After London, Birmingham is the second largest UK city as well as the commercial and cultural heart of the British Midlands. As a former centre of steel production it seems fitting that Birmingham was the focal point for entire generations of the British heavy-metal scene, with bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest or Napalm Death all coming the city.
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Having shaped the development of modern metal as drummer of the influential Napalm Death, Mick Harris has certainly lived up the innovative power of his former band during his solo career. His recordings as Scorn appropriate elements from drum'n'bass, dub or hip-hop to extreme, individualistic ends, always eager to explore previously...
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John Twells a.k.a. Xela runs the Birmingham based record label Type and has further recorded his unique brand of cinematic electronica for labels like Neo Ouija and City Centre Offices.
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