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From Saturday 07 November 2020

Bitch Falcon – ‘Staring At Clocks’

There are few places where the music scene is thriving as well as in Ireland. With the likes of Fontaines D.C. and The Murder Capital leading the way, a new generation of bands are pushing the limits of genres. One band that’s especially smashing through such boundaries is Dublin

Friday 06 November 2020

Like Moths To Flames – ‘No Eternity In Gold’

Like Moths To Flames are really turning up the heat on their new record ‘No Eternity In Gold’. With four LPs, four EPs, countless touring cycles and a decade of sculpting under their belts, the Ohio-based quartet are presenting a version of themselves that we haven’t seen before.

Friday 30 October 2020

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – ‘May Our Chambers Be Full’

What do you get if you cross a haunting singer/songwriter with a noisy doom metal band? With ‘May Our Chambers Be Full’ we’re about to find out, and let us assure you this is no joke. Emma Ruth Rundle has teamed up with Thou for a collaborative album that

Mr Bungle – ‘The Raging Wrath of The Easter Bunny Demo’

Old bands seem to always be reforming and coming back these days. It was still a surprise, though, to hear that Mr Bungle were getting back together, 20 years since their last record – the Mike Patton-fronted experimental metal group released three excellent genre-bending albums in the

Black Foxxes – ‘Black Foxxes’

If there’s ever going to be an album that’s the musical equivalent of stripping off and running into the ocean, Black Foxxes’ third and self-titled record is it. Made up of nine phenomenal tracks, this record sees front man and only remaining founding member Mark Holley laid

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Happy. – ‘Imposter Syndrome’

It’s been two years since their debut album ‘Cult Classic’, and Happy. are finally back with another installment in the shape of a second LP called ‘Imposter Syndrome’. Their ethos of perpetuating positivity and an eagerness to change the conversation surrounding mental health is reason enough to

The OBGMs – ‘The Ends’

Hailing from Toronto, The OBGMs are a punk rock trio marching to the beat of their own drum. A lot has changed in the past couple of years for vocalist and guitarist Densil McFarlane, drummer Colanthony Humphrey and bassist Joe Brosnan, and second album ‘The Ends’, shows a renewed,

Monday 26 October 2020

Chamber – Cost Of Sacrifice

Modern metal is rife with sub-genres. So many ideas come and go, trends rise and fall, and we all seem to find it impossible not to try and fit a band into some sort of mould as soon as we hear them. Every now and again, though, a

Thursday 22 October 2020

Pallbearer – ‘Forgotten Days’

Three years on from their previous release, Arkansas doom rockers Pallbearer are back with their fourth studio album ‘Forgotten Days’, which sees a return to their earlier doom roots and heavy, crushing sound. Although written last year, the darker themes of the album feel particularly apt as a reflection

Tuesday 20 October 2020

iDKHOW – ‘Razzmatazz’

The princes of funk-rock have, finally, dropped their debut album ‘Razzmatazz’. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (or iDKHOW for short), have been making waves ever since lead singer Dallon Weekes introduced the band at an LA bar in 2016. Now, two years since