Album review: Spite – NEW WORLD KILLERNeck braces at the ready! A predictably chunky exercise in breathless brutality from Californian quartet Spite on album number five.
Album review: Mastiff – For All The Dead DreamsHull’s most vicious band Mastiff serve up a healthy dose of brutally charged sludge.
Marmozets tease long-awaited comeback single, A Kiss From A MotherAt long last, Marmozets have revealed that their new single A Kiss From A Mother will arrive in November.
Artio reveal new single and 2026 UK headline tourListen 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.
Uninvited and Cherym drop new split single The AfterpartyFollowing Sofabed earlier this month, Uninvited and Cherym’s double single The Afterparty is now complete with the release of new bop Liar! (despise you).
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…
Watch Black Polish’s new video for ABOUT YOU/SUNRISEBlack Polish has released the official video for hypnotising single ABOUT YOU/SUNRISE, taken from their second album YUNA.
Sex Mask announce new EP Body Broker, drop lead single ColdListen to Sex Mask’s new single Cold, taken from the Aussie trio’s forthcoming EP Body Broker.
Grey Daze to return for 2026 UK headline tourFollowing last year’s first-ever UK headline run, Grey Daze are coming back for a six-date tour in March.
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…
“It’s about letting the viewer into my world”: Scarlet Page announces new photo book, Exposed: 3 Years With PlaceboPhotographer 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.
RADAR Festival announce Animals As Leaders, The Pineapple Thief, Northlane, Protest The Hero and moreRADAR 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.
Album review: Creeper – Sanguivore II: Mistress Of DeathCarry on screaming! Creeper return with their fangs on full display for bigger, brassier, bloodier Sanguivore sequel.
Acid Bath have announced their first-ever UK headline showBefore 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.
Album review: Avatar – Don’t Go In The ForestSwedish metal jesters Avatar hit double figures in macabre, OTT style on raucous new album.
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil announces memoir, A Screaming LifeKim 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”.
