Placebo – Never Let Me Go

Placebo. Not a name we hear much these days, but maybe that’s about to change. Having not released an album since 2013’s Loud Like Love, the band have done some extensive touring both in support of that and a greatest hits record. When that finished, singer/guitarist Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal decided to hit…

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Hot Water Music – Feel The Void

The gruff Floridians are back! Hot Water Music have released their new album Feel The Void. The wait for a new album has been long and arduous; the band’s last full-length release was 2017’s Light It Up. We have a global pandemic to thank for that. With this release, we see the introduction of new…

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Vio-Lence – Let The World Burn

Vio-lence. The name says it all. You want neck-breaking thrash metal about the darker sides of life? To feel like Slayer never went away? Then this is your band. Originally formed in 1985, this Bay Area quintet has established a solid reputation for peeling faces. After lead singer Sean Killian recovered from a rather severe…

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Feeder- Torpedo

Three years after the release of their chart topping 2019 album Tallulah, Feeder are back with an explosive new album Torpedo. The Welsh band, consisting of singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas and bassist Taka Hirose, have been through their fair share of trials and hardships. From devastating loss to a global pandemic, the Newport boys have continued to bring…

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Ghost – Impera

2018’s Prequelle saw Ghost transport its loyal followers to the middle ages, using this setting of plagues and poverty as a framing device for its narrative. Four years on from an album that forced us to survive through a tumultuous time and we have arrived at the other end. The industrial revolution is upon us…

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Extinction A.D. – Culture Of Violence

Long Island’s Extinction A.D. are back with their long-awaited full-length release, their first since 2018, Culture Of Violence. The band have released a flurry of EPs over the past few years and have been refining their sound up to this point where they claim “This is what ‘XAD’ is all about!”. Extinction A.D. are a snarling, brutal…

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Band Of Horses – Things Are Great

Sometimes a record comes along that is just the right vibe, the right message, and the right sound at the right time. Seattle’s Band Of Horses have been absent for six years, their last release being Why Are You Ok in 2016, and to be honest it may be longer since we thought about them….

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Set It Off – Elsewhere

No one does pop punk quite like Set It Off and this record does not disappoint. Jam packed with clean melodies, perfect harmonies, catchy hooks and big riffs, each strack screams classic Set It Off.  Since their inception Set If Off have explored the moodier rock side and upbeat pop twists, finally evolving into their…

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