GALLERY: Poison The Well – ‘Peace In Place’

Poison The Well had a hand in establishing metalcore and its surge of popularity back in the early noughties. Though they never truly got their flowers or reached the same heights as some of their genre peers, their influence on its growth and the bands that it produced is →

GALLERY: Mclusky – ‘I SURE AM GETTING SICK OF THIS BOWLING ALLEY’

It’s always the same, isn’t it? You wait fifteen years for a band to release a record and then two turn up at once. After last year’s stunning comeback record, it’s time to hop aboard the Mclusky bus for their new EP – ‘I Sure Am Getting →

GALLERY: Sweet Pill – ‘Still There’s A Glow’

Sweet Pill’s sophomore release comes four years after their debut album ‘Where the Heart Is’. These four years have seen the band tour alongside La Dispute and The Wonder Years, head out on their own headline tour, and pick up acclaim from artists across the board. The burnout →

GALLERY: LIVE: Less Than Jake + The Bouncing Souls @ O2 Academy Brixton

The thrill of entering Brixton Academy to the sound of The Bouncing Souls’ ‘Private Radio’  is unmatched, and that’s what Less Than Jake’s Winter Circus tour promises: iconic moments that take us right back to our punk rock past. They’re a band that mean so much to so many, →

GALLERY: Less Than Jake, Bouncing Souls, Aquabats!, The Bar Stool Preachers @ Rock City, Nottingham

GALLERY: Retrospective: The Lawrence Arms – ‘Oh! Calcutta!’

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GALLERY: Retrospective: Alien Ant Farm – ‘ANThology’

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GALLERY: Black Stone Cherry – ‘Celebrate’

Black Stone Cherry are determined to mark their successes in life, and the very literally named ‘Celebrate’ is seven tracks dedicated to just this. That said, don’t expect songs you can blow out your birthday candles to; ‘Celebrate’ represents just about making it through the day with your friends →

GALLERY: LIVE: Deftones / Denzel Curry / Drug Church @ The O2, London

Tonight marks Deftones’ second London gig in as many years, but the appetite is clearly still there — the arena is quickly filling up well before the first support slot begins. Bittersweet anticipation hangs thick inside The O2 Arena. Deftones are wrapping up their UK tour in support of →

GALLERY: 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, →

GALLERY: Retrospective: Misfits – ‘Static Age’

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GALLERY: 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 →

GALLERY: FEATURE: Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation

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GALLERY: 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 →

GALLERY: Less Than Jake’s Fave New Bands

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GALLERY: INTERVIEW: Less Than Jake

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GALLERY: Less Than Jake’s Top Five UK Shows

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GALLERY: 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 →

GALLERY: 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 →

GALLERY: 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 →