Simon Crampton

As Lions Selfish Age Album Artwork

    As Lions – Selfish Age

    As Lions are a band that you will no doubt be hearing a lot from in 2017. This is largely due to the release of their debut album Selfish Age and for the considerable push, they are getting. For those of you that saw Five Finger Death Punch headline Wembley in 2015 you will have seen them in…

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    Halestorm ReAnimate 3.0 Covers EP Artwork

      Halestorm – ReAnimate 3.0

      I have said it before but it bears repeating, In my opinion, Halestorm are the best pure rock band in the business right now. There are no false pretences, no gimmicks, just straight up rock & roll and sometimes that is all you need, especially when it is this good. It’s no secret that Halestorm…

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      The Devil Wears Prada - Transit Blues Album Artwork

        The Devil Wears Prada – Transit Blues

        The Devil Wears Prada are for my money the most unappreciated band of the current metalcore era. They have been consistently brilliant since turning a corner in 2010 with their fantastic ‘Zombie’ e.p and haven’t looked back since. Their latest album Transit Blues is keen to carry on the band’s streak of brilliance, albeit with…

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          Giraffe Tongue Orchestra – Broken Lines

          Apparently the gentlemen from Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastodon seem to enjoy each other’s company, as this is the second project featuring members of those two particular bands. The first being Killer Be Killed, which has Greg Puciato and Troy Sanders amongst their ranks, and now we have Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, the brainchild of Ben…

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            Green Day – Revolution Radio

            I’ll be the first to admit that I have not always had the best relationship with Green Day. As a teenager I loved the band’s ’90s output, but from the year 2000 onwards I’ve been somewhat cold to what they have been doing. Outside of ‘American Idiot’, nothing has really interested me. I infamously compared…

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