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REVIEW: False Reality - FADED FEATURES
A few months after the release of their album FADED INTENTIONS in November 2025, FALSE REALITY, a mosh pit ready, hardcore piece from London provides fans with extra goodies. Comprised of vocalist Rachel Rigby, guitarist Dave Connolly, bassist Joe Cornwell, and drummer Louis Dale, the band although fresh is already gaining traction with household names such as SPEED featuring on their first album. FADED FEATURES takes a select few from FADED INTENTIONS and baptizes them into
Renée Bennett
Jun 153 min read


COVER: FALSE REALITY is the Out Of Rage Artist of 2025
As a band built from a wicked infusion of hardcore, thrash, and the extreme, meeting through shows in the London scene and creating a project that pulls together the best of the genres' abrasive foundations, FALSE REALITY are defined with Faded Intentions . Whilst the record has only been released in November, throughout 2025, they’ve sown the seeds to make this full-length debut a knockout for the UK underground. After a year of making their presence known with the release
Spencer Cunningham and Amber Brooks
Dec 11, 20254 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: False Reality, Sovereign and Divine Hatred
“I shouldn’t have worn a tracksuit to a show!”, exclaims FALSE REALITY vocalist Rachel Rigby. Since the release of the London hardcore quartet’s latest record, Faded Intentions , the heat behind the band had been amplified tenfold, and the response sweltered - packing out the infamous Boom Leeds with a horde of sweaty moshers. With her head down and pacing the stage quickly, she has a moment to think before screaming that she’s lost a nail. Joking that “you can’t take the
Amber Brooks
Nov 23, 20254 min read


REVIEW: False Reality - Faded Intentions
London’s FALSE REALITY are not a band interested in half-measures. Since their formation in 2023, they’ve become one of the city’s most explosive live forces. Their upcoming debut album, Faded Intentions, is a record that finds clarity through chaos, shaped by years of immersion in the scene and unafraid to rip up its rulebook. Pulling together threads of every corner of the alternative ecosystem, from beatdown and thrash, to grunge and even shoegaze, hardcore rarely feels t
Zuzanna Pazola
Nov 10, 20254 min read


The Top 10 Bands To See At No Play 2025
No Play Festival is around the corner, and what better time than now to get your ticket to support independent music festivals and see...
Libby Percival
Aug 29, 20254 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Manchester Punk Festival
A constellation of seven local venues mapped out the weekend’s entertainment at Manchester Punk Festival, shining with brilliant...
Amber Brooks
Apr 24, 20255 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Heriot, Grove Street and False Reality
The U.K. heavy music scene has never been more back! Heriot are a band that don't fit in any single genre (they just siege!) they...
Alex Long
Apr 17, 20253 min read
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