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From Tuesday 13 October 2015

Dearist – ‘This House Has No Windows’

The demise of one band sometimes makes room for a project that is bigger and better. And that’s exactly what’s happened here. Cue Dearist, a five-piece from Wolverhampton, who are made up of some ex-Kyoto Drive members and are already making a big impression within the scene. Signed to

Monday 12 October 2015

Grave Pleasures – ‘Dreamcrash’

Those of you familiar with the band that was Beastmilk, will know the greatness that is their 2013 album, ‘Climax’. The Finnish deathrock band received critical acclaim in its wake, and widespread attention across the music world. Unfortunately, they parted ways with their guitarist, Johan Snell, earlier this

Saturday 10 October 2015

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