Album review: The Pretty Wild – zero.point.genesisOn their debut album, Las Vegas duo The Pretty Wild introduce themselves both as theatrical plate-spinners of sound – and a band you absolutely have to watch.
EP review: Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD – One More TimeAn indulgent yet muscular collaborative project shaped by the fathers, the son and the holiest of rock’n’roll…
Live review: Hot Milk, London RoundhouseHot Milk turn Camden’s Roundhouse into a space to escape from the ugliness outside – and the site of one of the biggest parties they’ve ever thrown.
Album review: Rise Of The Northstar – CHAPTER 04: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE! NEO PARIS WAR!!French metalcore mob Rise Of The Northstar continue to clash intercontinental influence to mixed but occasionally brilliant effect.
Album review: Annisokay – Abyss – The Final ChapterAnnisokay bring their Abyss project to a close with a showcase of German metalcore prowess.
Album review: Home Front – Watch It DieThe second outing from Canadian synth-punks Home Front throws poptimism in the face existentialism – with hooks aplenty.
Album review: False Reality – FADED INTENTIONSLondon hardcore upstarts False Reality continue their furious rise on bruising debut FADED INTENTIONS.
Album review: 601 – We Are Not The SameBreakbeat duo 601 explore the alternative on boundary-pushing fourth album, with a little help from the British heavy underground.
Album review: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Everyone’s A Star!5SOS rip apart the impossibly perfect boyband mould in an honest examination of their vices and virtues under the public eye.
Live review: Electric Callboy, London Alexandra PalaceAll aboard the Tekkno Train! Electric Callboy’s barnstorming Alexandra Palace headliner is a whirlwind of hilarity and neon-splattered fun.
Album review: The Devil Wears Prada – FlowersThe Devil Wears Prada’s drive to evolve bears plenty of fruit, but that ambition sometimes gets diluted along the way.
The big review: Damnation 2025Celebrating 20 years of northern darkness, Damnation Festival delivers its biggest, boldest edition to date, with Napalm Death, Corrosion Of Conformity, Deafheaven, Perturbator and a whole lot more raising hell in Manchester…
Album review: Of Mice & Men – Another MiracleEnduring California metallers Of Mice & Men get fired up on anthemic ninth album, Another Miracle.
Live review: Malevolence, Manchester O2 Victoria WarehouseBritish metalcore heavyweights Malevolence hit the north with their friends and family at their biggest headline show to date.
Album review: Caskets – The Only Heaven You’ll KnowRising Brit metalcore stars Caskets wear their hearts on their sleeves on character-defining third album.
Album review: Set It Off – Set It OffSet It Off’s defiant sixth album finds them not just metamorphosing into their most fluid form ever, but celebrating themselves all over again.