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The Manchester-based axe man, using the stage name Vennart, shared the eight-track project last week (November 6), and Biffy have urged their fans to take a listen. “Our fast-fingered live guitarist ...

Empire State Bastard. That’s one hell of a name. What else would fit? The Eiffel Dickhead? The Great Wall Of Twats? No. Nothing else captures their monolithic sense of doom and dread. “About 12 years ...

Mike Vennart, the former Oceansize singer / guitarist who you may also know as live guitarist for Biffy Clyro these days, just released a surprise solo alum, and it's every bit of stunning, epic, and ...

Soon after the demise of Britpop, the United Kingdom produced a wave of excellent guitar bands that had trouble finding traction in the States; bands that combined elements of post-rock, indie rock, ...

Oceansize were the real deal, a fully fledged Manchester institution. Sadly missed, their records still directly inspire the young post-rock bands of today. The news that frontman Mike Vennart would ...

With Forgiveness & The Grain, Mike Vennart has forged an often-solemn mood piece that exists at the more elegiac end of his considerable catalogue. From his time leading cult concerns Oceansize to ...