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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

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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

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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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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

17th February 202617th February 2026 Lee Edwards

Oxford’s very own heavy hitters, Desert Storm, are revving up the engine once again with the premiere of their latest

Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March

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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February
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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February

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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April
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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April

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