The World Splits Open is out now!
A day of farewells, returning heroes and enough musical variety to swivel heads ninety degrees; it can only be the first day of ArcTanGent 2026. Here's what happened on day one of the UK's most uncompromising festival. Words by Dan Hillier, Rowan Bruce, Adam Vallely and Adam Robertshaw.
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Radar Festival has grown significantly since its founding days in Guildford. This being its last year in Manchester before setting sail for Sheffield in 2027, the organisers and bands certainly wanted to go out with a bang at the Victoria Warehouse. Starting off with a fiery Friday. Words by Andy Calderbank & Vee Richardson.
There’s nothing cooler than a venue upgrade because your band is just too damn popular, as is the case for tonight’s death metal bill of 200 Stab Wounds, with epic support from Celestial Sanctuary and Mutagenic Host.
Back with a vengeance on their second LP, The World Splits Open, we sat down with punk-metallers Hawxx to discuss the themes and topics found within the incendiary and radically political release.
It's been a scorching few days so we figured, why not add to the heat? Here's the best tracks you need to hear from the last two weeks.
The new single and video from DazGak! feels like kick-flipping into oncoming traffic and waking up in the year 2010. We’re stoked to premiere it.
They ain’t just about riffs and silly lyrics. The Barbarians bring gaming references, electronics and even an acoustic track to their second full length. Wahoo indeed!
The world is ablaze, wild fires are raging and political leaders have lost the plot. It's hard to reconcile with anyone ignoring the total catastrophe of the hottest year on record, but for Canada's favourite DIY darlings, silence was never an option.
Teaming up with emo juggernaut Will Yip on production, The Menzingers put their latest release out into the world, and yes, it’s another tearjerker.
