APF Records is thrilled to announce the return of UNDER with their new full-length album What Happened in Roundwood, set for release on 23rd January 2026.

The Stockport trio – Matt Franklin (bass/vocals), Andy Preece (drums/vocals) and Simon Mayo (guitar/vocals) – have long been one of the most unique voices in the UK heavy underground. Their unclassifiable blend of sludge, noise, prog and avant-garde chaos has earned them a reputation for bending genres and brains alike.

Following their acclaimed releases Slick (2017), Stop Being Naïve (2018) and Training Resource #5 (2020), What Happened in Roudwood finds Under delving deeper into their own uneasy world - where gnarled riffs, off-kilter rhythms and surreal lyricism collide in glorious, unnerving harmony.

Recorded and mixed by Simon Mayo at Spirit Studios in Manchester, the new album captures the full intensity of the band’s live sound while introducing new textures, dynamics and layers of unsettling beauty.

The first single from the album, “Escape Roudwood,” will be released on 30th October 2025 on Spotify and all major streaming platforms.

What Happened in Roudwood will follow on 23rd January 2026 on vinyl, CD and digital formats via APF Records. A new t-shirt is also available.

Pre-order: 🔗 APF Records Store

Today, Trevor’s Head mark their 15th anniversary with the release of a brand-new double A-side single through APF Records, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and mixed and mastered by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse Studio.

The two new tracks showcase the Redhill trio’s trademark mix of stoner rock, punk, grunge and prog – heavy, dynamic and unmistakably their own. The single arrives as the band kick off their 15th Anniversary UK Tour, beginning tonight at the Tap ’n’ Tumbler in Nottingham.

Formed in 2010, Trevor’s Head have spent fifteen years forging a reputation as one of the UK underground’s most distinctive and hard-working bands. Their previous albums, including A View From Below (2023) and Soma Holiday (2018), drew praise from Outlaws of the Sun, Desert Psychlist and Ninehertz for their diversity and energy.

Across their career, the band have played with Truckfighters, Green Lung, Mondo Generator, Nebula, Greenleaf and Church Of The Cosmic Skull, and appeared at Desertfest, Kozfest and Riffolution.

The new double A-side single is out now on all major streaming platforms and via APF Records. You can hear it via this link: 

https://linktr.ee/APFRecords

Today sees the release of “Benefits Me”, the second single from Manchester heavyweights THE HYENA KILL and their upcoming album Collapse, out 14^th November on APF Records. 

Following hot on the heels of first single Sly, this new track shows another side of the band’s uncompromising sound - all soaring vocals, pummelling riffs and unrelenting energy. It’s raw, it’s urgent, and it hits hard. 

“Benefits Me” is streaming everywhere now. Find it on the service of your choice via this link:

https://linktr.ee/APFRecords

Collapse is available on limited edition gold vinyl, cassette, CD and t-shirt bundle options featuring artwork from Ben Tallon. Pre-orders are open now in the APF Records Shop.

The wait is over. Today, Birmingham sludge-doom trio Voidlurker unleash their brand new EP Loathe For Life via APF Records. Clocking in at 30 minutes across four punishing tracks, Loathe For Life is Voidlurker at their heaviest and most uncompromising. Recorded once again at Foel Studios with Chris Fielding (Conan), the EP delivers everything fans of Sabbath-worshipping doom crave: down-tuned riffs, walls of fuzz, guttural vocals, and rhythms that grind forward with percussion that swings between cavernous weight and sheer violence. 

Since forming in 2017, Voidlurker have carved out a reputation for intensity both on record and on stage. From their breakout appearance on the Bloodstock New Blood Stage in 2019, to sharing bills with the likes of Crowbar, The Obsessed, Conan, and Raging Speedhorn, they’ve proven themselves a serious presence in the UK doom underground. 

With Loathe For Life, Voidlurker double down on that reputation. Brad Thomas’s gravel-drenched vocals and Iommi-inspired guitar work, Andrew Rennie’s bass that shakes foundations, and Mitch Bishop’s feral drums combine into one of the year’s most crushing doom releases. 

Loathe For Life is available now on CD and to stream on their band page here on the APF website. Turn it up loud. Let the Midlands misery roll.

People say APF’s bread and butter is sludge and doom. Fair enough. But The Hyena Kill and Corrupt Moral Altar most definitely aren’t doom. And what even is doom anyway? Where does it end and sludge begin? Genre tags are rubbish – they don’t really sum up what we do.

One thing’s always been clear though: APF is about the UK. Every band we’ve ever signed is from here. We’ve even turned down overseas names who’ve since gone on to get pretty big, because supporting this scene has always been the point.

And just when you think you’ve got us pegged, we throw a curveball. Hardcore, noise, grind, punk, black 'n' roll, alternative, the unclassifiable (we're looking at you, Under). If it’s loud and uncompromising, it belongs.

So yeah, in the age of short attention spans we’ve decided to put out a two-hour compilation of punishing music. Uneasy Listening – 28 tracks, spanning 110 releases of weird and wonderful APF sounds.

If you’re new to APF, this is a chance to hear what the UK underground really sounds like. If you’ve been with us from the start, it’s a fun trip through our first 8 years.

Hope you dig it!

Uneasy Listening on Bandcamp:

https://apfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/uneasy-listening-2017-2025