BELIEVE IN NOTHING

Origins

Formed in Eastbourne in 2023, Believe In Nothing bring together Caine Hemmingway (vocals/noise), Lawrence Rodriguez (guitar), Steve Collier (guitar), and Jasper Lyons (drums). With a history of playing in various heavy South Coast bands, the members hit the ground running, sidestepping the usual growing pains of a new project and quickly locking into a vision of crushing, apocalyptic sonic ritual.

Sound

Believe in Nothing’s creative ethos centres on sonic mass wielded with weaponised restraint to create jarring dynamic changes. Instead of endlessly piling on layers they embrace controlled tension: Barrages of enormous guitars and drums and noise interjected with sparse movements, cold atonal textures, and stifling silences that feel like all oxygen just got sucked out of the room. The results are dense, oppressive soundscapes not from brute force, but via slow, deliberate accumulation. It’s an immersive, unsettling experience shaped by subtraction rather than excess.

Playing live without songs

An unofficial live debut came in early 2024: An unplanned set at The Eagle pub in Eastbourne after another band went AWOL. With no songs written, they played anyway, improvising a fifteen minute barrage of semi-controlled noise guided only by a shared sense of timing and a vision for summoning the right kind of apocalyptic genie. The band saw it as a proof of concept - a raw, spontaneous performance that vindicated their cerebral approach to heavy music and hellish worldbuilding.

Official gigs

After a slight line-up reshuffle which saw Jasper switch from bass to drums and the addition of guitarist Lawrence, they really clicked in the practice room, soon returning to The Eagle in May 2024 for a more formal debut gig alongside fellow Eastbourne crushers Black Groove and out-of-towners Black Shape. Still staring into the abyss, but now armed with carved-out structures and a sharpened identity. Those present described Believe in Nothing’s set as a detonation - as if something cataclysmic had been unleashed that couldn’t be sealed back into any kind of box.

On the Road

Believe In Nothing have carved out a relentless live presence across the UK, hitting their Eastbourne hometown as well as Brighton and London multiple times, and making appearances in Ashford, Hastings, and beyond. Along the way, they’ve shared stages with a wide range of abrasive underground acts, including KULK, Mastiff, Mizmor, WODE, Final Dose, Healing Wound, Harrowed, Death Goals, Troy The Band, Black Groove, Black Shape, Blood Gutter, The Defamation Project, Mortal Karcass, Droop, Grandad, Pascacoula, and many more. The remainder of 2025 sees them doubling down, with return appearances at key venues like The Black Heart in London (August and November) and The Green Door Store in Brighton (August and December), plus first-time shows in Tunbridge Wells, Windsor, York, Norwich, Reading, Worthing, and Nottingham. They’ll also head north to hit Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow before wrapping up the year with a homecoming blowout at the Green Door Store on December 15th, courtesy of Tinnitus Promotions.

Single releases so far

They began releasing music in mid‑2024, dropping a demo track ‘Boiling Stone’ to Bandcamp in June 2024. This track was a minimal yet crushing tone‑setting statement that established their turf on a scorched and abandoned earth. The band then planned to dripfeed more demos to Bandcamp at tactical moments but after experiencing their live ferocity, Chuch Road Records picked them up at the end of 2024. The band then began unfolding a string of miserable endtimes inducing singles in 2025: