Album review: The Struts – Pretty ViciousPouting, pretty, not especially vicious and occasionally dark return from Derby rock’n’rollers The Struts on glimmering fourth album…
Album review: Silent Planet – SUPERBLOOMCalifornia metalcore mob Silent Planet mix djent, electro and shoegaze to intoxicating effect on fascinating fifth album SUPERBLOOM.
Album review: Hollow Front – The Fear Of Letting GoMichigan marauders Hollow Front begin a new chapter on excellent, emphatic third album.
Album review: Green Lung – This Heathen LandStoner occultists Green Lung raise doom claws to paganism, nature and witchcraft on brilliant coming-of-age third album…
Album review: Fuming Mouth – Last Day Of SunCrusty New England death dealers Fuming Mouth return in raging form on second album…
Mixtape review: Magnolia Park – Halloween Mixtape IIThe Orlando pop-punkers’ newest release is a box of tricks with maybe not enough treats…
Album review: Poppy – ZigShe’s explored the possibilities of punk, metal and even bubblegum pop… but what will Poppy do next? Electronica, it turns out. And what’s more, she’s bloody good at it.
Album review: END – The Sin Of Human FrailtyU.S. extreme supergroup END blend metal and noise on second full-length and punch holes in your head…
Album review: WARGASM – VenomSam Matlock and Milkie Way rage all over again – and branch out while they’re at it – on WARGASM’s fiery full-length debut.
Album review: Year Of The Knife – No Love LostMetallic hardcore four-piece Year Of The Knife emerge from the darkness in a blaze of glory on the brilliant No Love Lost…
Album review: RILE – PessimistSalt Lake City’s morose metalcore mob RILE strip skin from bone to reveal the misery inside on excoriating debut Pessimist.
Album review: Taking Back Sunday – 152Taking Back Sunday return after seven years with their eighth – and possibly best – album.
Album review: In This Moment – GodmodeAn industrial-heavy but bewitchingly melodic return sees chameleonic California alt.metallers In This Moment turning another page…
Album review: blink-182 – ONE MORE TIME…The Mark, Tom and Travis show returns for good – and they’re armed with one of the best, most consistent records of their whole career.
“A compelling, immersive experience”: Our verdict on Black Sabbath – The BalletBlack Sabbath and ballet? Could it work?! We headed to Sadler’s Wells in London to find out, as the blueprint of heavy metal comes face-to-face with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in a stunning celebration of an enduring, wondrous legacy…
Album review: Within Temptation – Bleed OutDutch metal troupe Within Temptation take a turn for the heavy (in every sense) and make their best album in over a decade.
