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From Tuesday 22 April 2025

Employed to Serve – ‘Fallen Star’

Since the release of 2017’s ‘The Warmth of a Dying Sun’, Employed to Serve have been one of the UK metal scene’s most consistently high quality acts. Whenever you throw on a new Employed to Serve record, you can be sure of one thing; it’ll be extremely heavy, and

Mayday Parade – ‘Sweet’

Mayday Parade are back with their first release after four long years. ‘Sweet’, the first instalment of a three-part project, marks Mayday Parade’s first album since 2021’s ‘What It Means To Fall Apart’ as well as the band’s first self-released collection. Since releasing ‘What It Means to Fall Apart’, the

Tuesday 15 April 2025

King Kraken – ‘MARCH OF THE GODS’

In Norse mythology, the Kraken was a sea monster. A mega-sized octopus that would terrorise sailors and imperil ships. Kings are of course powerful and majestic, they have an air of regal grace. This makes King Kraken the ideal name for a band stepping into the Viking

Friday 11 April 2025

Teen Mortgage – ‘Devil Ultrasonic Dream’

There’s no point at which Teen Mortgage’s debut LP ‘Devil Ultrasonic Dream’ doesn’t feel like being inside a sweaty mosh pit. It’s an album that holds you in its embrace even as it kicks you in the face. This is pure punk from start to finish, distilled from garage

Tuesday 08 April 2025

Those Damn Crows – ‘God Shaped Hole’

Those Damn Crows, AKA Welsh Black Stone Cherry, are moving on through the music galaxy, paying tribute to the experiences they leave in the dust. While the comparison to Chris Robertson’s band is intended in jest, the boys from Bridgend’s experiences stateside supporting the likes of Queens of the

Magnolia Park – ‘Vamp’

Magnolia Park have gone full Coheed and Cambria – a sentence which has probably never been written before, and no one ever expected to be written. Rather than stick to their skate punk roots or dip their toes back into the world of nu-metal, they’ve decided to write an

Friday 04 April 2025

Scowl – ‘Are We All Angels’

Unless you’ve been chronically offline or living under a rock, the name Scowl is likely very familiar to you if you’re a hardcore fan. Over the last few years, the California quintet have shot through the ranks at lightning speed, carving out a space for

Thursday 03 April 2025

Thornhill – ‘BODIES’

Melbourne four-piece Thornhill are back with their explosive new offering, ‘BODIES’. In their own words, its “immediate, unfiltered approach … feels like a lightning bolt.” It’s hard to argue with this description. ‘BODIES’ powers through its runtime with an intensity that is rarely let up. ‘DIESEL’ rips into us

Wednesday 02 April 2025

BRKN LOVE – ‘The Program’

Canadian hard rock trio BRKN LOVE burst onto the scene in 2020 with a debut album that netted them viral success through TikTok. Now they’re back with their third effort, ‘The Program’, filled with heavy riffs and fuzzy bass, and oozing grooves from every pore. Opening track and the

Tuesday 01 April 2025

The Bottom Line – ‘Life Lately’

From their humble beginnings in 2011 to sets at Download Festival, 2000 Trees and Teddy Rocks, this South Coast outfit has always had a knack for writing songs that just click. They’ve been delivering catchy pop-punk anthems for a while now, but with ‘Life Lately’, it feels like they’ve