Rock Sound is a British magazine that covers rock music . The magazine aims at being more " underground " and less commercial, while also giving coverage to better-known acts. It generally focuses on pop punk, post-hardcore, metalcore, punk, emo, hardcore, heavy metal and extreme metal genres of rock music, rarely covering indie rock music at all. The tag-line "For those who like their music loud, extreme and non-conformist" is sometimes used. Although primarily aimed at the British market, the magazine is also sold in Australia, Canada and the United States.
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40-552: A circulation figure of 15,005 from January to December 2010 auditored by ABC . This includes 10,162 sales in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 4,843 from Other Countries. The same auditing body said the magazine had a slightly lower circulation figure of 14,227 from January to December 2011, with sales of 10,053 from the United Kingdom and Ireland, and 4,174 from Other Countries. The majority of sales come from newstrade, with some coming from subscriptions. The main rival to
60-695: A host of "Through The Years" articles were written to celebrate the 150th issue of the magazine. 2017 witnessed the first annual Rock Sound Awards where £1 from every magazine bundle sold was donated to the One More Light Fund in memory of Chester Bennington . The magazine was known for including a free CD in most issues, which had tracks from bands' new albums that have not been released as singles. These were called '100% Volume' or 'The Volumes', with other past compilations named 'Music With Attitude', 'Bugging Your Ears!', 'Sound Check' and 'Punk Rawk Explosion'. Sometimes whole albums were included with
80-571: A posthumous homage to the band's friends, Mika Bleu and Julien Isilion. On 15 December 2022, the official Eths Facebook page was updated with the status "Eths 2023". Shortly after, the band was confirmed to perform at Hellfest in June 2023. Eths cited as influences Meshuggah , Tool , Gojira , Korn , Sepultura , and Metallica . They also appreciated electro , hip hop and jazz . Clot cited alternative rock band Hole as an early influence. Clot had no female voices as references but respected
100-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eths Eths (variably stylized as eths and ETHS ) was a French metal band from Marseille , formed in 1996. Eths formed in 1996 under the name What's the Fuck, with a lineup consisting of vocalist-guitarist Stéphane Bihl and guitarist Grégory Rouvière. The following year, Candice Clot,
120-813: The French publisher Editions Freeway. The magazine was bought out by its director, Patrick Napier, in December 2004. The magazines offices are in London. Separate titles with the same name have been published under the same umbrella company in France since 1993, and in Spain since 1998. The first issue was published in April 1999. Issue 2 featured British band Reef on the front cover, and later issues 3 and 8 featured Terrorvision and Foo Fighters respectively. In July 2011
140-421: The album's creation - such as producers, engineers, and music video directors. Towards the end of this section's run it was renamed to "Throwback". In 2019, Rock Sound introduced a new venture titled Rock Sound Records , a sub-brand of Rock Sound offering and distributing music in limited physical formats, such as cassette tapes and vinyl records . Generally, this involves the exclusive physical release of
160-513: The albums have been commercially successful as well as critically successful because they have then gone on to influence large numbers of bands or the music scene. Thus this differs from the Yearly Top Albums lists which do not take influence into account. In each article there was normally an interview with band members, a commentary on the album's release, a look at its initial success, and reaction from other musicians or participants in
180-404: The band "dark tech-metal". Author Jérôme Alberola wrote that Autopsie , Samantha and Soma displayed "gothic-tinged death metal " featuring blast beats that directed the band's musical aggression towards "the deathcore subgenre". Heavy metal magazine Hard Force labelled Soma as alternative metal , Tératologie and Ankaa as death metal, and III as metalcore. Bihl stated
200-465: The band liked to mix styles because they tended to get weary. Clot emphasised, "We do metal, because it brings together all our influences, and we all like different things, without labels." Clot was the primary lyricist, but Bihl and Dupré also took part. As Melting Point As Eths Rock Sound The British edition of Rock Sound was launched in March 1999 by
220-418: The band released a second EP titled Samantha and gained acclaim in the French extreme metal circuit. On 11 October 2004, Eths released its first full-length album, Soma , and launched a 120-date national concert tour. That year, Clot, aged twenty three, who sang exclusively in her native language, said that she wrote "about things that scare me, that disgust me, about what I have inside of me". In 2006,
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#1732788065024240-810: The band. Virginie Goncalves of Kells and Nelly Wood replaced Clot as temporary touring vocalists. In 2013, the group announced Rachel Aspe as their new lead vocalist. In the same month, an injury led Rouvière to depart the band. On 30 November 2016, the band notified the public of their breakup via a Facebook post and announced their last concert in Angers on 3 December 2016. The original lineup of Bihl, Clot, Rouvière, Dupré, and Burghoffer reunited to play two final concerts, which took place at Le Moulin in Marseille and Le Trianon in Paris, on 8 April 2017, and 30 April 2017, respectively. The two concerts were also
260-425: The best friend of Bihl's ex-girlfriend, joined the group as a lead vocalist, and the band was renamed Melting Point. Through 1999, drummer Guillaume Dupré and bassist Marc Burghoffer were added to the lineup, and together they formed Eths. That same year they released a first demo titled Eths , containing "Encore" and "Rien à Dire". The band also appeared on a CD compilation titled Attentat Sonore . The band
280-532: The group announced the departure of both Dupré and Burghoffer. As a result, the drumming on Eths' 2007 album Tératologie was performed by Pierre Belleville, then the drummer for Lofofora . Dupré returned to the band in 2011. Through constant touring, Soma would go on to sell over 25,000 copies. Considered "very popular in part of the youth" in France, Eths was often featured on the covers of Hard 'n' Heavy , Rock One , Rock Mag , and Rock Sound magazines. On 18 September 2012, frontwoman Candice Clot left
300-489: The magazine in Britain is Kerrang! because of the similar types of music both magazines cover. At the end of every year the magazine lists their favourite 75 albums released in the previous twelve months. Rock Sound inducted numerous albums into its Hall of Fame, as part of a long-running feature. The main criterion for inclusion was thought to be influence – even within a particular genre – and for that reason many of
320-525: The magazine, particularly from bands wanting to gain exposure, including Futures' debut album The Holiday in March 2010, and Burn The Fleet's debut album The Modern Shape in May 2012. In more recent years, exclusive artist merchandise including t-shirts have been sold alongside the magazine via the Rock Sound web store. In 2023, Rock Sound became part of WhyNow media group and a special edition magazine
340-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ETHS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ETHS&oldid=841599828 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
360-451: The work of My Ruin 's Tairrie B . Aspe said her early influences include Slipknot and Walls Of Jericho , bands that made her discover "her vocal range while growling ". Eths' musical style was described as metalcore , groove metal , and nu metal . La Dépêche du Midi described the band as "Practising a neo-metal imbued with black [metal] and unscrupulously favouring a slight tendency for death metal." Metal Hammer called
380-528: Was part of Coriace, a small collective bringing together metal bands representing southeast France . In 2000, Eths released a seven-track EP titled Autopsie . On 14 November 2001, Eths was the opening act for Machine Head at L'Usine in Istres . The band featured on two CD compilations, Boukan and A Core Et à Cri . In March 2002, Eths made a television appearance at Rock Press Club's Canal Jimmy , performing "Samantha" and "Dévore". In September 2002,
400-477: Was published in partnership with Slam Dunk Festival featuring headliners Enter Shikari and The Offspring on the cover. A weekly digital cover feature, The Album Story, was also launched on ROCKSOUND.TV. Rock Sound's 300th issue was published in September 2023 with Fall Out Boy, Corey Taylor and Motionless In White appearing on the cover. The magazine will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2024. The magazine had
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