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From Wednesday 28 January 2026

Jagged City – ‘THERE ARE MORE OF US, ALWAYS’

Baking a cake is a simple thing. Two eggs, two hundred grams of flour, sugar and margarine, all mixed together and gently cooked for thirty minutes. An easy recipe. The results are fairly consistent, you know what you’ll get, but if you change those ingredients things become

Monday 26 January 2026

Sick Joy – ‘MORE FOREVER’

Anticipation is a terrible thing. Anticipation breeds disappointment. So, when Sick Joy announced their first album in three years, it would make sense not to be excited. It would be a bad idea to listen to their incredible ‘Them Days’ EP – or to their debut album

Shields – ‘DEATH & CONNECTION’

If you listen to a lot of contemporary metalcore records, you develop a certain weariness; a low tolerance for trends, copying, spot-the-difference and heard-it-before sounds that leave you wishing for something different. Shields then send you their new record and, well, you asked for it. Shields

Wednesday 14 January 2026

I Promised The World – ‘I PROMISED THE WORLD’

Okay –I Promise The World are a young, upcoming metalcore band, freshly signed to Rise Records and they’re are starting 2026 with a new self-titled EP. So far, so good, but what makes them unusual is that their sound is heavily indebted to 2006 – like, everything

Friday 05 December 2025

Profiler – ‘MASQUERADING SELF’

Temperatures are falling, the nights are drawing in, it’s the season for hibernation, but something is stirring. Profiler are back with ‘Masquerading Self’, an EP that they’re describing as a ‘Nu-metal reawakening’ – thankfully it’s so much more than a reheated corpse. You know the drill;

Wednesday 12 November 2025

The Hunna – ‘BLUE TRANSITIONS’

Here’s a trick – When a band catches your ear, seek out their early work first. Listen to those rough recordings, immerse yourself in the lo-fi sound of a band finding their way. You’ll hear their sound evolving, the craft sharpening, the money that success brings, the

Friday 07 November 2025

Indigo Blaze – ‘UTB’

Back in 1997, when Rage Against The Machine yelled ‘It’s coming back around again!’ they probably weren’t talking about rap metal, but here we are. It’s 2025 Nu-metal’s comeback is firmly established, Limp Bizkit are headlining next years Download and rap rock is very much in. Capitalising

Friday 17 October 2025

Eville – ‘BRAT METAL’

Think back to last year, when Charli XCX released ‘BRAT’ and unleashed the cultural event known as ‘Brat Summer’. For those of you who missed it, the album’s plain green cover and attitude became a meme, then an adjective – This was BRAT, that was BRAT, it

Wednesday 08 October 2025

Greyhaven – ‘KEEP IT QUIET’

The word ‘grey’ has plenty of negative connotations. Tarmac is grey, the sky is grey, depression is grey, porridge is grey, the mood is very much grey. Despite it being part of their name, ‘grey’ is the last colour you’d use to describe Greyhaven’s new record. Technically,

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Orbit Culture – ‘DEATH ABOVE LIFE’

The world is filled with incredible places. Should you ever have the chance to visit Krakow, take the time to explore the Wieliczka salt mines. A maze of tunnels, grand rooms, polished surfaces and pillars, these retired caverns offer a glimpse of the past. Deep underground, the