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From Monday 27 April 2020

Dance Gavin Dance – ‘Afterburner’

Dance Gavin Dance have become a real force to be reckoned with over the last few years. Forming back in 2005, they were quickly picked up by Rise Records and released a slew of powerful and varied albums, quietly plagued by line up changes and complicated

Friday 24 April 2020

Elephant Tree – ‘Habits’

There is a real sense of impending doom around the world at the moment, so it seems a great time for psychedelic prog-doom merchants Elephant Tree to release their highly anticipated third album ‘Habits’. Their last full length LP was in 2016, but this new release is

Elder – ‘Omens’

Elder’s fifth full length release is their first as a quartet, having added former guest guitarist Michael Risberg to the line-up, as well as welcoming new drummer Georg Edert to replace Matt Couto. This new addition of an extra member is evident in the depth of sound throughout this

Thursday 23 April 2020

The Used – ‘Heartwork’

If you were a fan of post-hardcore and emo back in its heyday and The Used weren’t included in your regular rotation of bands, you were doing it wrong. A vital component in the genre’s popularity surge and one of the early breakthrough acts of the movement,

Monday 20 April 2020

Trivium – ‘What The Dead Men Say’

Over the course of eight albums, Trivium have built a reputation as one of metal’s biggest bands. After a lull, they recaptured the thrill of their earlier work with

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Enter Shikari – ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’

Is there any success story in the British alternative music scene quite like that of Enter Shikari? These four champions of the underdog, of intensely exciting live performances, of the weird, the wonderful and the fantastic – over the course of the last thirteen years, they’ve become interwoven in

Tuesday 14 April 2020

Nightwish – ‘HUMAN. :II: NATURE.’

Brace yourself – Finnish symphonic metal titans Nightwish are back with their ninth studio album ‘Human. :II: Nature.’. If you thought 2015’s ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ was an epic, this time around they’ve outdone themselves. Over the course of an hour and 20 minutes, they treat you to their

Friday 10 April 2020

August Burns Red – ‘Guardians’

If you’re a fan of metalcore, the chances of you already being familiar with August Burns Red are incredibly high. The Pennsylvania natives have spent close to twenty years going from strength to strength, pushing themselves to be better musicians on every single record and lassoing hordes

Chief State – ‘Tough Love’

Mention “Canadian pop-punk” and bands like Sum41 and Simple Plan instantly spring to mind. There’s a new kid on the block now, though, and they’re called Chief State; a five-piece pop-punk band who are selling out shows across Canada and receiving heaps of praise for their previous two EPs.

Wednesday 08 April 2020

Wolfheart – ‘Wolves Of Karelia’

Metal: it’s the bread and butter of an entire region’s heavy music scene and, like pop music, can often find itself a rather bloated genre. It’s a style stacked with talent, but equally flooded with bands that seek to reinvent the wheel, only to end up retelling