Venues like Omeara are where artists like Bob Vylan flourish. Their interaction and directness with the crowd transcend you to their world, where their love for music teamed with the London they’ve grown up in and experienced really hits home. Since winning the first ever Best Alternative Music Act award at the MOBO’s in November, Bobby…
After a long time away from playing their usual touring circuit, Biffy Clyro returned to the UK’s arenas and were met with open arms. With two albums worth of material yet to be played inside these rooms, these dates and venues were like a home away from home for the cultural sons of Scotland. With…
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?…
It’s a mildly concerning sign when the main fact about a band’s singer is he is the first to record 3 albums with them, but consistent line up issues aside (including a tragedy), Drowning Pool did manage to churn out 6 albums between 2001 and 2016. Now Strike A Nerve marks their 7th full length…
“Take me back to the first show, Right back to the first note, When I knew my heart was pure rock ‘n’ roll”. So says NIKKI LANE on First High, the opening track on her new album Denim & Diamonds. For this set, her first in five years, she has teamed up with Joshua Homme…
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…
Young Blood is South Carolina’s Southern rock hotshot, MARCUS KING’s second solo LP and his first on Rick Rubin’s American Recordings label. It’s no surprise Rubin was drawn to King, whose rootsy, classic rock and soul sound is a type of archetypal heritage music that Rubin tries to recreate with his acts. Of course there’s…
It’s hard to think of rock band who are on a better run of albums than CLUTCH. Certainly in the stoner rock genre there isn’t anyone who can match them, KING BUFFALO aside, possibly. Sunrise On Slaughter Beach is the band’s 13th album, but we doubt there’s anybody expecting it to witness any great misfortune….
ELECTRIC CALLBOY may not be a band on everyone’s lips, but this looks set to change as there is no doubt that this is a band on the cusp of exploding into the mainstream. Having dropped their first EP in 2010, this German six-piece sound like the bastard child of RAMMSTEIN and LMFAO if SCOOTER…
