Makeshift Truth Makeshift Truth are a new band with a long history and a blistering live show. They are a band that after only 4 shows were being asked to headline gigs due to their Music, Energetic Live Show and Fast Built Fan base. After Mike D was kicked out of Mongrel (Hondo MacLean/The Future) he was asked to hook up with Oliver, Kevin and the now Funeral for a Friend Guitarist Kris Coombs-Roberts.
Cromlech was a Melodic Death Metal band in the vein of Eucharist's A Velvet Creation but continued to build on their own sound to develop their own brand of Melodic Death with their following Promo and then last EP, The Vulture Tones. The sound exhibitied in those two releases after "And Darkness Fell" (1996) was much more elaborate now mixing in more elements of straight death metal as well as hints of black metal.
Spencer McGarry Season (SMS) are a three-piece rock outfit based in Cardiff, Wales. Their first single Leader Of The Chain Gang was released in 2006 and they have won numerous fans with their tight sound. Second single A Title Sparks Would Have Used was released September 2007 on Businessman Records. A download-only single, A Paler Shade Of Wit, precedes the band's full-length debut Episode 1 which is released in January 2009.
The Pooh Sticks were an indie pop band, from Swansea, Wales recording between 1988 and 1995. They were notable for their jangly melodiousness and lyrics gently mocking the indie scene of the time such as on "On tape", "Indie-pop ain't Noise Pollution" and "I Know Someone who Knows Someone who knows Alan McGee Quite Well". The band changed direction on their 1991 U.S breakthrough The Great White Wonder, eschewing the 'twee' British indie pop sound for a more American-styled Power Pop sound, akin to bands like Jellyfish and Redd Kross.
Bryn Terfel Jones CBE is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Leporello, but he has expanded his repertoire to include heavier roles, including Wagner. Bryn Terfel Jones was born in Pantglas, North Wales, the son of a farmer (he knew of another Welsh baritone named Delme Bryn-Jones, so Terfel chose Bryn Terfel as his professional name). Terfel had an interest in and talent for music from a very young age. A family friend taught him how to sing, starting with traditional Welsh songs.
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club is a cranky Artrock band hailing from Cardiff, Wales. The punky group's first single was a limited-edition "The Tales of Hermit Mark"/"My Son Spell Backwards" on White vinyl. Double A-side "Amateur Man"/"Ban the Gin" followed that summer. The Victorian English Gentlemans Club added to the anti-emo sentiment currently taking their native United Kingdom by storm thanks to the growing popularity of The Horrors and Blood Red Shoes.
We are a bass driven alternative band based in Newport, South Wales called Piblokto. We formed in December 2009 as a four piece consisting of brothers Hadleigh Banfield (guitar & vocals) and Harrison Banfield (bass), Adam Watt (drums) and Chris Mitchell (lead bass). Hadleigh and Harrison had played together for several years in the rock band
Brigyn are a music act from north Wales consisting of the brothers Eurig and Ynyr Roberts. The brothers formed Brigyn in 2004 after the break-up of their previous group Epitaff. After signing to the Gwynedd label Gwynfryn Cymunedol, their epnymous debut album was released in late 2004. A Welsh-language release, the album received considerable airplay on Radio Cymru; one of the tracks, 'Sonar' was selected by Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens for inclusion on the Dan Y Cownter showcase CD released by the Welsh Music Foundation in 2005.
The very first incarnation of “Necrocest” was formed way back in the mid 90's which included members; Scot Roper on Vocals, Mat young on drums, Woody on Guitars, Jon young on Guitars, and finally "The Ox" on bass. The band began writing music for their planned first Demo "Beneath the flesh". Sadly, after doing a handful of gigs the band split up, and went silent for some years. In 2000 we started writing the material for our first demo CD "No waste of flesh", which was then recorded in october 2001 at GrassRoots Studio, Cardiff.
Scuzzy noise-rock threepiece featuring ex-members of mclusky and Jarcrew. Welsh noise-rock trio mclusky was one of the bright spots in the British indie scene's post-Britpop hangover, forming in 1999 and releasing three appealingly noisy albums before splitting in January 2005. During the same period, Welsh electro-punks Jarcrew released two albums before also splitting in early 2005, reportedly due to the drummer finding religion.