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“We paid someone £400 to drive to Sheffield to get a cable for Mogwai, or we were f*cked”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at ArcTanGent 2024

Averting disasters, spilling blood, engagements, bogeys, being watched “by a God”, and badgering the organisers for news on next year: here’s what we saw and heard backstage at ArcTanGent over the weekend.

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10 bands you can’t miss at ArcTanGent 2024

Celebrating its 10th edition in 2024, ArcTanGent has grown from a defiantly DIY offshoot to one of the world’s great gatherings of alternative artists from far leftfield. Beyond bill-topping heavyweights Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai and Meshuggah, there are countless other weird and wonderful sounds to dive into…

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“It’s going to be biblical!”: ArcTanGent announce Mogwai, Electric Wizard, Explosions In The Sky and loads more

This year’s ArcTanGent is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever, with Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Electric Wizard, Ihsahn and loads more signing up for the festival’s 10th edition.

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Underdark: “It’s vital not to forget history. The poverty we’re seeing today hasn’t come about by chance”

For Underdark, reality can be just as horrific as anything the mind can cook up. As they tackle the history of British deprivation and the struggle of those living with it on their new album Managed Decline, singer Abi Vasquez explains the importance of never forgetting how easily it can set in, or its root causes…

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Underdark announce second album Managed Decline, release lead single

Watch the video for Underdark’s new single Enterprise (1st November 2004), taken from their upcoming second album Managed Decline.

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Listen to Underdark’s black metal cover of Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy

Underdark have signed to Church Road for the release of their next album – and they’re celebrating with a Massive Attack cover that’s like nothing you’ll have ever heard…

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5 reasons why you need to check out Underdark

Underdark are amongst the most ferocious faces of the new wave of British black metal. Here’s a roadmap into their shadowy realm…

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The 11 best albums released in July 2021

From WILLOW to Times Of Grace to King Woman, these are the 11 albums released in July 2021 that you need to hear.

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Album review: Underdark – Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry

Unorthodox British black metallers Underdark burn bright on debut full-length, Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry.

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