We’re Sideborg, no, not Cyborg, or Sideboard, yes the name is a nonsense word but that doesn’t mean you can get it wrong ok? We’re from Worcestershire (Bromsgrove/Redditch) and we’ve been at it now for 5 years or so. We rose from the ashes of a previous band which ended under frustrating circumstances. We had to teach ourselves to sing and play at the same time in order to make something new, it actually worked out really well. Last year was our best year yet. We topped out at 15 shows from Manchester to Hereford and released our debut album Essential Bangers. Our music is pretty hard to categorise short of it being loud, strange, intense and completely unapologetic. A layman might call it metal but that’s because most folk think if you sing really loud it’s metal, so if it makes it easier, call it metal. But if we’re getting technical it’s more like grunge/nu-metal with hints of tech and doom. If ya know ya know, ya know? We’ve played Malvern Rocks before and we had a great afternoon, but an -afternoon- it was indeed and we’re MUCH better suited to a late evening or a night time set. It’s not the sort of show you watch over a light ale and a cob, but if that’s what you fancy we don’t judge, just bring us a cob as well. Basically if you do grace us with a slot again, we really are best in a (sound) damped room, alongside other loud bands, played to people who are well ‘warmed up’ and have some taste for intensity. Bless those good folk who endured us last time at 2pm on a Sunday, in the side of a lovely old wood panelled pub, they clapped, that’s one thing at least. 2025’s here and we’ll have played 6 shows by the time we make it to you, we’ll also have released a new single. We’re recording our 2nd album and releasing all sorts of merch too. Available at the show we’ll have T-Shirts available you can have black/white or white/black, and no, we haven’t got a small. We’ll also have CD’s of our first album available. We’re a Worcestershire band and Malvern is this county’s crown jewel in our opinion. So not to sound too brown-nosey, it is an honour for us to play here, we’ve walked those hills many times.