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1 Varials – ‘Where The Light Leaves’

2 Converge – ‘Love Is Not Enough’

3 Story Of The Year – ‘A.R.S.O.N.’

4 LIVE: Marmozets / Goo @ Dingwalls

5 Joyce Manor – ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’

6 LIVE: The Wonder Years / Free Throw @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

7 LIVE: Sabaton / The Legendary Orchestra @ The O2 Arena

8 HEALTH – CONFLICT DLC

9 Harpy – ‘VII’

10 LIVE: Electric Callboy @ Alexandra Palace

Reviews from Friday 27 February 2026

The Gloom In The Corner – ‘ROYAL DISCORDANCE’

In 1976, astronomers at the Big Ear Telescope discovered a signal from space. The signal was so strong and unexpected that while reading the printout, astronomer Jerry Ehman circled it a wrote ‘Wow!’ in ballpoint pen. ‘Royal Discordance’, the third album from The Gloom In The Corner,

A Wilhelm Scream – ‘Cheap Heat’

A Wilhelm Scream have turned to the dark side, and it suits them. The Massachusetts punks’ sixth outing, ‘Cheap Heat’ sees them taking on the role of the heel, playing the villain as a foil to the John Cenas of this world, but while they’re taking a step away

Thursday 26 February 2026

Varials – ‘Where The Light Leaves’

Armed with a back catalogue of pit starters, blending hardcore energy with nu-metal groove and metalcore ferocity, Philadelphia’s Varials have been consistently, albeit tumultuously, churning out violent gems for the last decade. Even amidst changes in their personnel, their core sound has remained largely the same; spirited, venomous and

Thursday 19 February 2026

Mothica – ‘SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN’

The darkness closes in, the world seems just too hard, you wrap yourself up in the blankets, stay in bed and hope the world will go away, and then, the season changes, you pull away the covers and emerge as a different person entirely. Mothica has battled

Wednesday 18 February 2026

New Found Glory – ‘Listen Up!’

In a world full of uncertainty, a new record from pop punk staples New Found Glory feels like a comfort. Thoughts of nostalgia, friendship and living the good life make for a warm album focusing on the simple pleasures in life, and considering ‘Listen Up!’ was recorded while guitarist

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Bruise Control – ‘BRUISE CONTROL’

Some days you may feel a bit slow. Some days you might be as sharp as a tack. But not today. You may have said it at least three times out loud before you realise; Bruise Control’– it’s a pun. Thankfully, even if you’re feeling slow, the

Monday 16 February 2026

Atlas – ‘SUNDER’

Winter is the worst time of year. Christmas falls at its halfway point, a celebration of its ending, almost as though we’re saying “Thank god, the light is returning.” Things are different in Finland. Toward the arctic circle, the sun is shrouded by the horizon. For fifty

Friday 13 February 2026

Converge – ‘Love Is Not Enough’

Nine years have passed since the release of Converge’s last album, ‘The Dusk In Us’. While the more recent ‘Bloodmoon: I’ – the band’s admirably ambitious collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe – prevented the passing of a near-decade of Converge-less time, the wait for a new Converge album proper has

Thursday 12 February 2026

Mariachi El Bronx – ‘Mariachi El Bronx IV’

The absolutely beautiful thing about Mariachi El Bronx is that they were never a one-trick pony. For a band that could easily have fallen into parody, they’ve consistently been able to rise above their detractors with smart, sharp melodies that are practically scented with their love of mariachi culture,

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Story Of The Year – ‘A.R.S.O.N.’

Great art should speak for itself. There’s a good reason for this. Listening to an artist describe their work can be absolutely excruciating. Either you’re subjected to a sales pitch, or they describe something that bears no resemblance to the finished project or, worse still, they fail

Tuesday 10 February 2026

LIVE: Marmozets / Goo @ Dingwalls

Seven years is a long time to hold your breath. Dingwalls is packed to its sweat-slicked rafters with fans clutching £8 pints who’ve been waiting since 2018 for Marmozets to return, and the air crackles with the kind of nervous excitement that only comes when a beloved

YAKKIE – ‘Kill The Cop Inside Your Head’

It’s no surprise that DIY punk supergroup YAKKIE’s debut offering, ‘Kill The Cop Inside Your Head’, is a political, feminist melting pot of anti-capitalist rage. The band is fronted by Dream Nails founder Janey Starling, who returns to the stage after stepping away from making music to focus on

Monday 09 February 2026

Gogol Bordello – ‘We Mean It, Man!’

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello is angry, he makes his best music. See; 2022’s ‘Solidaritine’, released the same year as Hutt’s homeland of Ukraine was invaded by Russia, which saw Gogol Bordello wrestling with loss and rage. Four years later, and they’re

Friday 30 January 2026

Joyce Manor – ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’

Joyce Manor have distilled the sound of watching gentrification happen to your favourite grimy neighbourhood into Californian punk gold. Their sixth album, ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ drips with nostalgia and lo-fi sincerity, and at around twenty minutes long, it speeds past, offering a grainy window into

LIVE: Kid Kapichi @ Headrow House, Leeds

If memory serves me right, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Kid Kapichi show in Leeds that hasn’t been a sell out. Tonight is no exception. With the release of their latest album ‘Fearless Nature’, they’re back up north again for a very intimate show at Headrow

Wednesday 28 January 2026

Jagged City – ‘THERE ARE MORE OF US, ALWAYS’

Baking a cake is a simple thing. Two eggs, two hundred grams of flour, sugar and margarine, all mixed together and gently cooked for thirty minutes. An easy recipe. The results are fairly consistent, you know what you’ll get, but if you change those ingredients things become

Tuesday 27 January 2026

LIVE: The Wonder Years / Free Throw @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

Delayed mourning hangs in the atmosphere at O2 Forum Kentish Town. The Wonder Years are at the end of their four date run of the UK to celebrate the re-issue of ‘No Closer To Heaven’, and after their spring US tour they’ll be going on an indefinite hiatus. Of

Monday 26 January 2026

Sick Joy – ‘MORE FOREVER’

Anticipation is a terrible thing. Anticipation breeds disappointment. So, when Sick Joy announced their first album in three years, it would make sense not to be excited. It would be a bad idea to listen to their incredible ‘Them Days’ EP – or to their debut album

Shields – ‘DEATH & CONNECTION’

If you listen to a lot of contemporary metalcore records, you develop a certain weariness; a low tolerance for trends, copying, spot-the-difference and heard-it-before sounds that leave you wishing for something different. Shields then send you their new record and, well, you asked for it. Shields

Friday 23 January 2026

The Hara – ‘The Fallout’

The Hara are back with their sophomore studio record, and they’re funnelling their fire into personal resistance. Well, “back” is a bit of a stretch as they’ve been releasing a steady string of singles since they dropped ‘Survival Mode’ back in 2023, constantly delivering high energy live shows in