Reviews Album review: Shields – Death & Connection British metalcore survivors Shields make their boundary-pushing return with bold and occasionally brilliant new album Death & Connection.
News The XCERTS return with new single: “We wanted it to feel uncomfortable, honest and human” “There’s a desperate urgency about this song…” Watch the video for The XCERTS’ new single do it to myself.
News Papa Roach have released one of their “most raw, emotional songs” ever Listen to Papa Roach’s new single Wake Up Calling, which vocalist Jacoby Shaddix says is “about standing on the edge of disaster…”
News Black Veil Brides announce North American headline tour Hot on the heels of new single Certainty, Black Veil Brides have revealed details of a North American headline tour with From Ashes To New, TX2 and As December Falls.
Reviews Album review: RONKER – Respect The Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever Belgian noiseniks RONKER cook up a head-swivelling frenzy on their second album while dipping into darker, more existential places.
News Watch the video for Held.’s New You Anthem, featuring Frank Iero Held. and My Chemical Romance man Frank Iero team up for New You Anthem, taken from the trio’s forthcoming debut album GREY.
News Halestorm’s Lzzy and Joe are doing an Unplugged tour Halestorm’s Lzzy & Joe Unplugged run will see the pair hit Glasgow, Southampton, London, Dublin and Belfast following the band’s Opus Stage set at Download in June.
News Enter Shikari reveal giant 2026 UK arena tour Enter Shikari are hitting the road later this year with Holding Absence and The Callous Daoboys for their biggest tour yet: “I can tell you now it will be our most thrilling…”
Features “We’re leaving everything in the past”: Inside Dead Pony’s fiery, fearless return Following 2024 breakout debut IGNORE THIS, Dead Pony are back with one of their heaviest songs ever: Eat My Dust!. From channelling the likes of Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, to making sure the comments are muted on social media, vocalist Anna Shields unpacks where the band are at right now…
News Arcane Roots return with first new single in eight years “It feels completely limitless right now…” Listen to Arcane Roots’ surprise new single, A Wave, Across The Sea.
News Pierce The Veil announce their biggest-ever headline show Pierce The Veil’s The Homecoming will see the San Diego trio finish up their The Jaws Of Life era at Petco Park later this year…
News Megadeth are in an Albums Chart battle with Louis Tomlinson The Official Charts Company report that Louis Tomlinson is at Number One, but Megadeth are fighting hard in second place for their highest-charting record to date.
News Donald Trump won’t be going to Green Day’s Super Bowl show “I’m anti-them,” said U.S. President Donald Trump when asked if he’d be watching Billie Joe and Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX.
News Netflix freeclimber Alex Honnold was listening to Tool while he scaled Taipei 101 “It gives you a sense of if you’re going fast or slow”: In case you were wondering what the best thing to have in your ears as you climb Taipei 101 skyscraper with no safety gear is… it’s Tool.
Features “Dreams are a perpetual source of pain”: MØL on their triumphantly nihilistic return When Kim Song Sternkopf learned he had ADHD, it got him thinking about perception and connection. On Danish blackgaze heroes MØL’s new album Dreamcrush, he’s exploring these ideas, and how it’s good to adjust when reality shifts…
Features The rise of Good Charlotte, as told through their most important gigs At just 16 years of age, Good Charlotte played their first show to “15 other kids”. Thirty years later and they’re going stronger than ever. Benji Madden tells the band’s story through 10 pivotal gigs…
