Back in those dismal days of the 2020 pandemic and everything going into lockdown, the world had no end of great music to provide in-home entertainment. One of that year’s more interesting metal releases came from From Under Concrete Kings (you have to wonder how many different combinations of words were considered to create that acronym), which mixed elements of hardcore and groove metal with the artiness of bands like Between The Buried & Me to share something that not only had a great energy, but was far less predictable than “the norm”.
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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #171
Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the more interesting individual tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past couple of weeks. This time out, we bring you a great singer songwriter, some post punk riffs with a gothy twist, a very entertaining piece of retro pop…and more besides. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!
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Watch: Celavi share new video for ‘Ar Dy Liniau’
If you’ve been keeping an ear on the metal underground over the past couple of years, you might have encountered Welsh band Celavi. They’ve issued some brilliant singles so far in 2026: ‘Sori’, in particular, did a superb job in giving an instant hit of heaviness via a pleasing nu-metal and industrial mix, with its dirty riffs offset by confident and clean vocals, while the much spikier ‘Morgana’ showed off a brilliant rhythm with a world of pneumatic drums and throbbing basslines, without detracting from the band’s love of huge guitar sounds.
Listen: Irish metallers Asylum Road share new track ‘Desolate’
From the moment ‘Desolate’ crashes in, Asylum Road sound like a band that means business. The number’s earliest riffs borrow, in part, from Testament and Machine Head but toughen them up considerably, and even before allowing their signature groove to take a hold, it’s pretty much guaranteed they have their audience’s attention.
THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #168
This time around at the Singles Bar, we bring you a couple of familiar names, but a whole world of brand new sounds from artists making their first appearance here, and in the case of a punk act, a plug for their very first studio recording! Among the eight picks, you’ll find an inspired cover tune, some great indie pop with a rootsier edge, and even an up and coming Irish act who appear to be in a bad mood… As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!
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