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From Tuesday 24 January 2017

Twinesuns – ‘The Empire Never Ended’

Historically, drums have played a pretty important role in the evolution of heavy music. From the crushing doom grooves Bill Ward brought to Black Sabbath, through to the embryonic blastbeats of Mick Harris on Napalm Death’s legendary ‘Scum’ album, via Dave Lombardo’s neck-breaking thrash playing and double-kick

Monday 23 January 2017

Rick Rude – ‘Make Mine Tuesday’

Naming your band after a professional wrestler can easily be misleading. With sports entertainment being synonymous with heavy rock and metal, Rick Rude could be tarred with an ugly brush before even hearing them. Unless you are a fan of the sadly deceased superstar, have an open mind for

Saturday 21 January 2017

Anti-Flag – ‘Live Vol.1’

With demogorgon President Trump’s inauguration having just taken place, never has there been a more fitting time for Anti-Flag to raise their voice in form of a live album. Not only are their quick-fire paced songs filled with protest, they also encourage love and compassion for one and other,

Memories in Broken Glass – ‘Enigma Infinite’

A natural starting point for a band’s sound is the collective influences of its members, but to stand out there needs to be some individual character as well. Memories in Broken Glass have plenty of that, making ‘Enigma Infinite’ a natural synergy of various influences, rather than

Friday 20 January 2017

One OK Rock – ‘Ambitions’

‘Ambitions’ is a very fitting title for One OK Rock’s latest album, as they try to take their career to the next level. Already hugely popular in their native Japan and now signed to Fueled By Ramen Records, One OK Rock have once again opted for an

Iris Jupiter – ‘Iris Jupiter’

If a band can write a simplistic melody and make it stick, you know they are on to a good thing. Rather than just write one, Californian trio Iris Jupiter have written seven and put them together on their self-titled album. When you peel back the layers, you find

WSTR – ‘Red, Green or Inbetween’

Liverpudlian pop punk four piece WSTR get 2017 off to a great start with an early contender for one of the albums of the year and they’ve wasted no time at all in making a name for themselves. Debut album ‘Red, Green or Inbetween’  is

Thursday 19 January 2017

Palisades – ‘Palisades’

Generally speaking, it should take longer than a year to write, produce, and release a record. Like a fine wine, the process should never be rushed or the output suffers. Yet, 12 months and 5 days after ‘Mind Games’ hit the shelves, Palisades will drop their third,

As It Is – ‘okay.’

Even if you don’t actively listen to pop-punk quintet As It Is, it’s more than likely you’ll have heard their name crop up somewhere within the music scene. Since the release of 2015 debut ‘Never Happy, Ever After’ this Brighton via Minnesota band have grown stronger: headline UK tours,

No Sun – ‘If Only’

It’s come to the point again that when a band is given the shoegaze tag, it makes your skin crawl. Even the unassuming pioneers of the genre detested the term. More often than not, a large percentage of bands that have that tag bestowed upon them are nothing but