CHAOS THEORY

24/01/2025

After an initial period of becoming well entrenched in the global doom and experimental metal consciousness, Five The Hierophant open a new cycle, with the release of their new album "Apeiron", followed by an European trek with Thantixafath, including crushing sets at Soulcrusher Festival and Desertfest Belgium. This 3rd full-length opus sees the London-based quartet pushing its instrumental doom trances to new cinematic and introspective eights, pushing deeper the use of atypical instruments such as: horns, trumpets, gongs, bells, violins, skull shakers, ritual drums and other tools.

Get tickets on DICE to see their new set at Chaos Theory Festival Day 2 - 15 Years Of Chaos at The Underworld - London.

"Up there with The Physics House Band as a group that takes jazz tenets and marries them so well to psychedelic, dark, and progressive moods to create entire worlds" - Everything Is Noise

"Truly seductive and hypnotic" - Metal Storm

Bleak, dark and devastating sounds that combines heavy riffs, drone-like atmospheres and an intensity you only find in Black Metal. Using instruments like the djembe, rag-dung, violin, bowed guitars and saxophone, alongside a normal band set-up, Five The Hierophant delight their listeners with unique and varied soundscapes. The band started their live activity with an epic set at Desertfest London in 2018, quickly followed by a European tour with Thaw and Arrm and several festival appearances such as Rock In Bourlon (Fr), Tales Of Drone (Ch), Red Smoke Festival (PL) and many more.

After releasing "Through Aureate Void" in 2021, the band played at Roadburn 2022, with a set that included Atonia, a collaborative commissioned piece with Wyatt E. and Tomer Damksy, released as a live album in 2023, Five The Hierophant have established themselves as a stellar live act of psychedelism.

Photo by Jose Ramon Caamaño
Design by Daniella Batsheva

22/01/2025

With a complex and diverse sound that appeals as much to fans of catchy sing-along hits as it does to fans of jazz and math rock, it's no wonder that the members of Sans Froid have come together after honing their skills in a range of brilliant bands (including Pave, Chiyoda Ku and ANTA). After seeing their captivating performance in London last June, and with the release of their debut album last October, we welcome them back with open arms. Catch them next Chaos Theory Festival Day 1 - 15 Years Of Chaos at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road.

In a bid to move away from the complexities of contemporary life, Sans Froid have conjured up sassy and relatable earworms that urge listeners to stop and breathe. Sounding like a cosmic lullaby, Bristol-based Sans Froid formed and evolved through desperate times to create a tale of yearning hope for the future.

Sans Froid started in 2019 with Aisling (keys, vocals) and Toby (drums) writing songs as a two-piece in a damp Leeds basement, then soon grew with the addition of Charlie (guitar) and Ben (bass). After standout performances at ArcTanGent, Strangeforms (Bad Owl Presents) and Handmade festivals, along with countless shows around the UK, "Hello, Boil Brain" was born. The album was recorded at Circadian Studios with Ben Green and mastered by Stephen Kerrison at Weird Jungle.

"Dark and uncomfortable…somewhere between post-rock and alt-rock” - Backseat Mafia

“Art-prog quartet stepping boldly into the future” - Noizze

“Bold, beautiful and completely refreshing” - Circuit Sweet

“Ominous and dark” - At The Barrier

Photo by Damien Sayell
Festival artwork by Daniella Batsheva

21/01/2025

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20/01/2025

Having heard so many fans over the years talk about how they didn't "get" ṠḶẏ & Ṯḧḕ ḟḀṁḭḶẏ ḊṙṏṆḕ until they saw them at a gig or festival, the band epitomises what we love about the live music experience. They draw you into their dronescapes and noise jams, ending up with even the initially most confused listeners joining in with instruments that have been handed out to the crowd. As their live sets erode divisions between "performers" and "audience", they create, even if just for a moment, a community revelling together in the joy and carthartic release of noise, music and rhythm.

Get tickets to support and join them at Chaos Theory Festival Day 1 - 15 Years Of Chaos. You can listen, watch and learn lots more about Sly on the Blog page of our website.

Having shared stages (or floors) with the likes of Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, Dalek & Swans, the neo-jazz wreckin’ crew continue to scorch their own path through the no audience underground at venues and festivals in the UK and beyond, recently teaming up with UK charitable label HUMAN WORTH on the release of their mesmerising new record Moon Is Doom Backwards.

"A sort of transcendent, euphoric state wrestled into being through the application of awesome power" - The Quietus

"Go and experience them live as soon as humanly possible" - Louderthanwar

"Immediate and spontaneous" - Echoes And Dust

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17/01/2025

With a unique blend of raw and heavy sounds, the awesome range and presence of vocalist Abi Vasquez, lyrics tinged with anti-fascist values and tales of post-Thatcher poverty, and having been named as one of Kerrang! Magazine's bands of ArcTangent Festival in 2024, Underdark are a worthy penultimate band for an immense line-up on Chaos Theory Festival Day 2 - 15 Years Of Chaos at The Underworld - London.

Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of influences, Underdark has forged a unique sonic identity that blends elements of black metal, post-rock, and post-hardcore. Their music is characterised by ethereal melodies, atmospheric textures, and intense, emotive vocals.

Underdark's music is a sonic journey that transports listeners through a range of emotions, from hauntingly beautiful passages to moments of intense catharsis. Their ability to seamlessly combine the ferocity of black metal with the expansiveness of post-rock sets them apart in the modern music landscape.

"Taking black metal to strange new places" - Kerrang!

"As emotionally stirring as it is harrowing and visceral" - Distorted Sound Magazine

"A deeply affecting experience" - Noizze

Photo by Benji Wilson (jamburrito)
Design by Daniela Batsheva

15/01/2025

The last time we saw prolific vocal and movement artist Kate Smith perform at a Chaos Theory event was as part of her experimental vocal project That_Ensemble in 2019. You can find all of these Artist Profiles with music, videos and links on the Blog page of our website.

Kate Smith's life is a maelstrom of creativity, always resulting in heartwarmingly beautiful vocal works. Each time you see her will be a unique experience. Whether solo, with ensemble, a ca****la or utilising loops and electronics, her early set on Chaos Theory Festival Day 1 - 15 Years Of Chaos will set the tone for a day of inventive brilliance and the healing power of music. Excited to have her join us at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road in March.

Kate is a vocal acrobat, composer, and facilitator known for her seamless blend of musical precision, free improvisation and physical exploration. As the creator of The Embodied Voice ©, a research, performance and teaching practice, and the founder of Curiosa, a company that runs creative workshops and international retreats, Kate’s many-faceted creative endeavours address themes of presence, the body-mind relationship, and human rewilding, through the expressive shaping of voice, movement and improvisation.

Kate’s work as a composer exists in both realms of live theatre and recorded sound. In October 2023, she released her debut EP, Songs from the Body, a series of compositions for voice and electronics, paired with immersive live performances involving up to 12 singers, movement and synth, including for Yolk Collective, Isodea Festival and Voz Unbound (Lisbon), supported by Help Musicians. She has been commissioned to write film soundtracks and sound pieces for Whitechapel Gallery and Fundação Eugenio de Almeida.

An accomplished improviser, Kate has released several albums of collaborative vocal improvisation, is one of the creators of UK Vocal Improv and performs regularly with with in her electro-acoustic improv trio a r | r a.

“New age hybrid, executed with an unquestionable coolness and surety” - BBC Music Introducing

Photo: Alice Marcelino
Design: Daniella Batsheva

13/01/2025

Since we last hosted psychedelic doom outfit Morag Tong in 2019, they've taken huge strides as artists, playing Desertfest London twice, supporting global legends of heavy music, and releasing their awesome second album in 2023. They will be a fantastic start to Chaos Theory Festival Day 2 - 15 Years Of Chaos at The Underworld - London.

Entwining colossal drones and sledgehammer riffs with a rich, melodic ambience, UK heavy music scene staples Morag Tong wield a sound that is wholly their own. Drawing on a wealth of influence from psych, sludge, doom and prog, their highly anticipated second album Grieve, released in 2023 on Majestic Mountain Records, paints a series of vast and striking scenes that reflect lyrical threads of existentialist wonder, infatuation with the natural world, and an emphatic love for life.

Known for their passionate, high-energy live performances, Morag Tong cut their teeth playing alongside some of the genre's finest, featuring on bills across the UK and Europe with the likes of Ufomammut, Monolord, Conan, Black Pyramid and Green Lung and Naxatras among others. In 2025, they continue to bring their brand of high-volume heaviness to life on stage.

"Morag Tong’s vivacious and monumental performance was as if plucked out from the depths of the Red Mountain itself" - Metal Rules

"This band are a must-see...a truly impactful experience" - The Razor's Edge

"It was loud and heavy and it was excellent” - Moshville Times

Photo by Felix Bartlett
Design by Daniela Batsheva

10/01/2025

Psychedelic fuzz rock cynics Thee Alcoholics are quite a phenomenon to experience live, causing you to sink into a trance as your ride their energetic grooves. If you aren't familiar with them, make sure you catch them on Chaos Theory Festival Day 1 - 15 Years Of Chaos on Saturday 1st March 2025 at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road.

Shapeshifting South London noise rock outfit Thee Alcoholics [Rocket Recordings, Wrong Speed Records, HUMAN WORTH] have been not-so-quietly releasing a handful of sell-out tape EPs, 7" singles and albums for a few years now. Songs that rail against injustice, intolerance and institutionalised Great British apathy- neatly wrapped around screeching, trash guitar riffs and blast-beat-driven bass synth. Mixing the gnarly, outsider big m**f energy of early Tad and Mudhoney with the industrial crush repetition of Godflesh, ugly vocals are buried somewhere between the Brainbombs and Girls Against Boys. A relentless brick-to-your face wake-up call of cynical musings.

After a live recording documenting their journey so far came in 2023 (30 minutes of agro drunk rock n roll, in the red sizzle of broken equipment, the band barely holding it together in their chaotic element), Rocket Recordings issued a full length album "Feedback" in 2024, seeing the group flex a more widescreen take on their instructional noise punk dirge. Go check them out before they either take off or implode!

"Disorienting, placing the listener in a vomit-coloured version of reality that seems never-ending yet strangely impermanent" - The Quietus

"An essential trip away from the dross of everyday life" - The Sleeping Shaman

"Fabulously fuzzy and fiendishly loud" - Buzz Magazine Wales

Photo by Suzi Corker

08/01/2025

Hardcore legends Svalbarduk always cut through bu****it and tired traditions, which is what we love at Chaos Theory events, and what we think is keeping the heavy music scene alive. We're extremely excited that the Bristol 4-piece will join us to headline Chaos Theory Festival Day 2 - 15 Years Of Chaos at The Underworld - London.

You can learn more about them on the Blog section of our website and get tickets on DICE.

You'd be forgiven for struggling to summarise the sound of Svalbard in a few words. Since forming in 2011, the band have had their hands in black metal, post-rock, d-beat, shoegaze, hardcore, and post-metal. Whilst their music stubbornly refuses to fit neatly into one genre, one word remains a fitting adjective for the British quartet: unique.

With a fourth album now under their belts, Svalbard are going from strength to strength - not just as one of the brightest sparks in metal and contemporaries of a burgeoning modern British metal scene, but as advocates for mental health.

"The band play with such a ferocious nature that it’s hard not to feel captivated by it." - Kerrang!

"Melts even the hardest of hearts through melody and lyrics alike" - Distorted Sound Magazine

"Breakneck pace, lush melodies and savage vocals" - BRING THE NOISE

06/01/2025

Who's excited about seeing CLT DRP's latest anarchic feminist pop/noise/punk/electronic (basically indescribable) sounds to Chaos Theory Festival Day 1 - 15 Years Of Chaos on Saturday 1st March at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road?

Pronounced 'C**T DRIP' for those confused or too shy to ask, CLT DRP have been turning heads. The genre-bending trio's non-apologetic and yet playful approach has seen them garner praise from Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Visions, New Noise, TheLineOfBestFit, Gigwise and radio plays by BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 and KEXP. Their music gets you moving, invites you in with power, and makes you question your environment and yourself.

"If you’ve think you’ve heard everything punk is capable of, the Brighton trio have enough electro-infused ammunition to make you change your mind." - Kerrang!

"Think The Prodigy meets The Slits." - Louderthanwar

"A face-melting mix that wouldn’t sound out of place at either a rock concert or a rave." - Distorted Sound Magazine

31/12/2024

Thanks for a fu***ng amazing year! Love to all these bands, DJs, producers, musicians, venues, everyone involved, and all of YOU!

See you on 1st and 8th March to celebrate 15 years of this glorious life.

Photos by Estie Joy Photography, what a machine!

23/12/2024

One more announcement for 15 Years Of Chaos on 1st March! After enjoying her banging and wildly varied DJ sets at events including our recent night at Moor Vaults, Supersonic and Supernormal Festivals, it's a great pleasure to announce that brilliant DJ Hesska will keep Signature Brew Blackhorse Road bouncing until 3am after the final live sets by CLT DRP , AJA and UKAEA. She never fails to impress with how she can mix a massive range of genres of music to get any crowd dancing.

📷: Estie Joy Photography

23/12/2024

Announcement for Day 2 of 15 Years Of Chaos! Sadly Lowen can no longer make it due to a clashing tour, but we're ecstatic that belting post-metal 6-piece Hundred Year Old Man will join us to bring an extra punch to the day.

After their awesome performance at their recently sold out gig, we're honoured that they're making the trip down from Leeds just for us.

See you The Underworld Camden in March!

📷: Estie Joy Photography

22/12/2024

Thanks to Moonlanding Video for putting this absolutely awesome highlights collection together of our event at Moor Beer Vaults with aya, AJA, Riotmiloo, She The Throne, Nnja Riot and Hesska 🖤🖤🖤

We had such an amazing night at Moor Vaults in November! Beautiful memories, music and souls in this highlight video filmed and edited by Moonlanding Video: ...

20/12/2024

Last of Estie Joy's snaps of our first night at Moor Beer Vaults. Immense DJ Hesska keeping all of us bouncing into the night. You all look great, thanks to all of you for making the night and to Estie for capturing so many great moments!

20/12/2024

More photos by Estie Joy Photography! Here's aya smashing it out the park at Moor Beer Vaults.

20/12/2024

AJA laying waste to Moor Beer Vaults when she launched her single Cryptid. Photos by Estie Joy Photography

20/12/2024

An intense performance from Riotmiloo last November at Moor Beer Vaults! Thanks to Estie Joy Photography.