Reviews Album review: Crawlers – The Mess We Seem To MakeViral and vital Scouse rockers Crawlers prove they’re ready to take on the world with heart-tugging first album, The Mess We Seem To Make.
Reviews Album review: Bokassa – All Out Of DreamsNorwegian riff-lords Bokassa headbang towards a hopeless future on riotous fourth album All Out Of Dreams…
Features Mimi Barks: “I’m in love with the pain. I’m in love with my broken heart”Having just announced debut album THIS IS DOOM TRAP and dropped lead single FSU while gearing up for a huge UK tour, we catch up with alt. ghoul Mimi Barks to learn how she’s harnessing every ounce of passion and pain to fuel her bold new era, and how “there’s a lot of crazy shit coming up” for 2024…
Features Higher Power: “We were seeking validation in what other people thought… we had to learn to find that in ourselves”Surging into 2024, Leeds melodic-hardcore faves Higher Power have signed to Nuclear Blast and released beautiful new single Absolute Bloom. We caught up with frontman Jimmy Wizard to talk going back to basics, breaking free from expectation, and finding self-belief deep within…
Features Frozen Soul: “Life is cold… so let’s stay together, let’s be warm to the people close to us, let’s lift each other up”As rising Texan death-metallers Frozen Soul gear up for a first-ever UK headline tour, we caught up with frontman Chad Green to find out how their frostbitten fury is built on a foundation of fun, friendship and finding common-ground to navigate the bitter realities of modern existence…
Reviews Album review: Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To SheChelsea Wolfe spirals out of the darkness within on stunning seventh album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She…
Features Bambie Thug: “Eurovision is ‘Gay Christmas’... but it’s also an incredible platform for artists who want to push the boundaries”Rising ‘Ouija-pop’ sensation Bambie Thug will be representing Ireland at Eurovision 2024 with Doomsday Blue. It’s a win that’s delighted fans, outraged conservative critics and bemused plenty of people in-between, but the Cork-born trailblazer promises they’re more than ready to represent their homeland on the grandest, gayest stage in music…
Reviews Album review: Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, And EyeballsChicago alt. punk legends Alkaline Trio get back to their ghoulish best on X-rated 10th album Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs...
Features Mountain Caller: “Sometimes the story leads the music, sometimes the music writes the story”British riff experts Mountain Caller have just made the second part of a sprawling concept suite. Quite the achievement, especially when there’s no words. They take us into their world, to explain their big idea…
Features How Convulse Records became a haven for hardcore’s weirdosFrom GEL’s sensational debut to giving rising stars Militarie Gun their first-ever release, Convulse Records are on the cutting edge of what’s happening in hardcore right now. But the label is about more than finding the hottest trends, it’s a community of outsiders, united by a desire to push the form and each other…
Features Many Eyes: “This band has been like a drink of water for my soul”When Every Time I Die split in February 2022, firebrand frontman Keith Buckley was left heartbroken and ostracised, but Many Eyes reignited his passion for music. To mark barnstorming new single Future Proof, we sat down with Keith and bandmates Nick and Charlie Bellmore to talk heavenly influence, the struggles of sobriety and the ear-battering catharsis of moving on…
Reviews Album review: Tenside – Come Alive DyingMunich metalcore stalwarts Tenside keep fighting the good fight on reliably chunky eighth album Come Alive Dying…
Reviews Album review: Ray Noir – ScorpioLondon alt. goth trailblazer Ray Noir continues his rise from sleazy street-corners to shady superstardom with scintillating seven-track mixtape Scorpio…
Reviews Album review: Casey – How To DisappearWelsh post-hardcore heroes Casey shimmer back over the horizon with subtly brilliant third album...
The Cover Story “We’re pissing off the right people”: Sleater-Kinney, Lambrini Girls and the eternal power of riot grrrlRiot grrrl might’ve originated in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s, but the shockwaves it sent throughout the alt. scene are still being felt today, in the sound, lyricism and ethics of non-male bands across the globe. Here, pioneers Sleater-Kinney sit down with new breed (and superfans) Lambrini Girls to discuss punk, politics, progress and why that revolutionary attitude will never die…
Features The Sound Of 2024: The new artists redefining alternative musicAlternative music is as exciting as it’s ever been as we prepare to rock into 2024, so here are K!’s pick of the bright lights who’ll be leading the way as we continue to live life loud…