Behind The Noise

Sheffield-based punks HAVELOCKE return with their single 'Drowning', their first new material since 2019's 'This Is Havelocke' EP. With an accompanying video directed by While She Sleeps bassist Aaran McKenzie, we caught up with the band to find out more about the new single and video, including themes, the band's new approach to writing and behind the scenes stories.

With a debut album and UK tour already under their belts, 2020 is looking bright for October Drift. Following the release of 'Forever Whatever' in January the quartet pushed outside of their comfort zones to release a powerful and intense video for their single 'Oh The Silence'. Keen to find out more, we sat down with vocalist Kiran Roy to talk about how the video came together, themes and more.

The new decade is off to a flying start for London-based heavy pop quartet Electric Enemy. After launching with their debut single 'Climb' from the Isle Of Wight Festival main stage in 2019, their recently released second single 'Save Me' comes ahead of their shows supporting Bang Bang Romeo. Written in a matter of minutes, we sat down with lead vocalist/guitarist Jim to find out more about 'Save Me' and its coinciding video, of which you can get an exclusive first look on Bring The Noise UK!

This month saw the release of 'Heroics', the new album from Scottish post-rockers VASA. Ahead of the release the quartet unveiled a video for 'Mini-Boss', a song that serves as an open letter to victims of bullying. Wanting to know more we sat down with drummer Niall MacRae, who directed the video alongside Alice Restrick, to talk about why 'Mini-Boss' is a standout track for the band and stories behind the video.

After releasing their debut album 'Chlorine' and spending 2019 playing as many shows as possible, including tours with Hüsker Dü’s Bob Mould and Kadavar, Berlin trio PABST are back with 'Ibuprofen', the first taste of their forthcoming sophomore album. Also marking their first new material in a year, we caught up with the band to find out more about 'Ibuprofen' including themes, changes to their writing process and behind the scenes stories from the video shoot.

Featuring eleven tracks that were born from guitarist/vocalist George Pauly's trauma both during and after the mass shooting at Las Vegas' Route 91 Festival, 'GOLDY' is The By Gods' most vulnerable and expansive work to date. Pushing themselves out of their comfort zones on their fifth album, we sat down with Pauly to delve into their latest single 'Try So Hard'.

Last year electronic rockers Vex Red made their return with their new EP 'Give Me The Dark', their first collection of new music since their 2002 debut record 'Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire'. In the lead up to the release the quintet revealed a video for 'Air', a song that tackles the current climate emergency. We wanted to find out more, so we caught up with the band to talk themes, behind the scenes stories and more.

Last year gothic doom quartet Cold in Berlin revealed the video for their hypnotic single 'The Power', a taste of their latest album 'Rituals of Surrender'. Intrigued to find out more, we caught up with the band to talk about the single and video themes, stories from behind the scenes and more.