Reviews EP Review: Swollen Teeth – Swollen TeethMysterious masked metallers Swollen Teeth leave 1,000 bloody mouths in their wake with a jaw-loosening debut...
Reviews Album review: Enter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole WorldPucker up! St Albans supremos Enter Shikari celebrate life lived loud with irrepressible seventh album…
The Cover Story Enter Shikari: “There’s always some form of hope ready to be grasped, there’s always a possibility of something better”Releasing their previous album into the void of the pandemic, Enter Shikari were lost at sea. But, after a lengthy period of “soul-searching” they have returned with their most uplifting album yet, A Kiss For The Whole World, and a new vision for the future. On the eve of its release, Rou Reynolds reveals all…
Reviews Album review: Dødheimsgard – Black Medium CurrentLegendary Norwegian experimentalists Dødheimsgard underline their bonkers brilliance on seventh album Black Medium Current…
Reviews Album review: OHHMS – RotKent sludge-metallers OHHMS get ghoulish on brilliantly bloodstained sixth album Rot…
Features Bloodywood: “We’ve always written songs with a purpose. We like to be very direct and impactful with our message”Indian alt. metallers Bloodywood got booked for Germanyʼs huge Wacken Festival without having played a single show. From there, theyʼve exploded. As they prepare to hit the UK, band leader Karan Katiyar tells all about their lightning-fast rise, and how theyʼre using their position for good…
Reviews Album review: 100 gecs – 10,000 gecsMissouri hyperpop duo 100 gecs crank the catchiness and multiply the mayhem on long-awaited second album 10,000 gecs…
Reviews Album review: Invent Animate – HeavenerTexan prog-metalcore pioneers Invent Animate reach for the skies on transcendental fourth album Heavener.
Reviews Album review: Periphery – Periphery V: Djent Is Not A GenreWashington, D.C. prog-metal overlords make a definitive statement on Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre…
Reviews Album review: Story Of The Year – Tear Me To PiecesSt Louis post-hardcore heavyweights Story Of The Year surge back to their best urgent sixth album on Tear Me To Pieces…
Features Obituary: “People listen to us and think of swamp water and alligators, but we’re just good kids with positive attitudes”Drummer Donald Tardy looks back over a decades-spanning career on the cutting edge of extreme metal with Floridian legends Obituary…
Reviews Album review: Graphic Nature – a mind waiting to dieKent metallers Graphic Nature tap the swirling darkness inside on brilliantly nightmarish debut, a mind waiting to die.
Features The People Vs. Joe Duplantier: The Gojira frontman on whales, activism and Evil MarioAs the French metal masters Gojira gear up for their long-overdue Fortitude UK and European tour, frontman Joe Duplantier sits down to answer some of his biggest fans’ most burning questions…
Reviews Album review: Paramore – This Is WhyTennessee titans Paramore ponder life, love and what we lose as the world grows louder on striking sixth album This Is Why…
Reviews Album review: The Psychotic Monks – Pink Colour SurgeryFrench post-punks The Psychotic Monks cut to the bone with boldly experimental third album Pink Colour Surgery...
Features 10 reasons why you need The Callous Daoboys in your lifeAtlanta mathcore maniacs The Callous Daoboys have cemented their reputation as one of the most thrilling new acts in heavy music. We sat down with frontman Carson Pace to get the lowdown on the band blowing up your scene…
