Album review: Acres – The HostSouth Coast alt. metallers Acres mine massive sounds from the demons within on excellent third album The Host.
Album review: Heart Attack Man – Joyride The Pale HorseOhio pop-punks Heart Attack Man deliver a curate’s egg of a fourth full-length.
Album review: James And The Cold Gun – Face In The MirrorCardiff garage rockers James And The Cold Gun shoot to thrill with badass rock’n’roll on second album, and mostly hit the mark.
Album review: HIMALAYAS – BAD STARCardiff’s masters of bold riffs HIMALAYAS upscale their tried-and-tested stadium-rock on rampant second album.
Album review: Inhuman Nature – Greater Than DeathPunky London/Hastings thrash bootboys Inhuman Nature blast back with long-awaited second full-length.
Album review: Employed To Serve – Fallen StarGoing supernova! Brit metal heroes Employed To Serve smash all boundaries on exhilarating, perfect fifth album, Fallen Star.
Album review: Machine Head – UNATØNEDRobb Flynn dabbles in the ridiculous and the sublime on Machine Head’s rollercoaster 11th album, UNATØNED.
Live review: The Warning, London O2 Academy BrixtonMexican superstars The Warning prove they’re the Villar-real deal at landmark Brixton Academy show…
Album review: Superheaven – SuperheavenInfluential Pennsylvania quartet Superheaven make a mighty comeback after a decade-long hiatus.
Album review: Melvins – ThunderballWashington State outsiders Melvins keep us guessing on (sort of) return to original line-up.
Album review: King Kraken – March Of The GodsWelsh heavies King Kraken bring more tales from the deep and come up with gold on second album, March Of The Gods.
Live review: Ghost, Manchester AO ArenaThe Rapture comes to Manchester as Ghost kick off their Biblical new era on the beyond-all-expectation first night of the Skeletour World Tour.
Album review: Within Destruction – ANIMETALSlovenian metalcore oddballs Within Destruction unleash a tidal wave of cel-shaded colour on fast and furious fifth album ANIMETAL.
Album review: The Mars Volta – Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del VacioLegendary Texan oddballs The Mars Volta explore their patience-testing outer limits on beyond-characteristically confounding ninth album Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio.
Album review: Magnolia Park – VAMPMagnolia Park morph into a heavier, darker band – but lose parts of themselves on the way – on moody fourth album VAMP.
Album review: Beddy Rays – Do What You WannaAussie punk rock scamps Beddy Rays blast away the blues on uplifting second album.