Mad About Rock

I caught up with guitarist/vocalist, W (short for Wraith) from Extreme Metal band, Vehement from the South East UK, ahead of their upcoming Festival appearance at Mammothfest Brighton on the 30th September (tonight!) to find out what to expect ahead of the event, as well as discussing their formation over a decade ago, debut album 'Collapse' and more. So firstly can you tell us about your formation over a decade ago now? Vehement first came together approximately ten years ago when Xysor, Andras and then bassist and guitarist Nybras & Vern were brought together by a mutual friend of ours. Said friend left and since then, it's been a four-piece. How do you think your sound and band dynamics has changed since starting out? I think our sound has changed a lot since the band started out, especially from the beginning. I joined in 2009 and since then, the music has developed and changed over the years from a deliberately experimental and "progressive" sound to a ...

The UK’s spiritually irreverent death metal export Abhorrent Decimation have just revealed the title, track list and release date for the hugely anticipated album, Miasmic Mutation. Mixed and Mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Aeon, Apostasy, Bodyfarm, Krow), Miasmic Mutation is the band’s debut album and will be released in various formats worldwide on September 25th. Abhorrent Decimation vocalist Ashley Scott shares the following about the announcement, “It's been such a long time coming, I am truly honoured to finally be here at this milestone, announcing Miasmic Mutation to you all. The real joy will come when we can let you hear it and we can get out there and gig it! 1000's of hours of work and love have gone into this release. The material pushed us into a darker and heavier sounding place and I know this record will live up to and supersede all expectations. The combination of stella engineering and recording by David Archer and the final expert mix and master f...