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2020 has already seen Loathe go from strength to strength, playing packed out headline shows across the UK in support of their recently released sophomore album 'I Let It In And It Took Everything'. Over the last two years the experimental metal quintet have proven their worth on the live circuit, touring across the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and China alongside the likes of Beartooth, Architects, While She Sleeps and more. With appearances at Download Festival and Sunstroke Festival also confirmed for June, we caught up with guitarist Connor Sweeney to hear his top tips and stories from the road.

Australian four-piece MOBS are throwing back to the musical and cinematic era of the 1980s with their debut album 'Cinema Paradiso', drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Collins and combining that with the newer elements of The 1975 and LANY. Making their UK debut later this year at The Great Escape Festival, we caught up with MOBS to find out more, including their aims and what we can expect from their upcoming live show.

The new decade is off to a flying start for London-based heavy pop quartet Electric Enemy. After launching with their debut single 'Climb' from the Isle Of Wight Festival main stage in 2019, their recently released second single 'Save Me' comes ahead of their shows supporting Bang Bang Romeo. Written in a matter of minutes, we sat down with lead vocalist/guitarist Jim to find out more about 'Save Me' and its coinciding video, of which you can get an exclusive first look on Bring The Noise UK!

VASA have once again unleashed their chaotic, feel-good post-rock energy in the form of their second release, 'Heroics'. With their debut considered a modern classic of the post-rock genre, the pressure was on! We caught up with guitarist Scott Coupar to get his thoughts...

God Damn have been making waves this month with the release of their self-titled album, which they recorded live over the course of just a few days with the legendary Sylvia Massy. We caught five minutes with God Damn in the midst of their UK tour with Baba Naga to find out more about the band's formation, what they want to achieve and more.

Biff Byford and his band Saxon were one of the first bands to spearhead the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' movement towards the end of the ‘70s. So what do you do when you’ve been the vocalist of one of the finest heavy metal bands, for over 40 years? You make a solo record, of course! We recently caught up with Biff to talk all about his debut solo album, 'School of Hard Knocks'.

This month saw the release of 'Heroics', the new album from Scottish post-rockers VASA. Ahead of the release the quartet unveiled a video for 'Mini-Boss', a song that serves as an open letter to victims of bullying. Wanting to know more we sat down with drummer Niall MacRae, who directed the video alongside Alice Restrick, to talk about why 'Mini-Boss' is a standout track for the band and stories behind the video.

After releasing their debut album 'Chlorine' and spending 2019 playing as many shows as possible, including tours with Hüsker Dü’s Bob Mould and Kadavar, Berlin trio PABST are back with 'Ibuprofen', the first taste of their forthcoming sophomore album. Also marking their first new material in a year, we caught up with the band to find out more about 'Ibuprofen' including themes, changes to their writing process and behind the scenes stories from the video shoot.

THE GURU GURU released their new album 'Pointing Fingers' last month and now the time has arrived for the Belgian quintet to bring their chaotic songs to UK stages, touring alongside Poly-Math. We caught up with the band ahead of the dates to hear their top tips and stories from the road.

Featuring eleven tracks that were born from guitarist/vocalist George Pauly's trauma both during and after the mass shooting at Las Vegas' Route 91 Festival, 'GOLDY' is The By Gods' most vulnerable and expansive work to date. Pushing themselves out of their comfort zones on their fifth album, we sat down with Pauly to delve into their latest single 'Try So Hard'.