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LIVE FROM THE PIT: I Prevail, Polaris and GORE
With playful banter and declaring that “we are all a family here”, I PREVAIL continue to perform to their hearts content on the UK leg of their tour. With their last appearance being at Slam Dunk 2024 and last tour in 2023, I PREVAIL seized the opportunity to play their latest album, Violent Nature. The American metalcore and pop punk band chose to play Alexandra palace for their UK tour, exciting fans with a fully standing pit. Joining the tour were Texas metalcore band, GOR
Theviya R Karunaharan
Oct 13 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Desire/Lines, Tailblock and Retail Parks
On a Tuesday night in mid-September, you'd expect people to be avoiding the creeping longer nights or watching the Bake-Off. But at The Lady Luck in Canterbury dozens of people mill about inside and out, here to cheer on their homegrown bands and find the best upcoming music from Kent. Five-piece RETAIL PARKS are first to warm up the crowd, fuzzed guitar ringing out on Aim Up while lead singer Jack Saunders paced back and forth into the front row for alt-emo anthem You Are My
Julia Stark
Sep 273 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Rain City Drive, Honey Revenge, Belmont
It was a weekend-eve party in Club Academy last Thursday as Rain City Drive and Honey Revenge played the Manchester leg of their joint European tour, bringing Belmont along for the ride. Every set was high energy and full of personality
Julia Brunton
Feb 65 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Call Me Amour, Fort Hope and Royals
ROYALS had ignited movement, FORT HOPE had widened the emotional field, and CALL ME AMOUR had pulled everyone into the centre and held them there. It wasn’t just a gig — it was immersion, release, and connection rendered tangible.
Mia Gailey
Dec 17, 20254 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Mouth Culture, Beauty School and Heart Sauce
Since bursting into the UK alt-rock scene in 2021 with their debut EP ‘These Days Mixtape’, Leicester based trio Mouth Culture have made an immediate and unforgettable impact, blending the raw catharsis of angsty rock with the restless energy of pop punk. Since then they’ve kept themselves firmly planted in the scene and have made it known loud and clear that they are the ones to watch.
Ophelia Henry
Oct 29, 20254 min read


LIVE FROM THE PIT: Sinsaenum, Deandra, Damim and Die Ego
Is there a better way than spending Friday night out than listening to metal? Absolutely not.
Especially when SINSAENUM are in the city!
Katerina Stepanikova
Oct 23, 20253 min read
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