Hailing from Nottingham, Underdark is a five-piece metal band that straddles the lines between post-rock, black metal, noise and even elements of the most scathing end of post-hardcore for good measure.
Going Off – Pay the Price/Bed of Concrete
I love how you can tell what something is going to sound like just by glancing at the artwork. So, this new release from Going Off, a band I’m not that familiar with – but I’m going to say definitely hardcore? Oh good lord yes.
Demons – Under The Western Heel
Under The Western Heel splices in some of the hardest, challenging, and chaotic slabs of menacing, and altogether fun-packed moments of frantic, sweat-soaked punk rock and walls of alienating, challenging noise.
Burner – It All Returns to Nothing
This is like being set on fire and running through a paper factory, it’s absolutely chaotic, frenzied, guttural hardcore spliced with the most extreme moments of scything death metal, sprinkled with a flavour of mathcore deviance.
Down I Go – Aum Shinrikyo
Down I Go are back, and Aum Shinrikyo, their new album about the Japanese doomsday cult is their best yet. Read on to find out what we think…
Demons – Swallow EP
Demons barely have enough time to devote to this new EP, which clocks in at just under 6 minutes and consists of 4 heart-racing, blood-pumping slabs of furious, scathing noise rock.
Thank – Thoughtless Cruelty
Prepare to step into the portal of weird, your hosts, a band from Leeds called Thank who make sounds that don’t fit but you will want to know more.
Care Home – Assisted Living (Part 1)
Who are the band Care Home and why should you, well, care? Well, for one thing, it contains ex-members of Red Stars Parade, USA Nails, Whores Whores Whores, Year of the Man and False Flags.
Keep It Fast’s Top 10 Albums of 2021
It’s been another amazing year, and while I’ve not updated the blog in ages (big life happenings) these are my top 10 albums of 2021. Enjoy.
Robot Death Monkey – Druid Odyssey
It’s safe to say, Edinburgh’s Robot Death Monkey really do not take themselves seriously. Drinking strong lager, riffs, and being the finest stoner-groove machine in the land seems to be their reason for existing and fair play to them.