The heat was reaching its peak as the second full day of 2000Trees came around. Promising one of the most exciting bands in the world right now and one of the most beloved bands in their scene, playing their most iconic album in full, Friday was arguably the most stacked day of an incredibly well-put-together…
Festival season is almost upon us. Across the board, we’ve seen more bands wanting to play warmup shows before hitting those bigger stages. With a Sunday slot on the main stage of Download awaiting them, VOLBEAT made a stop at Islington’s o2 Academy on their Servant Of The Road tour. It may have seemed odd…
BLOOD COMMAND have been one of the best and most exciting punk bands of the last ten years. For whatever reason though they’ve remained a cult band and never got the wider love they deserve. Perhaps the large gaps between albums which have all involved a line-up change haven’t helped but each time they come…
Municipal Waste are somewhat of a Ronseal band, in that they do exactly what it says on the tin. Brash aggro thrash played at the speed of light purpose built to crush skulls and kill brain cells. Electrified Brain starts aptly enough with the title track. After the sound of electricity fizzles out the track…
Platinum selling rockers SHINEDOWN have always made music that felt autobiographical. Armies of fans have pledged their allegiance to the band due to the heartfelt journal-like nature of their lyrics. In writing album number seven, they have decided to adjust the formula with Planet Zero owing just as much to the works of Aldous Huxley…
It’s mind boggling to think that The Cleansing is now 15 years old, and SUICIDE SILENCE themselves are in their 20th year. Vulgar, crass and disgustingly heavy, The Cleansing is everything death metal should be, while also doing everything a great debut album should do, announcing SUICIDE SILENCE‘s arrival in a big way. Listening to…
Romance films feature a well worn trope where the lovers are torn apart by life, only to be reunited over time. They wonder if the old feelings will still be there, have they changed, are they still the same people, so on and so forth. It’s a feeling that often comes along when a band…
ONI is the musical brainchild of Canadian Producer & Singer Jake Oni. Having formed in 2014, they released their first full length Ironshore in 2016 and a follow up E.P Alone in 2016. Being that contemporary metal takes on many forms in 2022, their latest album Loathing Light takes a bit of a kitchen sink…
Given that her most recent show on UK shores a few weeks ago was supporting the reformed My Chemical Romance in a packed stadium, an early slot for Cassy Brooking, aka Cassyette (6) feels like somewhat of a change of pace. “Guys I’m still waking up, you’re gonna help me right?”, comes the jovial quip…
On the bank holiday weekend with two extra days added in, (thanks Lizzie) we adventured to the land of Hatfield to soak up the atmosphere of Slam Dunk Festival 2022. Scorching sun, drinks flowing and the mecca of pop punk was in full swing. Slam Dunk will always be one of our favourite festivals –…
