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Picture Credit: Fiasco   Fiasco - Animal Release Date: July 09, 2021 Length: 02:38 Genre: Heavy Blues Rock Origin: Cardiff , Wales Cardiff's Fiasco (not to be confused with Cologne's Phiasco ) were originally founded by Swn Festival volunteers Alastair  and Archie . It did not take long for the band to grew to be a quartet, and consequently music was written, and shows were played. Earlier in 2021, a demo got released on SoundCloud which can still be streamed for free - same as the previous recordings from the very early days. And now, shortly after signing with indie label Smash Mouse Records , Fiasco present their first official single "Animal". Nomen est omen, one could say. Or actually, the title "Animal" is a bit of an understatement, for this song is a beast. Blues and Rock'n'Roll of the heaviest sort merge when Fiasco play their debut. The quartet rolls heavily with the weight of an avalaunche and the lightfooted charme of a gazelle simultane...

Picture Credit: Atlas of Elysian Atlas of Elysian - Through the Threads of Reality Release Date: April 21, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 21:19 Genre: Nu Core Origin: Cardiff , Wales “Through the Threads of Reality” is the sophomore release by Welsh quartet Atlas of Elysian. The seven-track EP is a powerful demonstration of brachial, modern, and yet emotional music. The style the band calls Nu Core can be described as a mix of Metalcore, Post Hardcore, Rapcore, and Industrial. Pitch-black post-industrial soundscapes create an atmosphere of dystopian darkness on which harsh and brachial breaks go down like hammers to an anvil. The songs are defined by exciting and energetic structures which increase tension over time. This energy sometimes discharges in a brutal thunderstorm of Metalcore, but other times it stays – like the forceful track ‘Fire’ which leads into the spoken word section of the title song. Here, it becomes obvious that Atlas of Elysian have not just put s...