Top 25 Albums Of The Year

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GALLERY: Zeal And Ardor, Lake Malice @ Electric Brixton, London

Live: Zeal & Ardor / Lake Malice @ Electric Brixton

With original support Heriot unfortunately having to withdraw from the last couple of dates of Zeal & Ardor’s UK tour, Brighton’s Lake Malice have stepped in to open the show at Electric Brixton this evening. With a capacity ten times that of The Black Heart in Camden – where →

LIVE: Creeper @ The Roundhouse, London

Through the years, the Roundhouse has seen it’s fair share of classic shows. Shows that have made bands and catapulted them to superstardom. Creeper are tonight’s headliners, dubbing the show ‘When The Sun Comes…’ and this is their biggest headline show of their career. It’s also sold →

LIVE: The Wonder Years @ Electric Ballroom, London

It feels like only yesterday that The Wonder Years were gracing the stage at Slam Dunk to play a bumper set of their first two albums. Plenty has happened since then, not least of which is the release of their latest output ‘The Hum →

Chelsea Grin – ‘Suffer In Hell’

It feels like deathcore maestros Chelsea Grin have been gone a long time. Well, they sort of have – their last album ‘Eternal Nightmare’ was released in 2018, they released the standalone singles ‘Bleeding Sun’ and ‘Blind Kings’ during the pandemic in 2020, and though the hunger →

Dayseeker – ‘Dark Sun’

We all love music so much because it provides us with an outlet. It doesn’t matter if you’re a casual listener or one of the talents creating it – it provides an escape, therapy, an unbiased ear, a helping hand and so much more, and when bands →

LIVE: Wage War / The Devil Wears Prada / Siamese @ Electric Ballroom, London

It’s been a good year for metalcore, hasn’t it? If we’re being honest it’s been a good few years for metalcore, let’s not kid ourselves, but this year has felt different and it’s largely down to the full revival of the touring circuit. Bands have been held back for →

GALLERY: Wage War, The Devil Wears Prada, Siamese @ Electric Ballroom

L.S. Dunes – ‘Past Lives’

Throughout the history of music, so-called “supergroups” have had mixed results. Audioslave, Velvet Revolver and Them Crooked Vultures are three examples of “supergroups” finding success, and then there are collaborations that many want to forget such as Lou Reed and Metallica. Nevertheless, when members of established bands come together, →

GALLERY: Machine Gun Kelly @ Prism, Kingston

LIVE: Alexisonfire / Boston Manor / Higher Power @ O2 Academy Brixton

After releasing their first studio album in over a decade, it’s fair to say this is the most excited fans have been to see Alexisonfire in a long time. Armed with an album’s worth of new music, as well as old favourites, tonight’s Brixton headliner is a →

GALLERY: Alexisonfire @ O2 Academy Brixton

Magnolia Park – ‘Baku’s Revenge’

In recent years there has been an ongoing pop-punk revival (again). However, it’s now more diverse and inclusive beyond the stereotypical white male. One of the emerging groups in the pop-punk scene is the Orlando-based collective, Magnolia Park. Through a regular stream of singles, collaborations, EP’s, and various touring →

Turnover – ‘Myself In The Way’

Until recently, things had been pretty non-stop for Virginia Beach four-piece Turnover; they had been consistently touring and releasing new music regularly since 2012. It took a pandemic to halt progress after the release of their third album ‘Altogether’ in 2019. That album had seen the band →

GALLERY: Cory Wells, Youth Fountain @ Boston Music Rooms

Tigers Jaw – ‘Old Clothes’

Last year, Tigers Jaw released their sixth album, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’. It saw the Pennsylvania group return as a collaborative quartet, yet maintained the indie rock sound co-leaders Ben Walsh and Brianna Collins had established in recent releases. The slightly under-appreciated record was carried by →

GALLERY: Sum 41, Simple Plan, Casseyette @ Alexandra Palace, London

LIVE: Sum 41 / Simple Plan @ Alexandra Palace, London

If you were remotely interested in pop culture in the early 2000s, the chances are you heard Simple Plan and Sum 41. From the former’s appearance on Mary Kate and Ashley’s New York Minute, to the latter’s place on side two of the Now CD upon the →

The Hunna – ‘The Hunna’

The Hunna have made no secret of the fact they’ve had their issues both in and with the music industry throughout their years as a band, but no album encapsulates that quite as well, and as directly as this self-titled release.  Taking us on a journey →