Tag Archives: Hardcore

Gig review: BASEMENT – Electric, Bristol, 21 September 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by jason

Basement are back! After 6 long years of festivals and US tour dates, the Suffolk-based quintet played 5 dates across the UK. My months of eager checking of their social media had finally paid off, and I was lucky enough … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 21 September 2025, alternative, Anxious, Basement, Bristol, Dynamite, Electric, gig, Hardcore, indie, Midrift, punk, review, rock, shoegaze | Leave a comment

Album review : VISION OF DISORDER – Vision of Disorder / Imprint (2 CD Deluxe Digipak)

Posted on February 24, 2025 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 28.02.25] The early nineties was a strange time for Heavy Metal. US band, Vision Of Disorder emerged from a morass of subgenres and splinter groups, all following different paths, all pursuing different objectives, mostly with … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews | Tagged Cherry Red, Dave Sardy, Doom Metal, Hardcore, Hendrix, Imprint, metal, Rammstein, review, Vision Of Disorder, VOD | Leave a comment

Album review : HATEBREED – The Rise Of Brutality / Supremacy (2CD Deluxe Ed)

Posted on July 14, 2023 by brianmc

Cherry Red [release date: 14.07.23] “Heavy Music is this cleansing, therapeutic and cathartic experience for so many”. So says Jamie Jasta, frontman of US Grammy nominated, Metal/ Hardcore band, Hatebreed. No surprise then to learn that his band are longtime … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews | Tagged album, Black Label Society, Grammy, Hardcore, Jamie Jasta, metal, reissue, Slayer, SLIPKNOT | Leave a comment

Album review: TOXIC REASONS – Reissues

Posted on September 4, 2022 by jason

Kill By Remote Control, Within These Walls, Bullets For You, In The House Of God, No Peace In Our Time, God Bless America Audio Platter [Release date 21.10.22] Formed in Dayton, Ohio, USA, in 1979, Toxic Reasons were a punk … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged albums, Audio Platter, best of, Hardcore, punk, punk rock, reissue, review, ska, Toxic Reasons | Leave a comment

EP review: DRAGGED UNDER – We’ll Do It Live

Posted on July 11, 2021 by jason

Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group [Release date 06.08.21] Dragged Under were formed from by former members of Rest, Repose in 2019. In just a few short years they have released their debut album (last year) and had a number of line-up … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged album, Dragged Under, hard rock, Hardcore, punk, review, We’ll Do It Live | Leave a comment

EP review: RANDOM CONFLICT – Ruined Nation

Posted on March 31, 2018 by jason

[Release date 30.03.18] Muscle Shoals Alabama punk stalwarts Random Conflict have followed up 2016’s brilliant Black List EP with a brand new EP entitled Ruin Nation. These guys have been a consistent favorite of mine since coming onto my radar … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged EP, Hardcore, punk, Random Conflict, review, rock, Ruined Nation, Slayer | Leave a comment

Quick plays: SAVIOUR, JIMI ANDERSON GROUP, GARY ‘GUITAR’ LAMMIN

Posted on January 10, 2017 by jason

SAVIOUR Let Me Leave UNFD [Release date 13.01.17] Saviour hail from Perth, Australia having started out in 2011, releasing their debut album in 2013 and then they went on hiatus until October 2015. This is the band’s second album and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged albums, Before Beyond, Dave Goodman, Gary 'Guitar' Lammin, Hardcore, Jimi Anderson Group, Let Me Leave, Long Time Comin', melodic, metal, Quick Play, reviews, rock, Saviour, Sctratches, The Bermondsey Joyriders | Leave a comment

Album review: VANNA – All Hell

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Dillon

Pure Noise Records [Release date: 08.07.16] Vanna are becoming one of the fastest growing bands in metalcore. With every new release the band amass even more followers and every new release the band step up their game musically, most notably … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews | Tagged All Hell, Hardcore, Hardcore punk, metal, metalcore, punk, Vanna, Void | Leave a comment

Gig review: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL SOUTH – The Forum, Hatfield, 31 May 2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by jason

Mallory Knox - The Slam Dunk Festival South, 31 May 2016

Photo by Ian Collins Bank Holiday Monday and the train from Kings Cross is packed full of alternative kids with more face metal and stretched-out earlobes than you can shake a stick at. Among them is the odd old person … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged festival, gig, Hardcore, Hatfield, Mallory Knox, metal, Panic At The Disco!, punk pop, review, rock, Slam Dunk South, The One Hundred, We Came As Romans, Yellowcard, Zebrahead | Leave a comment

News: 7 Bands to Watch – Download 2016

Posted on March 19, 2016 by jason

Here GRTR!’s Dillon Grant casts his expert eyes and ears over seven of the ‘must see’ bands at this year’s Download Festival. You can read the full article here including some who just missed the cut. Download 2015 reviews 7. … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS | Tagged alternative, Atreyu, Breaking Benjamin, Download, festival, Ghost, Gojira, Hardcore, Havoc, metal, Neck Deep, rock, The Amity Affliction | Leave a comment

Gig review: ENTER SHIKARI – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016 by jason

The King Blues – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016

Enter Shikari, a band renowned for their live performances, be it in the living room of bassist Chris Batten’s parent’s house (see video for ‘Sorry You’re Not a Winner’), the summer festival fields or in this instance, Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Enter Shikari, gig, Hardcore, metal, punk, review, rock, the King Blues, the Wonder Years | Leave a comment

Quick plays: STEVE LOGAN, MRS FRIZZLE, DEADLOCK NCHC

Posted on June 22, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

MRS FRIZZLE Queen German’s can’t do pop. At least not convincingly. Or if they can, I can’t think of a single one that has managed to cross over to the world market. Mrs Frizzle are not likely to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged album, Deadlock NCHC, Deliverance, Hardcore, metal, Mrs Frizzle, pop, Queen, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Steve Logan, The Fill-In's | Leave a comment

Gig review – THE BLACKOUT – The Garage, Glasgow, 26 March 2015

Posted on March 30, 2015 by david.wilson

The music business is a fickle world. A couple of years ago I had a chat pre-gig in Edinburgh with Gavin Butler about the band’s then new release, the album ‘Start The Party’, and the band’s upcoming festival dates at … Continue reading →

Posted in GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 26 March 2015, Gavin Butler, gig, Glasgow, Hardcore, Jim Davies, live, metal, review, rock, Sean Smith, Start The Party, The Blackout, The Garage, Wales, Wolves | Leave a comment

Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 5 November 2014

Posted on November 9, 2014 by david.wilson

I last saw The Blackout in action at this venue back at the start of the year. Since then the band have been through a lot of trials and tribulations ending with the band splitting from their record company and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged 5 November 2014, Gavin Butler, Glasgow, Hardcore, Harry Radford, Heartless, Jim Davies, Kevin Miles, King Tut's, live gig, metal, Mitch Bock, rock, Sean Smith, The Blackout, Wales, When We Were Wolves, Wolves, Yashin | Leave a comment

Gig review: ESCAPE THE FATE – Electric Ballroom, Camden, 30 October 2014

Posted on November 2, 2014 by jason

Thursday the 30thof October 2014; the Camden nightlife is buzzing, the air outside is cold and I am dragging my reluctant 46 year old father to see hardcore rock band Escape The Fate. It’s been a good long while since … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Camde, Electric Ballroom, ESCAPE THE FATE, gig review, Glamour The Kill, Hardcore, New Year's Day, post-hardcore | Leave a comment

Single & EP reviews : WHEN WE WERE WOLVES, TEN PERCENTER, ASA, SHAFT OF STEEL

Posted on August 23, 2014 by david.wilson

WHEN WE WERE WOLVES – Heartless EP Self Release [Release date 22.09.14] When We Were Wolves are a post hardcore fivesome from South Wales. They formed in 2011 and Heartless is their second EP. Later this year they will be … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, Single and EP reviews | Tagged alternative, AOR, Asa, Dead Again, EP, Fight Of Your Life, Hardcore, Heartless, I Could Never Say, melodic rock, metal, Mitch Block, review, rock, Shaft Of Steel, singer, songwriter, South Wales, Ten Percenter, The Blackout, Tigerpunch, When We Were Wolves | Leave a comment

DVD review: LIVE AT WACKEN 2013 – 24 Years Louder Than Hell

Posted on July 30, 2014 by david.wilson

UDR [Release date 04.08.14] For the last 24 years a small village in Northern Germany has become the centre of the heavy metal universe for one weekend of drunken antics, sloppy mud and loud music. Welcome to Wacken Open Air! … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS | Tagged 2013, Alestorm, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Black Messiah, Chrome Molly, Corvus Corax, Deep Purple, Die Kassierer, DVD, Hardcore, Heavens Basement, heavy metal, Lingua Mortis Orchestra featuring Rage, live, Motorhead, Nightwish, Northern Germany, punk, review, rock, Sabaton, Sonata Arctica, Thunder, UGLY KID JOE, Wacken, Wacken Open Air | Leave a comment

Album review: SHAI HULUD – Reach Beyond The Sun

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. Hardcore is a genre that operates within clearly defined parameters and which obeys strict rules; it is a genre that’s long been associated with massive simply-crafted and highly energised Punk-sounding riffs and passionate shouting vocals. … Continue reading →