Three hardcore bands are set to make some waves on the Bristol Thekla with a free gig to celebrate the launch of the Bristol Institute Of Modern Music.

Watford punks-of-the-moment Gallows release “Just Because You Sleep Next To Me Doesn’t Mean You’re Safe” from their Orchestra Of Wolves album.

New Hampshire screamo outfit Our Last Night release “Timing Is Everything”, a taster track from their forthcoming album The Ghosts Among Us.

Heavy Heavy Low Low announce an early bid for “Most bizarre album title of 2008″ with soon-to-be-recorded long-player Turtle Nipple In The Toxic Shock.

Christian metalcore crew Gwen Stacy have a great line in hardcore beatdown guitar work on their début album The Life I Know.

A Life Once Lost have a fully loaded arsenal of musical ideas, and they unleash them all in a Southern-tinged thrash-fest on fifth album Iron Gag.

New York City’s Full Blown Chaos combine the aggressive stomp of hardcore with the furious speed of thrash on their album Heavy Lies The Crown.

Homoeroticist spazzcore group Gay For Johnny Depp bring their raucous live shows and individual brand of celebrity worship to British shores in support of new album The Politics Of Cruelty.

The Devil Wears Prada aren’t short on musical skills - so it’s a shame that their second album Plagues has an overdose of studio tricks.

Mike Pilato, prodigal bass player of New York emo-hardcore act From Autumn To Ashes, talks to The Dreaded Press about his return to the band - and their return to Europe.