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Melt-Banana @ Supersonic Festival 2024 – Photo by Nessie Spencer

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Supersonic Festival 2024 – Friday

6th November 20246th November 2024 Nessie Spencer Birmingham, Gazelle Twin, Melt-Banana, Supersonic Festival, The None

When I think of Birmingham, like many of us here, I think of the music scene and the industrial void

Melt-Banana @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards

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Melt-Banana / Bleach Brain / The Sewer Cats @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024

16th October 202416th October 2024 Matthew Williams Bleach Brain, Electronic, Grind, Manchester, Melt-Banana, Moving North, Punk, Rebellion, The Sewer Cats

It was another visit to Rebellion in Manchester which is rapidly becoming like my second home, albeit an hour away

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Review: Melt-Banana ‘3+5’

22nd August 202422nd August 2024 Matthew Williams A-Zap Records, Electronic, Grind, Melt-Banana, Power Violence

I genuinely don’t know where to start with this review, as I’ve listened to the album twice now, and my

FAT OUT FEST 2014 Kicks Into Action This Weekend At Islington Mill, Salford With Melt Banana, Cut Hands & More!

19th May 2014 Lee Edwards Action Beat, Cut Hands, Fat Out Fest, Fat Out Fest 2014, Gizeh Records, Islington Mill, KHOM, Melt-Banana, Opal Tapes, Salford, Tombed Visions, Video Jam

Fat Out Fest – hosted and curated by Salford’s own Fat Out Til You Pass Out, avant-promoters extraordinaire, and friends

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

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Ahead of its official release this Friday, 2nd October, through APF Records, today The Shaman is thrilled to host the

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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October

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Premiere: Witchthroat Serpent ‘Silver Bell Of Satanic Ritual’ – New Album Lands 9th October

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Premiere: Goat Major ‘Under The Moonlight’ – New Album ‘Death Comes Twice’ Lands 23rd October

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