There’s something about January in London that makes heavy music hit harder. The nights are long, the city feels bruised around the edges, and there’s a collective hunger for something real. Reality Unfolds understands that instinct better than most. Returning to the New Cross Inn from 16–18 January 2026, the festival marks its fourth year as one of the UK underground’s most vital independent gatherings for hardcore, screamo and extreme music. Built on DIY ethics and communit

From the grungy sound of OHBOY!  to the indie-pop danciness of SARPA SALPA , and most recently the hook-laden heft of UNPEOPLE ’s massive riffs, Meg Mash  has run the gauntlet of the UK’s DIY music scenes across the last couple of years. However, when a chronic illness diagnosis - in Meg ’s case, a particularly severe bout of COVID-19 - caused them to have to exit UNPEOPLE for the sake of both her mental and physical health, the possibility of touring as a career instantly we

You'd think that when deathcore heavyweights BEYOND EXTINCTION  are getting in the zone to play a show, they'd live up to their status of being one of the biggest rising stars in extreme music. As they're bombing it down the highway blasting the silky tones of DURAN DURAN  and SPANDAU BALLET  - their picks, of course - the band are anticipating an intense set, wall-to-wall with brutal bangers. “You should hear what we play in the van!” begins guitarist JUDE BENNETT “You'd ima

As a long and tumultuous year draws itself to a close, we all tend to look back across that very year and reminisce. For some, they may look back at wonderful memories of their friends or family, or perhaps a beautiful place they visited, or even a brilliant new experience they had - but here at Out Of Rage, we don't care at all about any of that. We scrapped the family photos, forgot the weekends away, and don't recall a single experience OTHER than listening to all of the b

2025 has been a massive year for Out of Rage; we've had larger shows, broader coverage, and most importantly, a whole host of new contributors joining us, many of whom had their first experience shooting gigs or writing album reviews. As the end of the year draws close, we asked our new writers and photographers: what's been their favourite part about joining Out of Rage? Joining Out of Rage has given me so much experience as a writer and photographer. It's opened my eyes to

Just over a week ahead of dropping their first self-released EP, ‘Masquerading Self,’ we sat down with Mike Evans and Joe Johnson of rising nu-metal band, Profiler. The duo shared their thoughts on the new, exciting era they are stepping into, and they reflect on the differences during the writing and releasing process this time around. Evans states, “It’s fairly different, it’s gone really well, obviously the numbers aren’t as big and we don’t have the same reach, but we’ve

With the newest release from San Francisco's CHOKECHERRY , Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls is out for the world to hear - it’s a brilliant debut album that is sure to ensnare any lover of shoegaze and alt-rock. As they gear up to hit the road for their major US Tour, the band took the time to talk influences, nerves and nostalgia. We spoke to both vocalists, Izzie Clark and E. Scarlett Levinson and wasted no time diving into the band's origins. The two met through the incredibly

On his day off from The Confessions of a Sinner tour, NATIVE JAMES sat down to take stock of the rapid recognition of his sound, being a vehicle for making memories and using music as a mode of community. “We were able to do two stages in one day, got an encore the first time on the second stage”, he told OOR when the conversation turned to their double Glastonbury sets this year. “We weren't expecting the love we were gonna get.”  Photo: Cameron Dickson He continues, “That

On the third floor of Bread & Butter, the iconic Shoreditch café in London, Ian Shelton , frontman of MILITARIE GUN , leans back and smiles. There’s a calm to him that contrasts the turbulence behind the band’s latest record, God Save The Gun —a project that’s unflinchingly human, darkly honest, and, at times, surprisingly funny.   Shelton has spent the past three years crafting the album, wrestling with addiction, trauma, and cycles of self-destruction, all while trying to