News Artio reveal new single and 2026 UK headline tour Listen to Artio’s new single Let It Be A Void, and catch the band live in the UK next March on their tour in support of upcoming album Soul Rot.
News Uninvited and Cherym drop new split single The Afterparty Following Sofabed earlier this month, Uninvited and Cherym’s double single The Afterparty is now complete with the release of new bop Liar! (despise you).
Features Serj Tankian: “When I started music, I felt like I was given this incredible gift to make whatever comes to me. I don’t ever want to question it” As Serj Tankian unveils his brilliant and typically surprising Covers, Collaborations & Collages album, the nu-metal icon talks trying to make the world a better place, how he’s never been scared to travel down new artistic avenues, and why System Of A Down are “having the best time of our lives as a band” right now…
News Watch Black Polish’s new video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE Black Polish has released the official video for hypnotising single ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE, taken from their second album YUNA.
News Sex Mask announce new EP Body Broker, drop lead single Cold Listen to Sex Mask’s new single Cold, taken from the Aussie trio’s forthcoming EP Body Broker.
News Grey Daze to return for 2026 UK headline tour Following last year’s first-ever UK headline run, Grey Daze are coming back for a six-date tour in March.
The Cover Story Witch Fever: “If our mere presence is pissing people off that much, we’re doing something right” Having spent the best part of a decade tearing through any stage you put in front of them, Witch Fever are gearing up to unleash their most realised vision yet in FEVEREATEN. Meeting the band on the road in Sweden, the four Manc punks reflect on their journey here, facing down misogyny and sexism, navigating trauma and why the band means more than just music…
News “It’s about letting the viewer into my world”: Scarlet Page announces new photo book, Exposed: 3 Years With Placebo Photographer Scarlet Page has unveiled an intimate new book, Exposed: 3 Years With Placebo, consisting of 220 unseen photos of the band during their first three albums.
News RADAR Festival announce Animals As Leaders, The Pineapple Thief, Northlane, Protest The Hero and more RADAR is returning to Manchester next summer and it’s bringing in the big guns: there’s UK festival exclusives from Animals As Leaders, The Pineapple Thief and Protest The Hero, plus appearances by the likes of Northlane, unpeople, ten56. and more.
Reviews Album review: Creeper – Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death Carry on screaming! Creeper return with their fangs on full display for bigger, brassier, bloodier Sanguivore sequel.
News Acid Bath have announced their first-ever UK headline show Before they join System Of A Down in stadiums next summer, Acid Bath will be warming up with a headline date in Manchester for the first time ever.
Reviews Album review: Avatar – Don’t Go In The Forest Swedish metal jesters Avatar hit double figures in macabre, OTT style on raucous new album.
News Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil announces memoir, A Screaming Life Kim Thayil’s forthcoming book, A Screaming Life, tells the full story of “Soundgarden’s humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle’s beer-soaked punk clubs to their revered status today as rock icons”.
News Tool and Shinedown to headline Sonic Temple 2026 alongside My Chem and BMTH Columbus, Ohio’s giant Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival has completed its 2026 line-up with new headline additions Tool and Shinedown.
News Bad Omens reveal North American tour with Beartooth and PRESIDENT Bad Omens will be taking over arenas in the U.S. and Canada next year, with Beartooth and PRESIDENT also coming along for the ride.
Features “There’s a sense of nihilism, anxiety and anger”: Inside SPACED’s No Escape EP From an everyday feeling of “rage and frustration” to the way they put together their brand of ‘far-out’ hardcore, SPACED talk us through their new five-track EP, No Escape.
