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Everything’s a bit weird right now isn’t? We at Bring The Noise UK hope you’re all being safe and looking after each other. Speaking of looking after people, now’s the time we could really look after the bands we love. So how can we all help the artists whose music has helped us through our hard times and been a soundtrack to the best night of our lives, now that they need us? A lot of them are trying to adapt, and use technology to help raise funds, and keep their music in your mind while you’re stuck inside. And since you are stuck inside, why not tune into some of these innovative live streams? Here’s some ways you can help...

Sheffield-based punks HAVELOCKE return with their single 'Drowning', their first new material since 2019's 'This Is Havelocke' EP. With an accompanying video directed by While She Sleeps bassist Aaran McKenzie, we caught up with the band to find out more about the new single and video, including themes, the band's new approach to writing and behind the scenes stories.

Emerging from a locked down London with the release of their debut album 'Compelled To Repeat', sludge-metal quartet Beggar are fast becoming ones to watch with their genre-bending sound. We caught up with vocalist/bassist Charlie Davis to find out more, including his first musical memory, the story of the band's formation and the square root of their combined age...

Metal powerhouse Irist display songwriting talent beyond their years on their debut album 'Order of the Mind', which is packed with influences from across the metal spectrum. We sat down with guitarist Pablo Davila following the release to talk about the band's goals, his earliest musical memory and more.

Canadian metal powerhouse Imonolith have made their mark with their debut album 'State Of Being'. Featuring ex-members of Devin Townsend Project, Threat Signal and more, the quintet have brought their wealth of talent together to produce an engaging and hard-hitting debut. We caught up with drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen to chat about the band's formation, what they want to achieve and more.

Instrumental post-metal quartet Telepathy are celebrating the release of their new album 'Burn Embrace', the follow-up to 2017's 'Tempest' which saw the band touring alongside the likes of Sólstafir and Saint Vitus. Combining a hefty mix of sludge, doom and blackened metal, we caught up with guitarist Piotr Turek to find out more about the band's interesting back story, their wide range of influences and more.

This week marks the release of Birthmarks' debut album '...And Then The Rain Stopped'. Born from the ashes of the Little Death Machine, the trio's introspective debut album combines elements of electronica, trip-hop and rock with vocalist/guitarist Daniel Cross' highly personal lyrics. We caught up with Cross ahead of the release to find out when he first started making music, what Birthmarks want to achieve and more.

This week sees the release of THE HARA's new EP We Are The Movement, and if latest single Tokyo Hit is anything to go by you can expect plenty of thumping, singalong choruses, high-energy riffs and punchy percussion. The alt-rock/pop trio's upcoming tour has been postponed until later this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but to keep spirits high we sat down with the band to hear some of their best stories from the road.

Welcome to our new Ones To Watch series! We'll be highlighting some of the hottest up and coming acts from across the globe and first up, it's Australia. The music scene in Australia is absolutely thriving, producing some of the most exciting and promising bands to emerge in the last few years. From indie to rock to metal, and even some that throw genres out the window, we've picked some of our favourites acts that should be on your radar.

After locking themselves away in a remote cottage to remove all distractions, TENSIDE are showing the world what they're made of with new album 'Glamour & Gloom'. The German metal quartet are marking themselves as ones to watch, having appeared at some of the biggest metal festivals in Europe and Asia, shared stages with bands including Trivium and Bad Wolves, and more recently spent time on the road alongside Killswitch Engage. We caught up with vocalist/guitarist Daniel Kuhlemann to chat about the band's aims, how Rage Against The Machine had such a huge impact on him and more.