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From Thursday 01 October 2015

Northcote – ‘Hope Is Made Of Steel’

Canadian singer-songwriter Matthew Goud is by no means alone in his endeavour, bringing heartfelt lyrics and melodies to the masses through guitar driven folk-punk. In fact, his Xtra Mile Recordings home sees him sit immediately against veteran contemporaries that outstretch the six years since his debut ‘Borrowed Chords, Tired

Deafheaven – ‘New Bermuda’

Before you have even hit play on ‘New Bermuda’, you can almost hear the tapping of incessant keyboard warriors, readying their abhorrent comments regarding Deafheaven’s third LP. Ultimately, they will be expecting the band to fail, and trying to find as many ways to use the stomach churning

Wednesday 30 September 2015

Parkway Drive – ‘IRE’

Parkway Drive, a name that the majority of heavy metal fans and metal fans alike will know, they’ve been around now for over 12 years, it’s hard to not know who they are. The band began in 2003, rising from the depths of New South Wales (Australia) and

Tuesday 29 September 2015

No Devotion – ‘Permanence’

‘Permanence’, the debut album by former Lostprophets and Thursday almost-supergroup No Devotion, is something of a rebirth. Unmistakably removed from anything that the band members have previously produced, it stamps a definitive end to an inhumanly dark past; at least for the former of the two outfits. In that,

Monday 28 September 2015

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die – ‘Harmlessness’

Whether your average music listener will want to admit it, or not – there is a lot to be said about a band name. It should always be the music that does the talking, but so often that’s not the first thing you are greeted with, and a

Friday 25 September 2015

The Winter Passing – ‘A Different Space of Mind’

Over the years, Ireland has produced some incredibly fine music, and it’s sometimes easy to forget just how good some of the bands have been. Indie-pop darlings The Cranberries, and pioneering shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine are just two of the best to hail from The Emerald Isle,

Thursday 24 September 2015

Atreyu – ‘Long Live’

Having spent the best part of the last four years on hiatus and not having released anything since 2009, you’d be forgiven for finding news of Atreyu’s return last year surprising if not a little underwhelming. However, with bands such as Of Mice And Men leading the way

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Heart Of A Coward – ‘Deliverance’

Third albums are known to be a bit tricky. By this point you’re supposed to have learned, evolved, progressed, honed your sound to near perfection. Heart Of A Coward have apparently heard of this concept, but when it came to writing album three they simply looked at each

Crazy Town – ‘The Brimstone Sluggers’

Nu metal has been experiencing something of a revival of late, with a well received nostalgia tour from Alien Ant Farm, Hoobastank and P.O.D, a new album from Disturbed, and a second stage festival headline slot from Limp Bizkit. One hit wonders Crazy Town are the

Tuesday 22 September 2015

Bullet For My Valentine – ‘Venom’

It’s fair to say Bullet for My Valentine have quite a bit riding on fifth album ‘Venom’. After the release of their first three albums, they were seen as the bright hopes of British metal. Their thrashy yet poppy approach to Welsh rock, more in line musically with