After spending the 2010s dominating the UK hardcore underground but seeming to slip by the mainstream, Malevolence once seemed like a band who might never get the success they deserve. Which makes nights like this feel so special as they have now climbed to position of headlining Brixton Academy, something that basically no bands from…
Without wanting to spend too much time dwelling on past bands, there was a huge hole left when Every Time I Die had their untimely split. So when news that members of that band were teaming up with Greg Puciato and bringing Will Putney along as well it felt like Christmas coming early. Now with…
Seeyouspacecowboy have spent the last few years rising up the metalcore underground through their wild, free spirited creativity and ferocious live show. First grabbing attention with their whole sasscore revival and then moving to a more classic metalcore sound. This year they’ve seen another evolution of their sound on album number 3 and now they’re…
Over the last few years Spanish Love Songs have really felt like one of the most beloved bands in pop-punk and emo adjacent circles. 2020’s Brave Faces Everyone dropped right as the world went to hell and it became the soundtrack to so many peoples lockdowns and seemed to really strike a chord with fans….
With their new album Otherness finally released this year, Alexisonfire embarked on their first full UK tour in 12 years. Since their reunion in 2015 it’s felt like they were building to this and at O2 Academy Brixton they cemented what a victory this has been for them. Boston Manor (6) are bit of an…
For fans of a certain period of 00’s emo and post-hardcore, a co-headline of Thrice and Coheed and Cambria felt like such a tantalising offer. Two of the most musically interesting and progressive bands from that era who have found real second winds in the late 2010s that is still carrying on now. Both with…
BLOOD COMMAND have been one of the best and most exciting punk bands of the last ten years. For whatever reason though they’ve remained a cult band and never got the wider love they deserve. Perhaps the large gaps between albums which have all involved a line-up change haven’t helped but each time they come…
Last year Devil Sold His Soul released their brilliant fourth album Loss. Now 12 months later they were finally able to get out on tour in support of the record concluding with a night at Londons Islington Academy. Early doors meant that even with them being bumped up to main support, URNE (8) were still…
Turnstile’s rise has been one of the greatest success stories from hardcore in recent years. On their second album, Nonstop Feeling, they were one of the most exciting hardcore bands in the underground, with a live show that had many describing them as one of the best live bands around. Time & Space saw their…
Billy Talent’s sixth album has been something long awaited by fans. Particularly when its first single dropped all the way back in 2019. Over two years later, likely due to various COVID related problems, Crisis Of Faith finally arrives but was it worth the wait? Immediately it’s nice to be reminded that after 2 years…
The surprise announcement of vocalist Kaya Tarsus departing Blood Youth last month was certainly not something fans saw coming. Especially knowing a new album was on the horizon. It’s no secret that mental health and his struggles with this have been at the centre of Blood Youth’s lyrics and as such his reasons for leaving…
10 years ago THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA released what many consider to be their best work with the ZOMBIE EP. At a time when US metalcore was becoming so watered down and bland, this EP was something far more exciting. Darker and heavier than anything their peers were doing at the time, it gathered a…
