo credit – James Akbar Photography – Click Here. Based in Wakefield and Leeds in England’s north, Post-Hardcore quartet, Cold Summer, formed in 2011 and since then have seen two self produced EPs, a full-length album, a UK tour and spots alongside some...
Vales – London, England, United Kingdom. Loud-Emotionally-Charged-Fast-Crushing-United-Kingdom-Melodic-Progressive-Far-Reaching-Big-Noise. A good friend of mine has been pestering me to write something on Vales for a while now, and as much as I could leave my musings as the simplified description above, I’ll pad it out a bit as I really think that everyone should go and grab...
Holding Absence – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom – Cover Photo Credit goes to Bethan Miller Photopgrahy: Click Here Holding Absence are five-piece from Cardiff. The band have recently released their debut single, ‘Immerse’, and about time too, as the band have been as itching as the scores of likers on...
Above The North – Lyon, France. French ferocity. Formed in 2012, Above The North are another example of the natural progression that often makes a band. Originally, the band’s sound was more focussed on a harder, riff-based Metalcore style that employed pummelling drums and break downs that were supplemented by...