The Forum presents:

Klämp

Klamp + Lower Slaughter

Entry Requirements: 18+
General Admission (e-ticket)
$22.15 + $2.21 s/c

KLAMP is the sound of terror on a journey to euphoria.

Formed by a gang of Brits living in the Netherlands, the band is now an entirely different beast to what it started out as.

KLAMP have now settled into a six piece line up for recording and ‘never know who or what you’re going to get’ live operation.

Currently putting the finishing touches to the follow up to ‘TOTAAL TECHNIEK’ (LP human worth records) the sound is nearing the vision that was always in pursuit but never out of reach.

Mind bending, trance inducing, groove ridden (always loud), the live environment is the place to experience the band and become truly fully immersed in the sonic force.

Tours with mclusky and Shearling, plus European festival appearances (Sonic Whip, Arctangent etc) with peers such as Gnod and Maquina, has seen the band win over unsuspecting new fans and steadily gain the reputation of a ‘must see’ live act.

Current and former members straddle both sides of the pond (NL/UK) and have a long list of outfits under their belt including Idles, Tall ships, Manatees, Do me bad things etc... Although it would be difficult to draw a comparison.

Brutal bliss' - Louder than war

'KLAMP are certainly a once in a lifetime experience' - Noizze

'Gross, gritty, and a little too real in places' - New noise

With Support from Lower Slaughter

Having ploughed through the UK underground for over a decade, Sussex-by-the-sea’s Lower Slaughter unexpectedly returned in 2024 after an extended hiatus, with a shift in personnel, a new line-up & most recently a brand new album ‘Deep Living’, out on Human Worth! The four piece once described themselves modestly as a band “who make loud riffs” though The Quietus description of “lurching noise-rock that occasionally works the angles but is chiefly a showpiece for big fuck-off riffs that call to mind Pissed Jeans, Nirvana and Harvey Milk” may be more accurate, and most certainly still holds true now.

Since their debut album release in 2017, the band has garnered high praise from the likes of BBC Radio 1 & BBC 6Music, The Quietus, Louder Than War, Artrocker (no.1 album of 2019), All Music, Loud & Quiet and Flush The Fashion, as well as finding fans among the likes of Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Shaun Keaveny, John Kennedy & cult comedy legend Stewart Lee, whilst also sharing stages with such bands as Pigs x7, Melt Banana, Pissed Jeans, JOHN, Ditz, No Age, Part Chimp, The Men, Hey Colossus, USA Nails, Sex Swing, Gnod, among many others!

“One of the most unique noise rock bands to have appeared in the past five years.” The Quietus

“Ferocious, riff-heavy, angry punk!” Huw Stephens

“This is catharsis in youthful noise.” Loud & Quiet

“Politically and socially conscious, but it's also an absolute blast.” All Music

“Smartly alternating between bludgeoning noise rock and smart post-punk” – Louder Than War

“Lower Slaughter have always had a knack for full tilt riffs, equal parts noise rock rumble and garage slash”– Narc Magazine

Line Up

Klamp
Lower Slaughter