Falling in Reverse understand the vacuous emptiness of growing up. They’ve faced emotional hardship the same as everyone else with only music to hold their hand. ‘Coming Home’ is an outstretched palm of support ready to take fraught souls away from the planet. Purveyors of unapologetic anthems, the title track’s inter-planetary contagion bears the signature…
Brixton pulls on its Saturday best for an incredible line-up of heavies in a fittingly grandiose setting – the sun’s up, which can only mean Parkway Drive are in town. Warming up the Brixton Academy comes second nature to Orange County’s Stick to Your Guns (9) for their second visit in 6 months. From the…
Me and That Man‘s debut album ‘Songs of Love and Death‘ reveals an unexpectedly smooth side to Behemoth frontman Nergal and his partner in crime John Porter. Nergal’s darkly manipulative talents were already clear from the moment he donned his signature corpse paint for Behemoth, but the concept of Me and That Man has lurked in…
Pay your fare to Hades and give a nod to Cerberus as you pass, this journey to the Underworld is bound to be a treacherous one as Firewind make their triumphant return to the UK. Humbled Greek dark outfit Scar of the Sun (8) welcome in a night of uncontrollable riffs and blistering speeds with…
A dingy night in Soho is about to get a whole lot rowdier with a secret acoustic show from hair metal’s sleaze leaders Steel Panther (7). The comedy band’s two primary icons Michael Starr and Satchel take to the Crobar stage with every atom of their usual spicy personalities – adult jokes are hurled across…
Basking in the glory of their ancient Greek ancestors, Firewind’s faultless eighth album ‘Immortals‘ presents an epic classical tale through stunning electrics and celestial vocals. Bridging the 5-year gap since ‘Few Against Many’, ‘Immortals’ is a brave yet expertly executed first venture into the conceptual realm. It’s no secret Gus G is a godlike axeman…
Not to be confused with an optimistic ode to the blessings of life, round two of 2016’s Sixx:A.M. domination ‘Prayers for the Blessed’ praises the flawed while shaking the perch of the blissfully ignorant. Empowering from the onset, ‘Barbarians (Prayers for the Blessed)’ makes a neat mission statement before fists are thrust into the air…
The extravagantly produced, theme-driven AFI have been left in the 2000s, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. ‘Miss Murder’ and ‘Summer Shudder’ are untouchable in their own right, and ‘The Blood Album’ realises that today’s goth punk scene needs something more substantial than blockbusting hits. Take the New Romantic tones of ‘Still a Stranger’…
Clawing out of its cage, ‘Prayers for the Damned’ is Sixx:A.M.’s phenomenal ode to the personal battles that keep them alive. The first half of a double-edged sword from the rockers, this fourth studio venture hands centre stage to the darker side of James Michael’s emotional range, backed as always by the familiar stellar tones of…
Playful melodic punks Dead Frequency come bearing the gift of the fun factor with some ‘Tough Tracks and Setbacks’. Northamptonshire’s hardly the sacred hub of anarchy in the UK, but Dead Frequency’s long awaited EP is a breath of fresh antisocial air. Armed with four lethally catchy odes to life and shitty friends, there’s only…