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From Tuesday 17 July 2012

Gaslight Anthem – ‘Handwritten’

As most people reading this will know, The Gaslight Anthem are one of those bands. Swiftly idolised in the punk scene for their XOXO Records debut ‘Sink Or Swim’, Fallon and co. then learned to live with the constant (and sometimes fair) comparisons to a certain famous American rock star

Monday 16 July 2012

We Caught The Castle – ‘Time To Grow’

Paramore, Halestorm, We Are In The Crowd, Hey Monday, Next Stop Atlanta… stick a female as your lead and the comparisons will follow, though in this case you can take away the common denominator and We Caught The Castle’s Hollie Elizabeth is nothing like any of her cohorts. Aurally, We

Friday 13 July 2012

The Early November – ‘In Currents’

An early adopter of the term in the recent pop punk “hiatus” trend, The Early November have made their long awaited return from the dark on Rise Records with their brand new album ‘In Currents. If you’re predisposed to switch off after the first paragraph, we’ll skip to the

Friday 06 July 2012

Suis La Lune – ‘Riala’

Anyone who has been residing on this side of the Atlantic and consider themselves fans of screamo are bound to know Suis La Lune well. If not, then… now is the time to get on board. Definitely not newcomers by any means, the Swedish troupe could quite rightly be

Thursday 05 July 2012

Memphis May Fire – ‘Challenger’

If ever they really existed before, the dividing lines between post-hardcore and metalcore have truly been blurred for good. Recent efforts by the likes of Of Mice & Men, former “crabcore legends” Attack! Attack! and The Devil Wears Prada effortlessly combine the styles, flitting between balls-out rocking and a

Tuesday 03 July 2012

Canterbury – ‘Heavy In The Day’

After a lengthy wait since album number one, Canterbury are back with their sophomore effort ‘Heavy In The Day’ – an album that’s representative of a band that have grown and utilized their influences in every possible way. Opening things up is title track ‘Heavy In The Day’. It’s a

Monday 02 July 2012

The Word Alive – Life Cycles

The current wave of US metalcore is borderline unstoppable at the moment. Born of everything from thrash, grind, post hardcore and nu metal to straight up emo, the technical ability of this generation of guitarists has become eyebrow raising, and though there’s most definitely a level of studio trickery

Pacer – Making Plans

If you frequent punk shows in the UK, you’ll probably be familiar with Pacer. Mark Pavey and Dave House are known faces across the UK from their days in The Steal (and Dave’s solo work), so ‘Making Plans’ is an album that many have been looking forward to hearing

Shadows Fall – Fire From The Sky

Does anyone remember when The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal was a thing? At the start of the 21st century, various publications latched onto the latest wave of American metalcore and pushed it for all it was worth as bands like Killswitch Engage, Trivium and Avenged Sevenfold garnered

Sunday 01 July 2012

This Calamity – ‘I’ll Paint You a Picture if You Promise to Put It Up’

Borrowing largely from progressive emo/hardcore bands, the debut mini-album (six tracks pulling in at just over half an hour) from Plymouth based This Calamity verges on needing a new sub-genre to label – the sweeping atmospherics provided by the spacious guitar and drum sounds hint at a an almost