Now Hear This: Pupil Slicer’s Kate Davies on the best new hardcore, tech-metal and cyber-grind

When I check out new music, it’s usually from friends’ recommendations. I don’t do a huge amount of searching, although I’m in a load of niche mathcore Facebook groups. They’ll always post, like, ​‘Here’s this band from 15 years ago that has three views on YouTube!’ And I’ll check it out and be like, ​‘This is amazing!’ But for new stuff, it tends to be bands we know, or recommendations from people, or stuff I come across online. There was a band that was right next to us when our album came out on Rate Your Music, and so I listened to them. And then we started talking to them, just because we were next to each other! I haven’t been to a show or played one in two years, but a lot of the bands I’ve found were at DIY shows in someone’s b...

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