It’s a cold and wet winter night in Birmingham, however, despite the elements there’s an undeniable sense of excitement running through the crowd gathered outside the o2 Academy. With good reason too, as hot off the heels of their home run performance at this year’s Download Festival, Rise Against are back in Birmingham once again…
For a generation that grew up with wallet chains and baggy jeans, the name 96 BITTER BEINGS will immediately strike a nostalgic chord. An integral part of the soundtrack to many a misspent youth watching Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville on MTV, the hit single 96 Quite Bitter Beings rocketed frontman Deron Miller‘s previous band,…
After a four year long break from the studio, genre-bending instrumentalists POLYPHIA have finally returned. The Texas based four piece have redefined shred guitar over the past few years and if their recent singles Playing God, ABC and Ego Death are anything to go by. Their latest album, Remember That You Will Die looks set…
It’s been five long years since Michigan based metalcore masters WE CAME AS ROMANS‘ last studio album, Cold Like War (2017). Finally however, despite the tragic loss of vocalist Kyle Pavone in 2018, they’ve returned from the studio once again. With a brand new album in hand and their hearts worn proudly on their sleeves….
LORNA SHORE are one of deathcore’s biggest breakout success stories since SUICIDE SILENCE‘s unlikely dominance back in 2012. New Jersey natives LORNA SHORE have not had an easy road to walk on the way to the release of their latest album, Pain Remains. They’ve come close to punching through to the upper echelons of the…
MOTORHEAD‘s fifth studio album, Iron Fist is a record that really should need no introduction. Originally released back in 1982 when the speed metal trio were at the height of their chart topping power. Iron Fist was the last album to feature the classic three amigos line-up of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil…
After three years of waiting, tech metal masters FALLUJAH are back with a brand new album, Empyrean. Well known for their incredibly technical style and brutal sound, the Bay Area four-piece have gone above and beyond with their latest record, with lead guitarist ScottCarstairs calling it a “true return to form”. With the band having…
Hot off the heels of their devastating headline performance at Bloodstock last month, Polish blackened death metal royalty BEHEMOTH are back with a brand new album! Having risen to legendary status over the past decade, thanks to landmark releases such as The Satanist (2013) and I Loved You At Your Darkest (2018). The group have…
After a late night on Friday at Leeds Festival’s home of Bramham Park, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (8.5/10) are a much needed shot of early morning adrenaline. They get off to a slightly rocky start, with the wind all but washing away the first half of opening track, My Town. Not that it seems…
Since their formation in 2014, HEILUNG have been taking their listeners on musical journeys into the past. Using traditional instruments and the sounds of nature itself, the Danish three piece have faithfully recreated some of the oldest music in existence. Perhaps better described as amplified history than heavy metal, their sound is utterly unique and…
