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From Tuesday 01 October 2019

Steel Panther – ‘Heavy Metal Rules’

A decade after the release of their first studio album, ‘Feel The Steel’, you’d hope that Californian hair metal band Steel Panther would have grown up – or at least become a little more aware of social and political issues. Five albums later, ‘Heavy Metal Rules’ has been released,

Monday 30 September 2019

Car Bomb – ‘Mordial’

What do you get if you combine the mechanical churn of Meshuggah, the transcendent groove of Deftones, and the unhinged volatility of The Dillinger Escape Plan, then add a load of machine noises and PEW PEW PEW laser sounds over the top? Well, chances are you’ll get an unlistenable

Opeth – ‘In Cauda Venenum’

Delicate isn’t often a word you get to use when talking about metal or prog – but, then again, Opeth have never been ones to stick to the norm. After thirty years and many, many lineup changes, the Swedish legends continue on relatively strong form, compared to

Friday 27 September 2019

Godeater – ‘All Flesh Is Grass’

These are troubling times we live in. At least, that’s how Godeater see it. The debut album from the Glaswegian Tech Metal group is more than just an introduction to their sound – it feels like the first paragraph of an open letter to a planet being

Tuesday 24 September 2019

Dayseeker – ‘Sleeptalk’

Sometimes it takes a while for a band to write the record that defines them. Some bands get it right from the off, finding their feet right and instantly developing a passionate following. Some continuously redefine themselves throughout their careers, amassing a loyal and devoted fan-base that

Monday 23 September 2019

Body Hound – ‘No Moon’

Strap yourselves in, because this new release from Body Hound, Sheffield’s premier instrumental progressive math rock lunatics, is a wild ride. ‘No Moon’ starts innocuously enough; opener ‘Stargazer’ is a criminally short treat of celestial synthwave, but from ‘Spectrum’ onward the listener is barraged with heavy, unpredictable grooves and

Thursday 19 September 2019

Selfish Things – ‘Logos’

‘Logos’ has been a long time coming for Selfish Things. Having spent the last eleven months dropping tracks that would eventually make it onto the LP, their debut album has been eagerly anticipated for months following the announcement. Now, it’s finally here – and it’s a thing

Cult Of Luna – ‘A Dawn To Fear’

For those of you who are already fans of post-metal, Cult Of Luna need no introduction. The Swedish sextet have been making their sprawling noise since the late 90s and are yet to release an album that isn’t innovative and challenging in its own way. Their impact and influence

Wednesday 18 September 2019

blink-182 – ‘Nine’

There was almighty curiosity when Matt Skiba became blink-182’s long-term replacement for Tom DeLonge in the spring of 2015. The decision looked to be a masterstroke. The handful of early shows saw a band rediscovering its mojo, as baseball-capped, basketball shirt-donning Skiba brought the energy and fun

Monday 16 September 2019

Sleep On It – ‘Pride & Disaster’

There aren’t too many bands creating proper, straight up pop punk these days – and even fewer who are doing it well. Enter Chicago four piece Sleep On It, who on debut ‘Overexposed’ captured the heart of all that has made this genre so well-loved over the last decade