Album review: Full Of Hell and NOTHING – When No Birds SangExistential terror titans Full Of Hell and NOTHING overwhelm on monumental collaboration…
Album review: Thronehammer – KingslayerAnglo-German epic doomsters Thronehammer deliver pure metal majesty on titanic third album Kingslayer.
Album review: Gama Bomb – BatsOddball Irish thrashers Gama Bomb flap up a storm of silliness on dependably bonkers eighth album Bats…
Film review: NapoleonJoaquin Phoenix puts on a big hat and emerges victorious as Napoleon in Ridley Scott’s huge, rollicking biopic of the French emperor…
Album review: Earthside – Let The Truth SpeakNew England cinematic rock collective Earthside get epic on long-gestated second album, Let The Truth Speak…
Album review: Mortuary Drape – Black MirrorMay all the witches (still) dance! Morbid Italian metal cult Mortuary Drape continue to weave a dark spell on enchanting sixth full-length.
Album review: Plain White T’s – Plain White T’sIllinois pop-rockers Plain White T’s practice self-nostalgia on solid but safe ninth album…
Album review: HourHouse – Gold Tooth GuruNew Orleans five-piece HourHouse offer up an unrestrained debut that’s much better than its cover would have you believe…
Album review: Dying Wish – Symptoms Of SurvivalFast-rising Portland metalcore quintet Dying Wish swing for the big leagues on mighty second album.
Album review: Lonely The Brave – What We Do To FeelLonely The Brave return with all the feels and increased confidence on epic fourth album…
Album review: Acid Throne – Kingdom’s DeathRising East Anglian crossover-doomsters Acid Throne demand you bend the knee on crushing debut Kingdom’s Death.
The big review: Damnation Festival 2023From Enslaved to Electric Wizard, Unearth to Undeath, Damnation Festival 2023 unequivocally underlined its status as the destination for all things extreme at the tail end of the European festival season. As always, we were there for every brilliantly gnarly body blow across a truly wild weekend...
Album review: Sophie Lloyd – Imposter SyndromeBritish shred sensation Sophie Lloyd cements her rocket-fast rise with headbanging debut that features an A-Z of famous friends…
Album review: Helmet – LeftUnderwhelming return from NYC noise rock legends Helmet on lacklustre ninth album…
Album review: The Struts – Pretty ViciousPouting, pretty, not especially vicious and occasionally dark return from Derby rock’n’rollers The Struts on glimmering fourth album…
Album review: Silent Planet – SUPERBLOOMCalifornia metalcore mob Silent Planet mix djent, electro and shoegaze to intoxicating effect on fascinating fifth album SUPERBLOOM.
