Reviews

Two nights, 32 songs, 100,000 fans: The full review of Metallica’s M72 opening shows

With the second night of Metallica’s M72 Tour Amsterdam double-bill still ringing in our ears, we look back over a long heavy metal weekend for the ages.

Album review: The St Pierre Snake Invasion – Galore

Uneasy listening from experimental, genre-defying, heavy-hitting Bristol quintet The St Pierre Snake Invasion.

Album review: Crown The Empire – Dogma

Crown The Empire blend into the pack on their fifth album, Dogma.

What happened on the first night of Metallica’s M72 World Tour

K! was there for the first night at Amsterdam’s vast Johann Cruyff Arena to witness the kicking-off of Metallica’s career-spanning, globe-trotting M72 Tour…

EP Review: Swollen Teeth – Swollen Teeth

Mysterious masked metallers Swollen Teeth leave 1,000 bloody mouths in their wake with a jaw-loosening debut...

Album review: As Everything Unfolds – Ultraviolet

Metal hotshots As Everything Unfolds shine a light on their talents with Ultraviolet.

Album review: RedHook – Postcard From A Living Hell

Australian alt.rock quartet RedHook channel their frustrations into an explosive and audacious debut…

Album review: Enter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole World

Pucker up! St Albans supremos Enter Shikari celebrate life lived loud with irrepressible seventh album…

Album review: Waterparks – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Waterparks follow-up 2021’s sprawling Greatest Hits with more concise – but no less genre-defying – fifth LP.

Album review: Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current

Legendary Norwegian experimentalists Dødheimsgard underline their bonkers brilliance on seventh album Black Medium Current…

Album review: Metallica – 72 Seasons

Metallica triumph (again) on sprawling but deadly 11th album. Can we get a yeah-heah?

Album review: Jesus Piece – …So Unknown

A bulldozing return from rising hardcore maulers Jesus Piece on hotly-anticipated second full-length…

Album review: Understand – Real Food At Last

A welcome blast from the past as short-lived hardcore legends spruce up unheard 1990s recordings…

EP review: Scowl – Psychic Dance Routine

Californian hardcore firebrands Scowl create the blueprint for their future on scorching EP…

Album review: Covet – catharsis

Cali math-rockers Covet go on a wondrous journey on catharsis…

Album review: Fit For An Autopsy, Thy Art Is Murder & Malevolence – The Aggression Sessions

Fit For An Autopsy, Thy Art Is Murder and Malevolence do the seriously heavy split thing…

Back Next