Reviews Album review: Softcult – When A Flower Doesn’t Grow Canadian riotgazers Softcult channel their feminist rage into some of their most effective songwriting yet on cathartic debut, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow.
Reviews Album review: Dream Nails – You Wish London indie-punk trio Dream Nails break out of the cycle of doom with curiosity, exploration and spirituality on their positively-charged third album.
Reviews Album review: Karnivool – In Verses Australian prog-metal champs Karnivool spin out a suitably lavish and mostly potent curveball on long-awaited return.
Reviews Album review: Mayhem – Liturgy Of Death Norwegian lords of the black Mayhem return once more with a concise lesson in how to tear the world apart.
Reviews Album review: MØL – DREAMCRUSH Danish post-metal luminaries MØL continue to expand beyond blackgaze on sparkling third album DREAMCRUSH.
Reviews Album review: The Molotovs – Wasted On Youth Hotly-tipped sibling duo The Molotovs live up to the hype with a debut album bursting with punk brilliance.
Reviews Album review: Joyce Manor – I Used To Go To This Bar Californian pop-punk mainstays Joyce Manor deliver sunbeaten hooks and salt-sweet nostalgia on supremely listenable seventh album I Used To Go To This Bar.
Reviews Album review: Shields – Death & Connection British metalcore survivors Shields make their boundary-pushing return with bold and occasionally brilliant new album Death & Connection.
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.
Reviews Album review: Goldfinger – Nine Lives LA punk heroes Goldfinger enlist friends from blink-182, FIDLAR, NOFX, Pennywise, Ice Nine Kills and more for album number nine.
Reviews Album review: The Hara – The Fallout Manchester alt.rockers The Hara show big ambition on heavier second album, The Fallout.
Reviews Album review: Megadeth – Megadeth Dave Mustaine’s thrash war machine take their curtain call, finishing as he started, doing things his way whether you like it or not.
Reviews Album review: Crystal Lake – The Weight Of Sound With a new vocalist in tow, Japanese metalcore heroes Crystal Lake turn the volume up to 11 on their first album in seven years.
Reviews Album review: Artio – Soul Rot Tired of the algorithm? Artio transform that digital fatigue into ammunition for their best songs yet on their second album, Soul Rot.
Reviews Album review: Backengrillen – Backengrillen Former Refused men get jazzy – and noisy – with revolutionary new band Backengrillen.
Reviews Album review: Poppy – Empty Hands Poppy’s seventh album is not just a visceral eruption of rage, but her most chameleonic, creative body of work to date…
