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From Tuesday 07 June 2022

Thornhill – ‘Heroine’

Ah, the humble sophomore album, a release that’s certain to inspire dread in its author. How does one approach it? Continue the path previously walked? Reinvent the wheel? For Australia-based Thornhill, a mix-up is certainly in order. Coming off a rather successful first endeavour in 2019, the

Sunday 29 May 2022

Cave In – ‘Heavy Pendulum’

In 2019, Cave In released their final studio album ‘Final Transmission’ following the tragic death of their long-time bassist Caleb Scofield. After a glittering career that saw them show the world their signature blend of powerful hardcore mixed with atmospheric rock, the loss of Scofield was too much

Tuesday 24 May 2022

Static Dress – Rouge Carpet Disaster

If you’ve got through the last few years without seeing the name Static Dress crop up somewhere, you’ve either been stuck inside for the last two years (good joke, right) or you’ve not been paying any attention to anything at all whatsoever. Having performed alongside a huge range

Thursday 12 May 2022

Cage Fight – ‘CAGE FIGHT’

You sit on the side-lines wanting to get stuck in. Two opposing fighters, locked together in combat, exchanging blows. It’s vicious, brutal, almost anything goes. There’s nowhere to run, no escape. It’s intense, visceral, blood splashes across the canvas – and you’re only listening to Cage Fight,

Friday 06 May 2022

Simple Plan – ‘Harder Than It Looks’

It’s been 20 years since Simple Plan burst onto our airwaves with the uniquely infectious debut album ‘No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls’. Two decades and five albums later, and the band’s sixth release ‘Harder Than It Looks’ has an equally punny title and is closer musically to their

Puppy – ‘Pure Evil’

If 2019’s debut LP ‘The Goat’ was anything to go by, then existing listeners of London three-piece Puppy already had plenty of reasons to be hyped when the band announced the release of ‘Pure Evil’. The promise of a second full-length, complete with a sizeable flurry of

Wednesday 04 May 2022

Peaness – ‘World Full of Worry’

In a world which seemingly lurches from one disaster to another, we each develop our own coping mechanisms. For Chester-based trio Peaness it’s to write, in their own words, “sad bangers,” and their debut ‘World Full of Worry’ is chocked full of them. It’s the ideal blend of dark,

Tuesday 26 April 2022

Cold Years – ‘Goodbye To Misery’

Let’s admit it, the past two years or so have been a little weird for all of us. The pandemic affected everyone in different ways; some used it to learn new skills while others used the time to reconnect with former loves, whether that be people, books, films. In

Friday 22 April 2022

Northlane – ‘Obsidian’

Northlane’s last album ‘Alien’ saved them. The band were ready to throw in the towel, seeing their ticket and album sales declining, feeling as though something was missing, and that album could’ve been their swan song. Thanks to the brutal industrial approach to their signature groove-laden sound and

Wednesday 20 April 2022

Bob Vylan – ‘Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life’

“Some are drowning in money, I’m barely keeping my head up / price of life on the rise, I’m feeling like it’s a set-up,” spits Bob Vylan – the eponymous vocalist of the band of the same name on their latest record ‘Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life’.