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

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

Anti Vigilante – ‘Tempest’

They say that out of adversity comes strength. This certainly seems to be the case for Milton Keynes skacore mob, Anti Vigilante. After a turbulent 18 months, the band has returned with new album ‘Tempest’, a record that’s every bit as poignant as it is impacting. Playing out as

Anatomy of the Bear- Anatomy of the Bear

A concept band of sorts – originally (and seemingly continuously) writing tracks which relate directly to bears – Anatomy of the Bear match their transient philosophy to their music. In a futile attempt to compare the band to other post-rock outfits (perhaps This Will Destroy You closest to warranting

The Offspring – Days Go By

It’s not often that you get to cite the most cringeworthy track as the most memorable moment of an album, but let’s go ahead and do just that with ‘Cruising California (Bumpin’ In My Trunk)’ from ‘Days Go By’ from The Offspring. Coming from a band that have written some of

Attention – Tattered Youth

So, everyone’s seen School Of Rock, right? So… in the final Battle of the Bands contest, Jack Black and the schoolkids come up against his old bandmates that kicked him out who now have a new singer and play totally bland, soulless MOR rock, and even though the kids

Bouncing Souls – Comet

No matter how old you are, it’s hard not to know and respect the Bouncing Souls if you call yourself a fan of punk. Greg Attonito’s vocals are instantly recognisable, and the band’s sound can be found threaded through so much of the current breed of punk bands from

Peace Mercutio- Weather The Storm

It seems as if America absolutely loves churning out a plethora of pop punk bands and here is yet another slice of the action. Hailing from Seattle are the fantastic Peace Mercucio with “Weather the Storm” providing an offering jam-packed with twangy guitars, addictive lyrical clarity and classic

Colour The Sky – Alive

Demented Are Go – Welcome Back To Insanity Hall

The dearly loved Psychobilly act, Demented Are Go are back again! They’re nearing their 30th anniversary now but don’t count on that to stop them because up next is their eighth album, mixing that combination of punk, rockabilly and a clear country influence throughout. Opening with various ghoulish noises and