The esteemed director Quentin Tarantino recently commented that it doesn’t matter how each of his individual films are received, but how his whole body of work is considered. It’s also true of bands. One poor album can consign you to the scrapheap even if you’ve put out gem after gem previously. The rope around Clutch’s…
Adrenaline soaked power chords build up into a devastating crescendo and anticipation grows as a plectrum slide leads into the first riff, a blend of the burgeoning NWOBHM style twinned with punk rock aggression. Shrill vocals start as a devastatingly fast drum beat kicks in. Thus begins Enforcer’s newest album ‘Death by Fire’. Of course,…
Bring Me The Horizon’s unveiling of their new song Shadow Moses on the Dan Carter Radio One Rock Show day time takeover at the start of 2013 was one of the metal events of 2013 so far. It was anticipated from that point on there would be a music video to go with the song,…
Continuing the build up nicely to this Summer’s forthcoming rock & metal festivities, the nice people from the Download Festival have put together a short video teaser to build the mood for this years’ event. Check it out below: [youtube id=”WxPFe0ikduk” width=”600″ height=”350″] Download 2013 recently added around thirty more bands to the already impressive…
Over the course of three stellar albums The Bronx have positioned themselves as the go to guys for the Punk purists pursuit of danger, unpredictability and raw, scathing noise. With such a compelling back catalogue it could be argued that if any modern Punk band deserve a shot at wider mainstream acceptance and approval then…
If you aren’t familiar with Neurosis in any way then take this as a warning as much as a recommendation, Neurosis are heavy. Heavy in every possible way conceivable. No matter how much Tore Von Leathertrousers shrieks about Satan in a forest in Norway or how many times groups of bodybuilders in basketball vests with…
Four tracks, 12 minutes, 1,000,000 riffs. Your Demise are back, and they’ve got a point to prove. Last year’s The Golden Age split the band’s fanbase down the middle. Some people embraced the new direction Your Demise had taken, others weren’t so keen. The increased use of clean vocals and the pop punk style of…
When Machine Head released the only other live album of their career, 2003’s ‘Hellalive’, it captured them at a point in their evolution that most fans consider to be their weakest period. Plagued by line up instability, tepid responses to their latest material, both critically and commercially, and with the winds of musical change swirling…
[youtube id=”BK4Y6iv7q-8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] The Ocean Between Us have released a video for their brand new song In Sickness And Wealth which is set to feature on their début album Savoir Faire, due for release March 25th via A Wolf At Your Door Records. The Ocean Between Us are also due out on tour this march with…
Near the end of ‘King Animal’s tenth track ‘Halfway Down’ Chris Cornell sings “I would say you’re doing better than most, but not as well as some” and, intentionally or not, he sums up Soundgarden’s return as well as anyone ever could. It’s very rare that a band reform and immediately make the best work…