When you’re far removed from everything, away on the outer rim, things can get lonely. It’s not for everyone. Sometimes, though, that distance and separation can lead to the creation of beautiful works of art. Towards the furthest flung end of Scotland, in the archipelago of Orkney, Electric Mother have…

Volcano X & Masonic Abyss (interview) Dundee has had its ups and downs in the heavy music scene over the years. At one point, it was a veritable hotbed of new talent for the genre, and, more recently, was proclaimed the UK’s most metal city on Spotify. Of course, we…

Originally posted January 26th 2020: While not hammering skins in Threshold Sicks, multi-instrumentalist, Ross Tanbini, has put a whole lot of time into another passion: Grunge. His solo project, Perfumed Tar, started off many moons ago, but only now is recorded output about to see the light of day. We…

Underground In Prydain: Fede Valls – M2TM Glasgow Originally posted 07th March 2018 As far as UK ‘battle of the bands’ events go, particularly for underground metal, they don’t come hotter than Bloodstock‘s Metal 2 The Masses. The competition sees the country light up with heavy music activity every year….

Underground In Prydain: Goes around, comes around Originally posted 01st July 2014 As stated in the last article, UP has been scouring around the ol’ interwebs in search of some interesting underground stories relating to ‘off-stage audience interaction’ (the word ‘fan’ has been seeming a little odd of late). One…