Mad About Rock

Under Blackened Skies are a five piece metal band that hail from Birmingham, UK. The band have an impressive array of accolades behind them, including playing at Bloodstock 2010, headlining BasementFest 2011 (which they are playing again this year supporting big headlining acts!), featuring in an international magazine,  and playing the 02 Academy in Birmingham supporting Road Runner band, Baptized In Blood.  They will also be supporting Beholder on the 1st of March 2012, and lastly vocalist Manu Patel provided lead vocals for Daniel Lioneye (HIM's side project) on their 2011 tour of America, Canada and Finland, where they supported Cradle Of Filth (all I must say I'm a big fan of!). So I think it's fair to say this band means businesss and have alot to be proud of!!..You must be intrigued by now as to what the fuss is all about, so I think its time we get down to unveiling their new EP, "Faceless Devastation"... There are only four tracks on the EP, but f...

Melodic Metalcore band, She Screams Murder from Birmingham released their self titled debut EP on the 28 th of May which I had the honour of exclusively reviewing for Basement Sound… I wanted to ask the band about their new release, as well as the future and upcoming festivals, so I put some questions to them which were answered by Guitarist, Tom Wills. CL:  So you looking forward to playing the first ever BasementFest on August 20th? SSM:  We are very excited about being part of the very first BasementFest 2011. We have done a few gigs for Alan of the Arc show previously and we have thoroughly enjoyed every single one so this is one we have been looking forward to since the day Alan said it was in the pipeline and now its happening with us on the bill so its awesome! CL:  Are you proud of your debut EP? What's your personal favourite song on there and why? SSM:  We are extremely proud of our debut EP. We just cant see how else we could have improved it in any...