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2 weeks ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Ellis Heasley |David Adams
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK religious freedom advocacy CSW, says the international community must use this moment to hold Myanmar’s military junta to account…London, UKLate on Wednesday, 2nd April, Myanmar’s ruling military junta announced a three-week ceasefire in response to the magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck the country on 28th March and has since been confirmed to have killed over 3,400 people. It had taken them long enough.
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2 weeks ago | 
noecho.net | Ellis Heasley
“If we get stuck on a part or we’re overthinking something we ask ourselves, what would Hatebreed do? And then do that thing.” Clearly that rule has worked pretty well for Not Without Punishment so far. The Southampton-based metallic hardcore outfit released their killer debut EP in July last year and have now doubled down with the even harder Blood Runs Cold which is out now via Godzilla Records.
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4 weeks ago | 
distortedsoundmag.com | Ellis Heasley
“I know where I’ve been / And I don’t know where the fuck I’m going / It’s a long fucking way / But I can tell you one motherfucking thing / I feel so motherfucking free.” If anything comes close to capturing the spirit of BACKXWASH’s new album Only Dust Remains, it is this: a declaration of triumph and defiance delivered atop the exhilarating drum ‘n’ bass outro that caps off its second single 9th Heaven.
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1 month ago | 
distortedsoundmag.com | Ellis Heasley
Here’s a decent rule to live by: listen to everything that comes out on Church Road Records. To do so this year alone will have already led you to the bile-soaked blackened hardcore of GRIEF RITUAL, the ambitious experimental sludge of WREN, and now the gloriously nostalgic metalcore/post-hardcore cross-breeding of IRON FORM as they emerge with their debut EP Cut From Cold Blood.
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1 month ago | 
noecho.net | Ellis Heasley
Band: Rescüe Cat From: Lombardia, Italy Their formation story: (Vicky, vocals): “The band started during a joke rehearsal session. We all knew each other from the Lombardia (IT) DIY punk scene, and while Ruggero (guitar) and Sandro (bass) already shared one band, I had zero experience making music. We were hanging out in their rehearsal space one day, and teaming up with Lely (drums) we ended up building from there.
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1 month ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Ellis Heasley |David Adams
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says we must “amplify, support and strengthen the voices of those the government has made every effort to silence”…London, UKOn 27th February the Nicaraguan Government, led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-President Rosario Murillo, announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).
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1 month ago | 
noecho.net | Ellis Heasley
London/Kent-based emo outfit Wears Me Out released their wonderfully wistful debut demo in April of last year and they’ve since hit 2025 running with a fantastic self-titled track and shows lined up with the likes of Had Sandy, incaseyouleave, Looseleaf, and The Overjoyed in the weeks to come. Catching up with a couple of them over email, it’s clear that the four-piece of Alf (vocals), Matt (guitar), Anja (bass) and Scott (drums) are still just getting started.
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1 month ago | 
distortedsoundmag.com | Ellis Heasley
Nowhere does hardcore like New York. MADBALL, BIOHAZARD, CRO-MAGS, KILLING TIME… between them these bands and many others have made the Big Apple’s take on the genre synonymous with groove, bounce, swagger, riffs and – often as a result of all this – a catchiness that is impossible to deny. That’s exactly what you’ll find on Belly Of The Beast, the sophomore full-length from the unmistakably and unapologetically New York hardcore outfit COMBUST. That and a butt-load of guest features.
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1 month ago | 
noecho.net | Ellis Heasley
“I’ve been very bored for years with hardcore that’s not really about anything, so the plan with this band was to always be political.” Norwich straight edge outfit Hour of Reprisal are one of the most exciting and important bands in the UK hardcore scene at the moment. They’ve just released their vicious new EP, Endless War, Endless Peace, which marks another step-up from the already excellent A New World from the Ashes of the Old they released back in 2023.
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1 month ago | 
noecho.net | Ellis Heasley
Band: Turn of Phrase From: London, UK Their formation story: (Logan, vocals): “Back in about October or November (not exactly sure), Cheung (guitarist) texted me at work one morning saying he had an Awake in Their World (Agent)/Last Thing You Forget (Title Fight) hole in his life. Within a few minutes, he sent me a SoundCloud link with a demo he had whipped up. "I messaged back saying, 'Okay, now try to write one that feels like this, etc., etc.' Within about an hour, he had another demo link.
