loudness wars, fronted by vocalist/guitarist Jerome, are a huge blessing on your eardrums. This trio’s debut single “Battlefield” (dropping April 14, 2025) is a raucous counter-slap to fake rock, packing every ounce of their two-year grind into three minutes of rare, riff-charged anarchy.
At the helm of this noise machine is Jerome, a Sri Lankan-born, UK-raised madman who treats his guitar like it owes him money. His distortion is filthy, and his vocals are madddd. But don’t think for a second this is a one-man show. Nah, Jerome’s got backup in the form of Rich on bass (his uni buddy) and Ian smashing the drums (Rich’s childhood partner in crime). Rich’s bass lines are thicker than a bowl of day-old oatmeal, oozing with that unique grunge feel. And what about Ian? This dude’s spent two years turning his drumming into a precision weapon of mass destruction.
Now, get this—they recorded “Battlefield” guerrilla-style. Drums? Tracked in their dingy rehearsal space. Guitars and vocals? In Jerome’s living room, probably annoying the hell out of his neighbours. But that auto-grit? It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Jerome’s production doesn’t try to polish this turd—it rolls it in glitter and sets it on fire. The song structure – hmm… It starts off coiled tight, then GEEZ! The chorus hits you, like it HITS you. It’s loud as hell, but every element has its place. And yeah, it might give you ’90s flashbacks, but this isn’t nostalgia-motivated. Chesham’s loudness wars aren’t paying tribute to the past—they’re dragging it kicking and screaming into 2025.
These guys aren’t following the crowd – they’re digging their own damn hole. Their DIY spirit is all over their homemade music video (seriously, go find that beauty on YouTube now), a visual explosion that matches the song’s crazy energy. And if you’re itching for the real deal, their Ealing show at the end of May is gonna turn West London into a sweaty mess of thrashing bodies and blown-out ears.
“Battlefield”— Two years of rehearsals, rewrites, and relentless hunger boil down to this: a track that doesn’t ask for your attention, it grabs you by the throat. For a band named after an audio engineering term, loudness wars understand the assignment: turn that shit up to max, forget about sounding pretty, and let the guitars do the talking.
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