“I’m Kai Castro (drums/bg vocals for PEOPLEVIOLENCE & BIG FIST) and I am a first generation filipino, born in Toronto. I’ve been playing drums since...
UNITE ASIA PLAYLIST 11 UK Edition – UK Bands w/ Asian Members COVER PHOTO: The Sex Patels PHOTOGRAPHER: Robyn Skinner Super STOKED on this playlist...
INTERVIEW | Melting Marrow Productions TAIWAN “It’s always been my belief to fully dedicate myself to underground music and culture.” A few weeks ago we...
“Going to shows, I would sometimes never see Asians at all. Like, barely. But here? Seeing so many Asians in the same fucking room, in...
When da homies that we’ve known for years return as a new band (for reasons mentioned below) – we back that shit hard. That’s how...
INTERVIEW | Agni Singapore Hardcore https://www.instagram.com/agni.hc/ “We formed this band with the lack of South Asian (Indian) representation in the scene.” These words have rocked...
10 years in, Chinese hardcore band GAIWAER have continued to push through regardless of their never-ending lineup issues. And the band has arrived today with...
INTERVIEW | Bleach Indonesian Hardcore https://www.instagram.com/bleachtodeath/ The beauty of running a website like this is that we get a barrage of submissions of music from...
From the STILL ILL RECORDS fam, here’s a brief check in on how 2025 is going. At the very bottom, they mention that Philippines is...
We are SO thrilled that Korean post-hardcore band CHAIN REACTION has released a new album of heart-wrenching music and that they’ve sent us this INCREDIBLE...
Slam City III: Metal Chaos from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh By Kim Beamish @nondscript / www.nondscript.com A week-long festival of blistering riffs, guttural roars,...
After 2 stints opening for Japan’s Mass of the Fermenting Dregs and American band Wisp, Malaysian shoegaze band COMMEMORATE (members hail from such notable acts...
Check out Sri Lankan black death band DEMIGOAT on their debut track off their upcoming full length. The band just added the following info: “Charge!...
Check out Filipino hardcore band EXIT WOUND who’ve just dropped their debut EP entitled ‘Steel Downpour’ released on Singapore’s FIRSTBLOOD PRODUCTIONS. Big up the band...
Indonesian death metal band SISTER MURDER have released their debut album. We have asked for a full stream but they currently only have one single...
TOWER OF DOOM have released a new track by easycore band DO NOT DELAY. This track addresses a political yet hopeful theme, and Do Not...
ESPRIT D’ AIR release their latest single, ‘Shadow of Time’, on 14 March 2025. Written and produced by vocalist by Kai, the track blends power...
EDEN EYES, a fresh face in Singapore’s heavy music scene, have just released the second single off their upcoming EP, titled Interloper II. A titular...
The pioneer of Nepalese Rap Metal, TUMBLEWEED INC., is back again with another banger release ‘Cream of the Crop’, featuring Amazumi. “Cream of the Crop”,...
Singapore beatdown band ANGULIMALA have dropped a raging new track entitled ‘Cold Blooded Vengeance’. “The song is from the point of view of someone whose...