Throwing it back to both bands humble beginnings, HOLDING ABSENCE and ALPHA WOLF’s four-track split EP is a unique proposition. The Lost & The Longing presents two bands with very different but striking styles and that makes for a weird listening experience but cohesiveness isn’t the goal in mind here, it’s collaboration. With that, the…
25 years ago when Soulfly started, I don’t think anyone could have predicted the band they would become. Originally more of a nu metal band, they have amassed a diverse rich catalogue, featuring death metal, thrash, grind and punk influences across the board. It cannot be understated how creative and interesting Max Cavalera is as…
After an agonising five and a half year wait, JAMIE T is back with his brand new album The Theory Of Whatever, and it was definitely worth the wait! The album itself is a celebration of everything that makes JAMIE T great. With heavy instrumentation, complex harmonies and rap-like vocals unique to the South London…
After two years away from the studio, OCEANS OF SLUMBER are back with their latest album Starlight And Ash. Often described as the “female Opeth”, the Texan prog metal sextet have come a long way since they came onto the scene in 2013 with Aetherial. It hasn’t always been an easy road and they’ve dealt…
Back in 2019 it looked like the days of new music from DEAF HAVANA were over. Fast forward a few years; brothers James and Matthew Veck-Gilodi are back as a duo with a brand new release. What stands out so much about new album The Present Is A Foreign Land is a bold sense of…
After just two years (yes, it’s really only been that long) since their 2020 release Alphaville, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT are back. The unique death metal/jazz fusion three-piece reached new heights both musically and thematically last time out so expectations for a follow up were incredibly lofty. Spirit Of Ecstasy chooses to lean further into the unbound…
It seems unfathomable to think that Anthrax are now a band into their 41st year. It’s even crazier to think that they have seemingly not lost any of their edge over such an extensive passage of time. XL was recorded last summer to commemorate the band’s 40th birthday and was presented as a global live…
After a short hiatus Deaf Havana are back with a brand new album The Present is a Foreign Land. To celebrate them being back with full force, Deaf Havana rocked out for Banquet Records at Prism on Friday 15th July. Trunc opened the show, fresh meat from Manchester this three piece knew how to get…
And thus, after two great days of taking in the return of 2000Trees in Cheltenham, (see what we had to say on Thursday and Friday) the final day had arrived. The entire festival was sold out, but it never felt claustrophobic like they had tried to cram extra people in – nothing could stop the…
Coming off the back of a 22 month period of Black Stone Cherry being missing from Blighty (something to do with a pandemic) we saw the Kentucky natives touch down on British soil. There aren’t many positives to come out of the pandemic, but we find some kind of salvation with the release of Black Stone Cherry’s live DVD – Live At The Royal…
