Hailing from Bristol, alt-metal band MALLAVORA have come a long way in recent years. It was only fitting for their debut album What If Better Never Comes? (released March 2026) that the band revisited for a special homecoming at the Exchange Bristol to play their album in full, back in the city where they first made their mark in 2019. Out of Rage last caught up with MALLAVORA during their high energy set supporting BANSHEE at London’s The Dome just last month, seeing them no

Lightning and thunder rumblings reverberated throughout the room. The crowd was jolted to attention. Awaking from the hazy slumber of queuing in the sunshine earlier that day, the crowd was ready. All eyes focused as three figures filled the stage, hands waiting in silence for their lead singer. MALLAVORA had arrived. With a single metronome sound leaving the audience on tenterhooks, lead singer Jessica Douek ’s hymn-like vocals started off their set as she took centre stage

There’s a tension running through What If Better Never Comes? that never quite resolves — and that’s exactly the point. MALLAVORA ’s debut doesn’t follow the usual arc of arrival. There’s no sense of a band trying to prove themselves in obvious, commercial ways, no over-polished bid for mass appeal. Instead, this is a record that leans fully into discomfort — structurally, emotionally, and sonically — and trusts the listener to stay with it. The result is something that fee

There’s a particular kind of courage in building momentum slowly. No viral overnight explosion. No manufactured rebrand. Just years of graft, evolution and quiet defiance. For Bristol-based alt-metal band MALLAVORA, the recent surge of festivals, radio sessions, fashion week appearances and mounting press attention doesn’t feel like a breakthrough. It feels like the groundwork is finally beginning to breathe. “We still feel really small,” vocalist Jessica Douek says with dis

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