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Crossfaith – ‘Xeno’

Ever since Judas Priest’s Unleashed In The East live album first showcased the country’s following of the genre, Japan has a long history of producing some of history’s less conventional metal acts. Comparatively normal by the country’s standards but by no means your ordinary band are Osaka dance/metal

City and Colour – ‘If I Should Go Before You’

With lead single ‘Woman’, City and Colour (the main project by Alexisonfire guitarist and vocalist Dallas Green) looked set to reinvent his style. The nine minute opus twisted around prog-guitars, with Green’s echoed vocals adding to an enticing and expansive soundscape. Upon its release earlier in the year, it

Friday 09 October 2015

Sidewave – ‘Glass Giant’

2015 is the year of shoegaze. With legendary bands Ride and Hum playing reunion shows to seminal bands Failure and Swervedriver reuniting and releasing new albums to younger bands like Cloakroom and Creepoid releasing stellar albums, the genre known for its spacey and ambient form of rock

EofE – ‘EofE’

EofE have been steadily developing a dedicated fan base for the last two years and have finally realised their self-titled debut album, ‘EofE’. Is it exciting? Perhaps not, but they are another reason why British rock is something that remains a popular and accessible genre. ‘Get Caught’ storms in

Thursday 08 October 2015

Tellison – ‘Hope Fading Nightly’

It’s been four years since the last Tellison album, ‘The Wages of Fear’. An album which in a just world would have sent them into the stratosphere (or at least its sonic equivalent, the Radio 1 ‘A’ playlist). Sadly, we live in a world where justice is

Tuesday 06 October 2015

CHON – ‘Grow’

In the past seven years, Californian quintet CHON have blossomed from playing home shows to touring with acts such as Animals As Leaders and Circa Survive. They drew from their experience on the road to release their first EP, ‘Newborn Sun’, in 2013, followed by EP ‘Woohoo!’ the

Monday 05 October 2015

Clutch – ‘Psychic Warfare’

Clutch were born in 1991 as an angry, lyrically motivated hardcore Punk band; their metamorphosis has seen them experiment with Blues, Jazz and hard Rock, which is highly commendable and a donned cap in their direction is more than required. Clutch is Clutch, and if it wasn’t with

New Years Day – ‘Malevolence’

Over the past few years female fronted rock bands have been on the rise; from the likes of pop-rockers Hayley Williams (Paramore) and Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive), to the growls of Becca Macintyre (Marmozets) and Lynn Gunn (PVRIS), it seems the pool is only getting

Friday 02 October 2015

End of Daze – ‘Ascension’

Weymouth quintet ‘End of Daze’ have unveiled their new 9 track Album ‘Ascension’, and right from the get-go, its pretty clear that these boys are ambitious. The first track of the album, ‘Intro’, wouldn’t feel completely out of place on a movie score, leading in with a ticking

The Dear Hunter – ‘Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise’

The Dear Hunter are an interesting band. Originally a side-project for frontman Casey Crecenzo, he’s since started channelling all of his musical efforts into this band after leaving The Receiving End of Sirens, and has gone on to release six albums with The Dear Hunter. Four of these