Reviews

Ever on the look out for new talent we’ve come across the Never Means Maybe boys a few times. About bloody time we gave them a bit of space on Invasion we thought. Have a read, check them out.

Want some banging new music in your life? Having just played a cracking set at last weekend’s Hevy Fest and with the hype machine beginning to grind into action, this is one we’d recommend…meet Heights.

Time for some new bands for you to check out. Meet Woking’s Collapse the Control who are mixing trance and hardcore metal vibes together for your delectation.

Check out brand new post hardcore band ‘Out For Tomorrow’ who promise you good things for the future.

This is the fourth official release from South West UK’s ambient prog metal outfit Devil Sold His Soul, and their second studio album; previous releases include the 2005 EP ‘Darkness Prevails’, a split EP release with Tortuga (2008) and debut album ‘A Fragile Hope’ (2007). Just like its predecessor, ‘Blessed and Cursed’ is distinctly epic, hauntingly beautiful and has the classic Devil Sold His Soul mark stamped all over it.

Hardly able to resist literally sinking our teeth into this album, the anticipation of what was to behold with releases ‘Sons of Apathy’ and ‘Crystal Clear’ providing such a tantalising tease, there was no persuasion needed to listen to the album once, twice, thrice… Repeat.

This band have always proved themselves more than worthy of an acclaimed rock title, with their live performances setting free their songs and letting us all in to become entranced and impassioned by their conviction and screaming talent on stage, we’re looking to see them swiftly climb the ranks within the industry.

For a band little known to the chart world before Katy Perry sauntered her sexy little ass all over them, 3OH!3 seem to making a habit of picking up the hot chic’s these days, with new song ‘My First Kiss’ featuring rebellious glitter queen Ke$ha. Doomed to be another hit it must be hard for the boys keeping up their appearances, with these music minxes throwing vocals all over their hits.

Sheffield melodic metallers While She Sleeps are aiming to hit a saturated underground market hard and fast with this, their self produced, debut mini album, ‘The North Stands for Nothing’ out on 26th July on Smalltown Records.  And it sounds massive! The 6 tracks and 2 interludes (including a beautiful piano intro) of pure driving [...]

If you weren’t lucky enough to make it down to the premiere special screening in May at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, the wait is over, you too can now experience the visual feast that is a Porcupine Tree live and from the comfort of your sofa or bed no less!

Just a few reasons why you should check out Sam Little. Step inside acoustic rock lovers….

The foursome hailing from Essex have been plugging away for a few years now and despite a few hiccups and trials along the way they profess to feeling stronger than ever. They say on their MySpace page that they want to prove all their doubters wrong, so lets see what they have for us shall we?

We feel a bit cheeky sticking these guys in the Invasion section…they’re been around the block a bit and have played some outstanding tours. That said you might not have heard of them yet. And if you have you can check out what your old pals are up to lately. Come and say hello to Fei Comodo.

Fun. release debut album ‘Aim & Ignite’ to a buzz within the UK music scene created by thier perfectly crafted and irresistible pop songwriting. Opening track ‘Be Calm’ hits you with rich harmonies combined cleverly with strings and brass to create an edgy sing-a-long that sets the tone for this album

We are actually quite surprised by Anarbor’s album ‘The Words You Don’t Swallow’, because after seeing them live – they honestly really disappoint, but these 11 tracks from the 4 piece from Pheonix, Arizona are actually not that bad to be fair. A pleasant surprise even if we do say so ourselves.

Southampton’s premier pop-punk band would like you to go check them out. And we think you should too…they jump, they spin, they play brass instruments. And they’ll make you want to dance a bit.

Verses are COOL! And that statement alone should be enough to entice you to click the link to read more. Honestly it should…

The South coast of the UK really is a busy breeding ground for wicked new bands. And here’s another of those bands, Torquay’s alternative rock band Chick Rides Artist.

So after what seems like a monumental break in between albums and various vocal issues with lead singer Matt Tuck, Bullet For My Valentine are back with new album ‘Fever’. The long wait means they have a lot to prove to their patient fans. So when the opener ‘Your Betrayal’ kicks in with a pounding, almost military drum beat, we get a good feeling, the kind we imagine a boxer would get as he makes his way down to the ring

Ten Second Epic first caught our attention when we saw the video for lead single ‘Every Day’ Featuring fellow canadian Lights. A perfect pop rock song in every way. When we received ‘Hometown’ through our letterbox we were eager to see if the rest of the album would hit the spot just as well.