Break It Down Fanzine

27/07/2024

Hi all,

The sycamore centre has come into our lives recently and it’s just so incredible for the kids.
Devastated to hear it may be closed down in March if we don’t all try our best to do something about it.

Can you all help in signing the attached petition.

Halt the Impending Closure of the Sycamore Adventure Centre

30/03/2022

Friday is approaching fast, we now have physical tickets available so hit us up to grab one! It's gonna be a solid night you'll hate to miss it

24/03/2022

State of Ember

What do you get when Mastodon and Dream Theatre get busy and in a time machine hurtling through the naughties? A smouldering love child called State of Ember.

We all have those moments where we just don’t know what to listen to. There are way to many genres and sub genres of music, this can leave us feeling dumbfounded and repetitively telling Alexa to skip.

Wouldn’t it be great to find a band who are able to give you ear-gasms with a pick n mix of sweet sweet sonics?

Oh Yeahhhhhh! You know it.
State of Ember makes that happen.

We met State of Ember at Dudley’s Ye Olde Foundry, supporting Nameless alongside Zenith on 05/03/2022.

We quickly realised that these guys were lovely and had a great presence.
When they started playing, the room was instantly captivated by their full bodied, rich sound. Their energy and stage presence alone was enough to get the whole venue head bopping and moving.

State of Ember’s sound is reminiscent of a time as opposed to a particular style. They deliver an eclectic mix of alt punk and power metal that dominated the stereo speakers of the 2000’s. All of this brought to you by a 3 piece band of incredibly talented and down to earth people.

Chris (guitar and vocals). Mike (bass) and Chelsea (drums) all hail from Redditch. These guys formed State of Ember after a break up of their previous band Khaos Theory.

Their music has taken them from strength to strength, including one of their songs (Denial) making its home on the soundtrack for the video game Wreckfest!
State of Ember released their first Ep first Clouded Views back in 2017 and followed it up a few years later with Broken Horizons.
After speaking to bassist Mike, we can all look forward to new music this year! Fingers crossed 😉

We seriously recommend seeing these guys play! You would be a fool not to!
We at Break it Down will update you on State of Embers gigs dates and where to find them very soon, so stay locked in!

23/03/2022

15/03/2022

Alt-Rock/Metal Last Agony from Redditch are looking for someone who has a serious work ethic as well as being committed to pushing themselves and the band as far as possible whilst also bringing a lot of energy and being focal point on stage. Gigging and recording experience is desirable as well as having your own transport. We would be looking for someone with exceptional cleans and be able to add some grit, we don’t have a need for screams.



Please check out our most recent release
https://open.spotify.com/album/5MwYT4mvs6kTzXVsQSxIpG?si=ZJlMvwlgTyWIWj03kDPUxg

11/03/2022

Zine Article: Zenith Alt at Ye Olde Foundry05/Mar/2022

“Age ain’t nothing but a number”

The future of music is secure!

We can all rest easy in the knowledge that the youth of today are promising a healthy tomorrow.

One band aviating the musician-“ship” of tomorrow is Zenith.

Fronted by vocalist ‘Erin’
Lead Guitar by ‘Sam’
Rhythm Guitar ‘Archie’
Bassist ‘Jai’
And Drummer ‘Josh’

These guys opened up for Nameless last Saturday (05/03/22) at the the Ye Old Foundry in Dudley.

Zenith played extremely well, bringing Nu-Metal vibes that captured a room full of head banging Metalheads.
These guys are influenced by some very iconic bands including Soundgarden, TOOL, A Perfect Circle, Alice in chains and my personal top five favourite Deftones.

A fresh and well orchestrated sound governed by heavy guitars and soft vocals.
The five piece gave us a mix of original songs and an absolute banger of a Deftones cover.
Their music shouted louder than their collectively cool and calm characteristic. Which made for a pleasantly pleasing surprise when those first notes were struck!
We can honestly not wait to see them again.

We will update you about Zenith’s upcoming gig dates and where to see them play, as well as dive deeper into the making of this awesome band.
All to come soon so keep your eyes locked

04/03/2022

Don’t miss it. This Saturday at with and

Look out for the review post to@come shortly after XD

Go head to to see the full shoot.

28/02/2022

We're so excited to announce that we're playing a show with our friends in we have been waiting for so long to jump on a show that we can already say this is going to be an insane night so be sure to grab tickets asap because they won't last long!

27/02/2022

NAMELESS

26/02/2022

We are the makers of a 21st century Fanzine. A fanzine for music lovers and avid live music goers. We will be presenting bands and artists from the Black Country and Birmingham area through interviews, live footage, band/artist biography’s, upcoming gigs, music releases, and where to find merch. We will also be covering behind the scene access to many live music venues.

Our aim is to help promote bands/artists in the area but also to reignite the old flame of fanzine culture.

Expect a lot of of fun. Expect a lot of foolishness. But most of all… GOOD MUSIC!🤘🏻

If your interested in being featured in an issues of Break It Down, DM us now!