Gavin Brown

1 week ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Gavin Brown

Insatiable, the stunning new album from DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE has just been released and it sees the emotive music of Takiaya Reed take on even more elements of sonic passion and intensity to create a truly stirring and hypnotic record. We spoke with Takiaya a few days after the album’s release to hear all about Insatiable and its themes, as well as discussing the DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE live show and Takiaya’s love of classical music and how that is an influence on her music.

1 month ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Gavin Brown

Blood Dynasty, the new album from melodic death metal heroes ARCH ENEMY is here and it sees the band on fine form with a brilliant collection of songs that captures all that the band have perfected over the years but that is combined with a fresh outlook as well. We caught up with drummer Daniel Erlandsson to hear all about how the new album came together, what the near future holds, and their thirty year anniversary.

1 month ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Gavin Brown

The music of DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE has not only been thoroughly crushing in a sonic sense with the huge swathes of instrumental doom clearing all in its path with its sheer power, but it has also always been forward thinking and thought provoking. That is testament to the talent of Takiaya Reed and her boundary breaking musical ideas. This ethos doesn’t change one iota on their powerful new album Insatiable, but what it does do is that it taps into so many different emotions throughout its duration.

1 month ago | thecolumbiastar.com | Gavin Brown

On Monday, April 21, Richland County Government and Transitions Homeless Center kicked off National Community Development Week and National Volunteer Week with a joint press conference highlighting Richland County’s investment of more than $560,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to support individuals experiencing homelessness.

1 month ago | distortedsoundmag.com | Gavin Brown

ATARI TEENAGE RIOT are anarchic rabble rousers of the highest order and stand as one of the most important groups of their generation by a country mile. Fusing venomously anti-fascist and the anti-capitalist lyrics with a fiercely left wing stance alongside anarchist views with hardcore electronic elements and punk attitude overseeing the sonic side of their inflammatory voice.