For all those who proclaim that death metal all sounds the same, I give you Rivers of Nihil, the progressive avant-garde death metal outfit bringing something different to the genre. And that something different is sax. Forget all your presumptions and perceptions, the saxophone is indeed a metal instrument and gives Rivers of Nihil an astonishing extra dimension of texture and cohesion. It sounds wrong buy believe us it feels so right.
Read MoreLast Hyena are another Bristolian outfit pulled into Arctangent's gravitational field. Their take on maths/post-rock is laid-back with an almost loungecore lethargy. There is no urgency at play here and to be honest, there does not need to be, they are the first band on and we have a whole day in front of us. Their proggy-like inclinations fit beautifully with their audience’s hung-over state. Very much music to do (a liquid) breakfast to.
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