Devin Townsend has had a very productive spell over the last couple of years. Ever the creative genius, over the period of the pandemic and beyond Devin has released a live acoustic album, a live album of one of his COVID streamed concerts, Snuggles and The Puzzle. The end of 2022 brings us to Lightwork,…
Earthbound is the third album from Finnish death metal mavericks, BLACK ROYAL, and their first since 2020’s excellent Firebride. If you missed it, Firebride was one of the extreme metal albums of that year, not least because of the impressive amount of passion and detail that went into the lyrics. Firebride’s songs were stories chiefly…
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…
Just one year on from their first UK number 1 with For Those That Wish To Exist (FTTWTE), ARCHITECTS have returned with their 10th studio album. The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit continues their trajectory towards the biggest stages possible (and their affinity for long album titles) whilst simultaneously learning from their previous effort…
Nothing More are a band that generally take their time between albums. Between the creative process, various tours, being nominated for three Grammy’s and a global pandemic, it has been five years since their last album, the fantastic The Stories We Tell Ourselves. What state does 2022 find them in with their new album Spirits?…
The deluxe edition of LESS THAN JAKE‘s Silver Linings includes two rare full-band tracks, as well as four acoustic versions of album tracks. The band have been delivering brass filled ska-punk for over 30 years and will follow on from the band’s ninth full-length and original version of the album which marked a new beginning for the band….
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….
ALTER BRIDGE come with a kind of prestige within the alternative music world. While not big mainstream names like METALLICA or IRON MAIDEN, their near 20 years as a band has solidified them as a band to look out for. Whether it be the hard-hitting riffs of Metalingus or the brutally emotional Blackbird, ALTER BRIDGE…
Supergroups eh? If ROADRUNNER UNITED taught us anything, it’s that a band is the sum of its parts. There is no Robb Flynn helmed track on that album that’s as good as any MACHINE HEAD song (except maybe The Dagger), there’s no Matt Heafy put together track as good as any TRIVIUM tune (except maybe…
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…