Turbulent Music

With the band rounding out their UK tour to promote their fifth and perhaps most diverse album, "Loss," the mixed crowd is telling of just how far Gaerea have evolved, from their black metal origins to a wider appeal incorporating clean, atmospheric vocals and melodies, while still giving long-time fans their fill of blast beats and heavy vocals.

Winter At Sea's performance wasn't about volume, spectacle or instant gratification. It was about patience, interplay and atmosphere. In the intimate surroundings of The Camden Club, those qualities found exactly the space they needed.

The Fierce & The Dead - Regional Theatre album review. Sixteen years into their career, The Fierce & The Dead remain gloriously difficult to categorise. Regional Theatre finds the London quintet at their heaviest and most melodic, combining dense riffs with experimental textures without sacrificing their trademark unpredictability.

Winter At Sea - Hearts EP Review. Across one 20-minute release divided into five movements, the London collective Winter At Sea move between eerie stillness and mounting turbulence, producing their most assured and ambitious work to date.

Four days of glorious alternative music and a number of farewells as ArcTanGent is hosted at Fernhill Farm for the last time. Photos by Charlotte Bates @turbulent_music ArcTangent gallery link here Across four days at Fernhill Farm, the UK’s most adventurous heavy festival again proved that its greatest strength is not simply its booking of big names but also the way those names sit beside the obscure, the experimental, the devastatingly heavy and the utterly unique without

Westside Cowboy – 'It Goes On' Album Review. For a band crowned one of Britain’s most exciting new guitar prospects after winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition and building a tremendous reputation on the live circuit, the temptation to overcomplicate their debut must have been substantial. Instead, the Manchester quartet have delivered an album that understands the power of good guitar, a memorable melody and four musicians who genuinely sound like they have a dee

2000trees 2026 review. Four days, a very sunburnt community and countless hidden gems. Welcome back to 2000trees After another year of amazing live music, 2000Trees refused to let anything dampen the weekend, including temperatures hitting a scorching 36 degrees. If anything, it reinforced why this festival has become the gold standard for alternative music in the UK.

From multiple Grammy wins to anonymity, we speak with SusAF about the vision behind it ahead of the release of the latest track.

Outbreak Festival 2026 Review: Hardcores home turf.If there was any doubt that Outbreak Festival has cemented itself as the UK's home of hardcore and alternative heavy music, this year's edition set the record straight.

OUTBREAK'S EVOLUTION: HOW THE UK'S BEST DIY FESTIVALS HAS BECOME ONE OF ITS MOST INCLUSIVE.This weekend, around 7000 hardcore fans will pack into Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre for another chapter of Outbreak Festival. Beyond the chaos of stage dives and circle pits, Outbreak has quietly become one of the most important festivals in UK alternative music.

2000trees Festival 2026: The UK’s Most Beloved Alternative Weekender Levels Up Again

Bloodstock 2026: 25th year celebrations of the independent heavy festival

BLACKGOLD - Newcastle: Northumbria Uni SU - Reds. 24/04

Waterparks - The Prowler Tour - London O2 Forum Kentishtown 26/03/26

Ekoh - London O2 Academy2 Islington 20/03

Less Than Jake - UK Winter Circus - 1st March at O2 Academy Brixton 01/03/26

Electric Ballroom in Camden hosted a night to remember as American metal/ hard-rockers Fozzy returned to London for the first time in 5 years and set the room ablaze! With Support from Marisa And The Moths and Tailgunner, the entire night was filled with stage theatrics, colourful lighting and hard riffs. Full Fozzy gallery here Marisa And The Moths - pretty filthy, filthy pretty grunge UK-based alt-rock, grunge-inspired band Marisa And The Moths started the night and set the

"This ain't even politics, This is fucking war" Waterparks, "God's favorite boy band", are known for their highly energetic genre-bending sound, have taken a bold step with the newest release, ICE . The track stands with its heavier style but also a sharp political commentary, challenging listeners to think critically about the current social and political issues surrounding Trump, Epstein and forced deportation. With Knight stating the lyrics wer e written over a beat in the