The boys are back in town! After a smattering of reunion shows and occasional teasing with the idea of a full-blown The Hellacopters comeback, here we are with a shiny new album from Sweden’s stonking retro-rockers. Eyes Of Oblivion is the first The Hellacopters album since they signed off with Heads Off all the way…
The mighty Wolf is at the door and about to set loose album number nine! Shadowland sees the ever-resilient Swedish four-piece return with traditionally rooted and nonsense-free heavy metal. We’ve given the game away here; Wolf have compiled another tasty selection of tunes that won’t win them any awards for innovation or pushing the musical…
Did you know that no one born in Wales has ever been into space? Hard to believe, isn’t it? They aren’t exactly short of space cadets though, are they? There is definitely something in the water and in the mushrooms in Wales. From the denim-clad transit van fabulists Budgie, through the mystical rave rock of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Genesis said it best: “this is a land of confusion“. With so much to navigate over the last few years and World War Three seemingly at our doorstep, there is only more uncertainty to be found. This breeds universal frustration and contempt. Pushed to breaking point, hardcore outfit Bitter Branches release Your Neighbors Are Failures…
Frank Turner has been known for many years now as a folk rock singer, adding The Sleeping Souls as his backing band in more recent years. A prolific songwriter, he has churned out high quality albums and now he bounces back into the world’s eardrums with FTHC. With this release, it seems Turner wants to…
Metal II is the start of a project that will see almost all of the Annihilator back catalogue re-released by Jeff Waters as he aims to tidy up his legacy and remind everyone why Annihilator is Canada’s leading thrash metal band of all time. Annihilator‘s back-catalogue is certainly an interesting one. There are some stone-cold…
