Kicking you off this morning with a video freshly released at 9:30...! XVII - "Shatter the Waves" XVII are a five piece metal outfit from Kidderminster, West Midlands. The band formed in 2012 and they play fast, heavy, full on metal! With influences from the likes of In Flames, Lamb Of God, Devildriver and Caliban, … Continue reading Video Roundup: XVII, Misteyes, The Cadillac Three, The Hiding Place, Moonfall, Were I Blind

I was pretty impressed by the lead single "Guts" which I featured on the page a few weeks ago, so asked if I could grab a copy of the EP to review. The nice people at Inception readily agreed and then I got buried in broken PCs and the start of a new term. Sorry. … Continue reading Review: The Hiding Place – So This is Home

Catching up on old emails (sorry, people!) and I came across this little gem. Midlands-based punk/post-hardcore bunch The Hiding Place's new EP So This Is Home is out on September 1st and the lead single - "Guts" - can be streamed below. It's actually a bit different from a lot of the "post-whatever" bands I've heard, … Continue reading The Hiding Place – EP out on Sept 1st

"In the past we've always written songs just so we can play them live; this time we decided we wanted to actually write a record," says Dominic Webber, vocalist of Midlands quintet The Hiding Place, recalling the creative process which came to birth his band’s new release, So This Is Home; "Some of our favourite … Continue reading The Hiding Place release new EP on Sept. 1st