Setting The Tone – Details, episodes & analysis

 

Brand new episode out now EP 180 Setting The Tone presents it’s HIMALAYAS special.

 

I recently had the chance to sit down with Joe to discuss the bands brand new album Bad star out everywhere now, in-depth look into the bands future 2000 tress and  more  

 

 

 

Check Out the video for Afterlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc6sYXNh91M&t=5s

 

 

 

Purchase your copy of Bad star here

https://www.himalayasofficial.com/store

 

 

 

Himalayas Bad star Uk Tour tickets

https://himalayas.ffm.to/uktour

28 May The Key Club Leeds

29 May King Tuts Glasgow

30 May The Bred Shed club Manchester

4 Jube Patterns Brighton

5June The Garage London

6 June Tram shed Cardiff

 

 

 

HIMALAYAS online

https://www.himalayasofficial.com

https://www.instagram.com/himalayasofficial/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dtYkdDMVX1QGiaAiSUqDQ

https://www.facebook.com/Himalayasofficial

https://www.tiktok.com/@himalayasofficial

https://discord.com/invite/v2PyuZymNX

https://www.bandsintown.com/a/899503-himalayas?came_from=257&utm_medium=web&utm_source=home&utm_campaign=search_bar

 

 

 

 

Bad star Uk Tour tickets

https://himalayas.ffm.to/uktour

28 May The Key Club Leeds

29 May King Tuts Glasgow

30 May The Bred Shed club Manchester

4 Jube Patterns Brighton

5June The Garage London

6 June Tram shed Cardiff

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you once again to Tu for his time and of course Hannah over at Hold tight

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Brand new episode out now EP179  Setting The Tone presents it’s Memphis May Fire special.

I recently had the chance to sit down with Matt to discuss the bands brand new album SHAPESHIFTER out now, anniversary shows and finding the right balance when making music  

 

 

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Check out the awesome video for The Other side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ieu6WeUAS8&t=2s

 

 

purchase your copy of SHAPESHIFTER

Out now

https://riserecords.com/collections/artist-memphis-may-fire

 

 

 

Memphis May Fire online

https://www.instagram.com/memphismayfire

https://www.facebook.com/MemphisMayFire

https://x.com/memphismayfire

https://www.youtube.com/user/riserecords/search

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you once again to Tu for his time and of course Hannah over at Hold tight

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#SHAPESHIFTER #MemphisMayFire #Podcast #SettingTheTone

 

 

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Brand new episode out now EP 170 Dead Icarus s Special with

Alex varkatzas 

I recently had the chance to sit down with Alex From Dead Icarus to discuss their the debut album Zealot out digital now, we spoke about the album and moving forward and how the pat has helped shape the future and more

 

 

 

Check out the video for Blame The young https://youtu.be/05hPtkDEJMg?si=vLkWWJBfaCBwLOfj

 

 

 

Pre order Pink flamingo https://shop.kidsinglasshouses.uk

 

Grab your tickets for Kids In Glass houses live 24 https://shop.kidsinglasshouses.uk/pages/live

 

Check out the video for 1 million days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjBGU-hF4js

 

 

 

 

Pre order Zealot physical copies here https://deadicarus.net/collections/all-products

 

 Dead Icarus Online

https://deadicarus.net

https://www.instagram.com/deadicarusmusic/

  https://www.facebook.com/people/Dead-Icarus-Music

https://www.facebook.com/people/Dead-Icarus-Music/100090684643409/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC75xfyKpM19fKepoDs3SESg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you once again to Alex and James from Hold tight

 

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EP80

EP79 

Setting The Tone A Thousand Thoughts

 

I recently got to sit down Ethan from the band to discuss the band’s journey and the recent tour supporting Led by latens

.   Check out the latest single control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43albkLp_dI   Pre order Control on vinyl https://marshallrecords.stors.co/catalog/category/view/s/thousand-thoughts/id/236/    

 

A Thousand Thoughts online

https://www.facebook.com/TThoughtsMusic

https://www.instagram.com/tthoughtsmusic

https://thousandthoughtsmusic.com

 

https://fanlink.to/thousandthoughts

 

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Setting The Tone Proudly presents Slam Dunk Festival 2021. On 5th September 2021, Setting The Tone attended this year Slam Dunk South. The day started with checking out a bit of Hacktivist before heading back to the press sent to setup for interviews with Hacktivist, For you the Moon, The Hara and WARGASM. First up is my interview with Josh from Hacktivist, who were simply incredible so much energy on stage and will be in tour in December 2021. Make sure you head over to the following links show some love and grab a ticket or two.https://www.hacktivist.uk.com/shows 'https://www.facebook.com/HacktivistUK https://www.instagram.com/hacktivistuk/ https://www.youtube.com/HacktivistUK Armoured Core' featuring Kid Bookie: https://youtu.be/kuN7AbgZzao https://twitter.com/hacktivistuk... Next up I spoke to Jordan and Tim from FOR YOU THE MOON who made their Slam Dunk Festival debut that week. Really nice guys and I can’t wait to see what follows from these guys sadly I was not able to check out their set but I hope they enjoyed their debut and had a great time. Please head over to the links below and show some love. https://www.facebook.com/foryouthemoonuk https://foryouthemoon.com/? https://www.instagram.com/foryouthemoonuk I also sat down with The Hara but sadly the audio for this and my interview with Sam from Wargasm UK is not too any quality, I will keep working on the interviews and will try and get them out because I loved talking to both bands so much fun. Thank you guys for your time. A massive shout out to the Josh from Hacktivist. And Hannah from Hold Tight for setting this up. Also to Mo from SATELLITE 414 for setting an interview with WARGASM Maisy from Madhauspr for her support. And lastly but not least Emma and Siobhan from PublicCity PR for allowing Setting The Tone to be a part of slam Dunk and for setting up the interview with For You The Moon. Had an absolute blast what a day. The Hara ONLINE https://theharaband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheHaraBand/ https://twitter.com/theharaband https://www.snapchat.com/add/theharaband http://instagram.com/theharaband http://youtube.com/theharaband WARGASM ONLINE https://www.facebook.com/thisiswargasmuk https://open.spotify.com/artist/1NRudBLaT84LXxfsYdFMhB... https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/wargasm-uk/1476730259 https://www.instagram.com/thisiswargasmuk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCitCoejtkfQAdvc1uozw-KA... https://twitter.com/thisiswargasmuk You can find this episode and previous episodes from Setting The Tone in the below links Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6Jj9SsrXxve44839dptihN… Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/.../setting-the-tone/id1499390718 Google https://podcasts.google.com/?q=setting+the+tone podbean https://Settingthetone2.podbean.com Thank you to our sponsor The Guitar Ninja Academy, the best place to become a guitar master for more information our sponsor then hit the below links https://theguitarninja.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/theguitarninja Interested in becoming a guitar ninja for half price for a limited time hit the following link http://theguitarninja.co.uk/signup/stt10

EP 77

 

Trivium In The Court Of The Dragon review thoughts 

Brand new Episode out not episode 29

 

Ep 29 Which see the return to the world for Mastodon who have unleashed a stunning new track Pushing the Tides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT5ars6RXc for me this is classic mastodon at their very best heavy riffs classic grit vocals and soaring hooks and melody honestly cant wait for this album to drop, we could be in for a great end to the year.

 

Next this week Our Hollow, Our Home with their brand new track Monarch check out the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhKLa4b_TsY

 

Our Hollow, Our Home online

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/OurHollowOurHome/

Facebook: ourhollowourhome

Twitter: OHOHofficialuk

Instagram: ourhollowourhomeuk

Our Hollow, Our Home are new to myself and if you like it heavy then you will like these guys and their single Monarch taken from their Burn in the flood out now, there is a lot going on in this track different vocal styles from growls to clean and then mixed from some rap and this just the vocals guitars switch between heavy riffs to intricate tones, now I’m not normally in for bands like this because I feel once I have heard one I’ve heard them all but I like monarch and what it is to offer so many things going on in and track different layers  

Thank you to Public City PR

 

Eddie Vedder returns to his solo projects with a brand new solo track Long way check the video for Long way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHqd5Q7pYo0

 

Wow this is so different to his previous body of solo work, this is massive country vibe going on here, it feels very safe as a track don’t expect a ukulele here or the same energy from Pearl jam, this is very much a track where you will have this on driving down a country road somewhere and the sun will be shining, there’s plenty of melody both vocally and guitars. Its nice and cheery just very very different.

 

 

Next up are Black Falcon and their single Alone As A God

Alone As A God check out the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5lCuKL-4VM

 

We had announced the news earlier in the show of the return of mastodon, well if you not a fan of Mastodon but like your prog then perhaps Black Falcon can gain your approval, as they have unleashed a powerhouse of a single Alone as A God, which takes its cues from Mastodon, I can even hear little bits of URNE in hear that’s perhaps because URNE are also inspired by bands like Baroness, Mastodon, riffs are heavy and hit you in the chest, thick bass lines and heavy beats are like thunder in the sky, a beautiful breakdown which is met with an  breath taking solo.

 

Black Falcon online

https://black-falcon.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/blackfalconband/

https://twitter.com/_BlackFalcon_

https://www.instagram.com/blackfalconband/

 

thank you to Rage PR

 

This episode sees the return of a band who have previous featured on the show Eyes Wide open from Sweden

Who have just unleashed their brand new track End of days

 

Watch the video to 'End of Days' here: https://youtu.be/bP01dkvsMJE Stream here: https://eyeswideopen.lnk.to/endofdays

 

Pre-order Through Life and Death here: https://eyeswideopen.lnk.to/throughlifeanddeath

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/ewo_swe https://www.facebook.com/Eyes.Wide.Open.Swe

https://www.e-w-o.net

 

straight away I’am met with a wave of riff and vocals that remind me so much of earlier Inflames which I love why well Inflames are incredible, plenty of melody in the guitars and vocals in this offering from eyes wide open, the guitars are great and truly heavy.

 

What really stood out for me was the melodic break downs as it just takes the energy level down and then slowly builds it back up with more fire and energy then the verse, if you love bands like Inflames, meets Killswitch engaged then this band and this track is for you crank this one up to 11

 

 

Okay next up this week sees a new band

 

Blood Command and their single The End is Her

Stream The End Is Her https://orcd.co/theendisher

 

Blood command online

https://www.facebook.com/Bloodcommand/ https://bloodcommand.bandcamp.com/ https://www.hasslerecords.com/

 

straight away this is such a cool track with a bass opening line with a really cool tone, I really like the drum beats on this as there is a really cool rhythm and it really is the back bone to the track, vocally its clean and melodic and poppy , the guitars remind me a little bit from a track from the  band 1975, overall this is a really cool track with a great bounce and great energy to it.

 

 

Next up this week continuing with theme of new bands

True North and their single Save Me

 

Check out the video for 'Save Me' here: https://youtu.be/07Da7escLPs Stream/purchase 'Save Me' here: https://truenorth.lnk.to/saveme

 

True north online

https://www.facebook.com/itstruenorth https://www.instagram.com/itstruenorth https://twitter.com/truenorthbandla https://www.outofline.de https://www.facebook.com/outoflinelabel https://twitter.com/outofline https://www.instagram.com/outoflinemusic1995 https://www.youtube.com/user/outofline1995

 

wow this has serious Bring me the horizon vibes, such a belter of a single the guitars are very gentle and soft and kick in at certain points a strong vocal display with melody and hooks in the chorus which for me was the highlight of the track as the chorus are big/bold and loud Some awesome synth in the background to tie this track all together

 

 

lastly this week I recently had pleasure of attending this year’s Slam Dunk 2021 SOUTH which was incredible

so it only seems right to close out the show with Zebrahead and their brand new single A Long Way Down taken from the III out on the 26 November 2021, make sure to check out the video as it was filmed pre SlamDunk and filming continued into the their time in the UK  

 

Check out the video for 'A Long Way Down' here: https://youtu.be/-tt2JHaoR7I Stream 'A Long Way Down' here: https://listen.lt/ZebraheadALongWayDown

 

zebrahead online: http://www.zebrahead.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Zebrahead  https://twitter.com/zebrahead https://www.instagram.com/zebraheadofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/zebraheadofficial

 

I spoke about Zebrahead a few weeks back on the sure and how I never really connected to them as a band but honestly this is the second track from the upcoming Ep III and I love it.

 

The track openings with a really cool beat, vocally its strong and has some serious hooks both vocally and in the guitars which offer a lovely classic pop punk tone, all this with a classic rap in the track and some serious energy again. So so impressed and honestly these guys are slowly converting a massive shout out to them and all the bands last week at Slam Dunk, as it is still not the easiest thing to attend a show or to put it on.

 

Thank you to Hold Tight

Brand new episode 28 out now

CottonMouth Altered Mouth Ep

CottonMouth Altered Mouth Ep, I started the journey and was not blown away but as the EP goes on I found myself more drawn to this, its’s an EP that grows throughout do not expect it to come out swinging from the word go however there some awesome displays on shows here, vocally its clean great, if guitars are you thing then there’s some rip roaring open up the havens style solo with some awesome leads on this ep matched by a great rhythm section, I know next to nothing about this band I have seen there named on gig posters and I would been keen to check them out live, as I get the feeling of their sound being more inspired by classic rock bands like Euorpe and Iron maiden in there, this is by no means not a bad thing. A really enjoyable listen

 

CottonMouth online

https://www.facebook.com/CottonmouthMetal/

https://www.instagram.com/cottonmouth_band/?hl=en

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0srsJOySI9h7FGBabY8Ss4?si=2EzVGagcRUm6RDYYt9NLEQ

www.cottonmouthuk.bandcamp.com

https://youtu.be/C6L55qq2oAc

 

Dead Reynolds Breathe With Strangers

The return of a band I have spoken about a lot on the show before

Dead Reynolds are about to drop their debut album Breathe With Strangers on the 17 September

If you want high octane then this album will be for you, an ep that draws upon styles and sounds from bands like Jimmy Eat World to Deaf Havana, this is an album packed with Melody, hooks plenty of energy and punch in the guitars with some incredible tones

In love with this make sure you grab your copy a massive thumbs up from Setting The Tone

 

Check out not my place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX3rAFPlq8g&t=1s

 

Dead Reynolds Online

https://www.facebook.com/DeadReynolds

https://twitter.com/dead_reynolds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX3rAFPlq8g&t=1s

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pAkErb3vLY5dgghk9zmqf

 

Ashen Outlier

checkout -Outlier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6VtL7SUSXE

 

Outlier is packed with a melodic wall of sound packed with plenty of hooks and guitars with a real drive and riff

This is a track that is always changing between heavier moments and the melodic moments and it does it so well effortless and done with such energy.

 

Stream / purchase 'Outlier here: https://ashen.lnk.to/Outlier

 

ASHEN ONLINE: https://www.instagram.com/ashen.band https://www.facebook.com/ashenfr

 

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Setting The Tone Sugar horse special

I recently got to sit down Ash from the band to discuss the band’s journey and the debut album The Live long after

 Which is out on the 27.8.21 via small pond pre order here https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/album/the-live-long-after

Again, thank you to ash for his time all the very best with the release of the album.     Check out Shouting Judas At Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJsdClVpp8o And Phil Spector In Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT9S-RUQxbc      

 

Sugar horse online

https://sugarhorse.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/sugarhorseruinedmybirthday

https://twitter.com/sugarhorse666

https://www.instagram.com/sugarhorse.are.awful/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9ag2pzP5jTUEHkbq-evQg