Reviews The big review: Good Things Festival 2024Sydney gets rocked as Korn, Loathe, Sleeping With Sirens and more take a noisy pre-Christmas trip down under…
News Machine Head unleash new single with In Flames, Lacuna Coil and UnearthMachine Head team up with 2025 tourmates In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth for new single These Scars Won’t Define Us…
News Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline Rock for People 2025The 30th anniversary line-up for Czechia’s brilliant Rock for People festival has been revealed, with Slipknot and Linkin Park headlining and the likes of IDLES, Spiritbox, Motionless In White and more all playing.
Reviews Live review: Beartooth, London Alexandra PalaceOhio’s finest metalcore exports Beartooth step up to the plate at their biggest UK headline show to date.
News Arch Enemy announce 12th album, Blood DynastyArch Enemy’s new record Blood Dynasty will drop in March, and Michael Amott reveals that it’s “everything you’ve come to expect from this band, and then some!”
News Amyl And The Sniffers announce new album, Cartoon DarknessWatch the video for Amyl And The Sniffers’ new single Chewing Gum, taken from the Aussie punks’ third album Cartoon Darkness…
Reviews The big review: Wacken 2024Kommen sie, bitte, und listen to metal: Architects, Amon Amarth, Jesus Piece, Korn, Scorpions and tons more descend on Europe’s heaviest party!
News “It feels good to be back!” Arch Enemy share surprise new singleWatch the video for Arch Enemy’s single Dream Stealer – their first new music since 2022’s Deceivers LP.
Features “It’s some of the best work I’ve done”: Jerry Cantrell takes us inside his new solo album I Want BloodAlice In Chains’ mainman Jerry Cantrell exclusively lifts the lid on his new solo album I Want Blood, working with members of Metallica and Faith No More, the rise of artificial intelligence and more…
Features BRIDEAR: “Compared to the initial days of our band, we could not imagine where we are now!”Fresh from the release of their fifth album Born Again, vocalist KIMI and guitarist AYUMI explain why BRIDEAR are embracing the new – and how they’re setting their sights on taking over the world…
Reviews The big review: Electric Castle festival 2024A 24-hour festival in a Romanian castle? Count us in! We head to Bonțida for the 10th instalment of Electric Castle to see if we can handle the pace…
The Cover Story GEL: “I want to project things into the world that can resonate in a productive way, not a judgmental way”Following up one of 2023’s very best hardcore albums was never going to be an easy task, but New Jersey’s almighty GEL have taken things to another level on next month’s Persona EP. Ahead of its release, spellbinding singer Sami Kaiser talks growth, finding empowerment in screaming your guts out, and why positivity is always the way…
Reviews The big review: Mad Cool festival 2024Boasting a line-up featuring everyone from Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins to Bring Me The Horizon and Måneskin, Mad Cool festival know how to put on a serious rock show...
The Cover Story Speed: “The experience of hardcore – the scale of it, the enormity – is mind-boggling right now”When Jem Siow and his bandmates formed Speed, the Sydney quintet saw it as a part-time project to ‘settle down’ on, giving back to the DIY scene that shaped them. Five years later, they’re the hottest band in hardcore. On the eve of ferocious first LP ONLY ONE MODE, the frontman talks staying true to that grassroots mindset while navigating a genre that’s bigger than its ever been…
News WARGASM announce “f*cking loud” livestream from a tank graveyardWARGASM will be playing their debut album Venom in an actual tank graveyard (yep, really) this Monday…
Reviews The big review: Outbreak Fest 2024Okay cowards, let’s party! As Europe’s finest hardcore gathering blasted into the great outdoors, we headed back to Manchester to bust guts with every chaotic pit and lung-exploding sing-along of Outbreak 2024…