The big review: Download Festival 2023Celebrating an incredible 20 years with a whopping anniversary spectacular, here’s all the best stuff from Download Festival.
Album review: Gallus – We Don’t Like The People We’ve BecomeIndie-punk quartet Gallus might be pissed off about the state of society on their debut album, but at least they can find a good laugh in it too…
Album review: Ultra Q – My Guardian AngelJakob Armstrong introduces himself to the world with indie-rock outfit Ultra Q’s debut album…
Album review: Godflesh – PurgeIndustrial innovators Godflesh bring grooves and grimness on cathartic ninth full-length…
Album review: Pupil Slicer – BlossomBlack metal, grind, indie-rock, synths, joyous choruses and egg-shakers: Pupil Slicer violently bloom on perfect, out-of-this-world second album…
Album review: Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…Huntington Beach heroes Avenged Sevenfold hurl themselves off the deep end for sublimely batshit eighth album…
Album review: Rancid – Tomorrow Never ComesBerkeley berserkers Rancid return with arresting 10th studio album.
Slam Dunk Festival 2023: The Big ReviewRunning down the best of the best from Leeds and Hatfield as Slam Dunk 2023 kicks off the most jam-packed UK festival season ever…
Album review: Foo Fighters – But Here We AreDave Grohl pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins and his mother on Foo Fighters’ extraordinary 11th album…
Album review: Vnder A Crvmbling Moon – I: OblivionV-loving post-metal newcomers Vnder A Crvmbling Moon step out of the shadows with chest crushing debut I: Oblivion...
Album review: Heart Attack Man – Freak Of NatureOhio trio Heart Attack Man get comfortable with their inner critic and embrace the uncomfortable emotions that come with growth...
Album review: The Dirty Nil – Free Rein To PassionsOntario punks The Dirty Nil’s fourth record packs a playful punch…
Album review: Burial Clouds – Last Days Of A Dying WorldPortland post-doomsters Burial Clouds find their voice to celebrate the melancholy Last Days Of A Dying World...
Album review: Wallowing – Earth ReaperBrighton sludgecore collective Wallowing drag us into the maelstrom on planet-pulverising second album Earth Reaper…
Album review: The Used – Toxic PositivityThe Used give the human mind a probing on fascinating but flawed ninth album…
In pictures: The music and madness of Desertfest 2023Desertfest – a three-day celebration of heaviness, fuzz, volume and weirdness – hit Camden once again last weekend. Here’s what we remember…
