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What first drew you into mastering, and what kept you there? My first ever mastering job was about 20 years ago. I used to be a full time employed sound engineer for a big production company in London (Somethin' Else - now Sony). A job came in that was to record 6-8 buskers in a day and prepare the recordings for a vinyl cut for an art project. The vinyl cut need was a baptism of fire and yet the job went very well. I later went freelance as a sound engineer and was asked abo

Ahead of the release of their new album You Got This Last night we had the rare opportunity to see Skindred perform a stripped-back acoustic set at Sound Knowledge, an independent record store in Marlborough, ahead of the release of their new album You Got This . Thanks to the band and the store, a small group of lucky fans were able to experience Skindred in an intimate, organic setting—far removed from the chaos of their usual festival stages. This wasn’t a curated or selec

A band built on resilience return with a bruising new single — and a video that leans hard into the emotional fallout. San Antonio hard rock outfit Kingdom Collapse are back with “Watch You Bleed,” a track that doubles down on the band’s knack for turning personal wreckage into something loud, cathartic, and strangely anthemic. Now paired with a new video, the single pushes their sound further into that sweet spot between radio-ready hooks and emotional weight. At its core, “

Review Zoo catches up with Thomas Nicholas (Kevin Myers in American Pie) ahead of his UK tour with the Thomas Nicholas Band You’re back in the UK this March/April with your band — what can fans expect from these shows? Has anything changed or evolved since your last UK tour? Every tour gets a little tighter, a little louder and a little more fun. This run feels like a proper evolution, added some new songs to the set and really leaned into the nostalgia. It’s high-energy, sin