Mad About Rock

  South London-based metalcore unit AFTER SMOKE CLEARS have shared the first taste of their upcoming sophomore studio album, Intentions, (coming later this year via self-release) in "Unintelligent", a no-holds-barred display of unabashed metalcore fury. Recorded and produced by Meyrick De La Fuente (Exist Immortal, VEXED, Eschalon), "Unintelligent" is a blistering, brutal and honest metalcore anthem that feels in equal measure emotionally potent and acutely aggressive. The band states: "Unintelligent is a song about being treated like shit. Berated, and made to feel insignificant, the lyrics tell the story from a beginning, where you've heard these things said to you for so long you become accustomed to them, that you've become a permanent resident inside your own personal hell. The sample ‘Hell is real’ pays homage to the millions of people around the world, living in their own personal hell, sometimes being gaslit into thinking it's not actually a...

  There’s nothing more pissed off and aggressive than a young thrash band! Back in the 80’s thrash manifested from angry teenagers who wanted to rage against the system, the politicians and their lives in general.. Whilst not from the Bay in 1985, Exaust from Cwmbran South Wales, with an average age of 18, show that nearly 40 years later the thrash metal spirit is still going hard, still venomous, still full of vigor and spite and still making us want to mosh! The Band explain ‘BTC (or Bite the Curb) is a track full of drive, aggression and hate. It fits how we as young people feel with the state of some entitled people in the UK and we want to show them a piece of OUR MINDS!! We want you to feel the passion of hate as we do when you listen to this track as we unleash our emotions through the music!’ Recorded at One Louder Studio, Newport Mixed and Mastered by Blacklist & Tone Death Media, Blackpool Artwork by Yarndog Lyric Video by UK Thrashers So strap up those high tops, tu...