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House Of Protection: “This is a safe space for creativity. You can get as weird as you want”

Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta immediately bonded when they met in FEVER 333. Now, striking out together, they’re properly showing themselves to the world with House Of Protection. We joined them in East London, where they explained why they can’t quit, the power of creativity, and how “we have each other’s backs, which is extremely important…”

Green Day, Lorna Shore, Emperor, Electric Callboy and more announced for Norway’s Tons Of Rock festival

Tons Of Rock takes place at the end of June… that’s quite close to Download Festival, innit?

You Me At Six are planning “wakes” for their final tour

You’ll be able to mourn the Weybridge wonders’ passing properly before each show…

Sleater-Kinney share new single, This Time, from Little Rope Deluxe album

Listen to Sleater-Kinney’s new single This Time – the last song the duo wrote for this year’s Little Rope LP, now released for the forthcoming deluxe edition…

Album review: Lowen – Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran

London prog-doomsters Lowen deliver on years of eastern promise with brilliant, bewitching second album…

Arch Enemy announce 12th album, Blood Dynasty

Arch Enemy’s new record Blood Dynasty will drop in March, and Michael Amott reveals that it’s “everything you’ve come to expect from this band, and then some!”

The HU have released a cover of Iron Maiden’s The Trooper

With the North American leg of Iron Maiden’s Future Past Tour kicking off tonight, The HU have paid tribute to the headliners as a “special thank you, and out of huge respect as fans of the band”.

Lowen: “It’s illegal to play metal in Iran. It’s illegal for women to sing. So this is defiance, it’s rebellion”

Blending doom, death metal and prog with traditional Iranian music, London’s Lowen are a colourful pot of heavy sounds. For singer Nina Saeidi, it’s also a way to express and explore her heritage, as well as taking a stand…

RØRY announces debut album, RESTORATION

RØRY will drop debut album RESTORATION in January – and she describes it as “my testimony of how I turned my sh*t-show of a life around…”

Green Day have released a Jesus Of Suburbia demo… and it’s just over two minutes long

Green Day’s nine-minute masterpiece Jesus Of Suburbia started out in much less epic fashion – as the band have shared from their forthcoming American Idiot (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).

Album review: Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere

One giant leap for death metal: Blood Incantation go far beyond the stars on most out-there, cosmic and best album to date…

Mouth Culture: Meet the Leicester trio determined to manifest their alt.rock dreams

Bringing authenticity into UK alternative through a sprinkling of pop-punk, Mouth Culture’s sound is equally addictive and ambitious. The Leicester trio – who live together – introduce us to their new EP Whatever The Weather, their upcoming tour with heroes You Me At Six and how they’re “manifesting” their destiny from the ground up…

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes to go on hiatus following 2024 tour

“Please join us in celebration of the songs that changed our lives…” Following this winter’s UK and European headline run, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes will be going on indefinite hiatus.

Album review: Drug Church – PRUDE

Hardcore-punk heroes Drug Church deliver yet again on buoyant new LP, PRUDE.

Listen to Sylosis’ surprise new EP, The Path

Reading metallers Sylosis have unveiled what Josh Middleton promises is “some of our best material to date” on their new EP, including title-track The Path featuring Heriot’s Debbie Gough.

Chubby And The Gang: “It’s me vs. the world. If the world don’t like it, f*ck ’em!”

How dedicated is Charlie Manning to hardcore? Well, he made the new Chubby And The Gang record by himself, after his crew were reduced to just him. “I’ve never even thought about not doing it…”

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