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LIVE: Despised Icon / Malevolence / Archspire / Vulvodynia @ The Dome, London

Deathcore became over saturated in the mid ’00s with bands that tried to sound heavy, but weren’t particularly interesting. Despised Icon, however, have always been one of the exceptions that do the genre justice. Whilst co-vocalist Alex Erian has frequently toured the UK with Obey The Brave, tonight marks Despised Icon’s first

Tuesday 20 February 2018

LIVE: Jamie Lenman @ Islington Academy

Jamie Lenman is one of the single most interesting acts in the vast wave of brilliant new British Rock happening right now. The former Reuben frontman has always had the creativity, whether writing crushing post-hardcore music or illustrating comics, his artistry knows no bounds. Opening his set with

Wednesday 14 February 2018

LIVE: Highly Suspect @ O2 Forum, London

As the crowd waited for Highly Suspect to take to the stage, it wouldn’t have been unreasonable to question whether they’d walked into the right venue. The on-stage DJ blasted tracks from Kendrick Lamar and, having chosen to precede the show with a genre entirely different from his own,

LIVE: Motionless In White / Cane Hill / Ice Nine Kills @ KOKO, London

A sold out KOKO is just one of the stops on Motionless In White’s Graveyard Shift UK Tour and the anticipation is palpable. Fans have queued all day long, showing the devotion that Motionless In White have created. Ice Nine Kills kick off the night with

Tuesday 13 February 2018

LIVE: Canvas / Body Hound / xServitudex / Lugubrious Children / Underdark @ Temple Of Boom, Leeds

Much like the influences of the headlining act, the support bill for the last ever performance from Canvas (that’s the UKHC one from the late 90s, not the current band for sad lads) is a bit of a mixed bag. Openers Underdark cross the bleak cacophony of Deafheaven with

LIVE: Black Veil Brides / Asking Alexandria @ Brixton Academy, London

Although Brixton Academy has seen both of tonight’s bands headline in their own right, tonight it’s treated to a co-headlining show. Asking Alexandria are the first band on stage and with the electronic wobbles of ‘Into The Fire’ playing over the PA, the band explode into the

Monday 12 February 2018

LIVE: The Menzingers / PUP @ Whelan’s, Dublin

“Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?”, has been the question The Menzingers have been posing to their audience for the best part of the last 12 months. For those whose answer to this is simply “I don’t really know”, then this is

Wednesday 31 January 2018

LIVE: Jonah Matranga / Non-Canon / Phil Steadman & The Spectacles / Arms & Hearts @ The Parish, Huddersfield

It must be absolutely nerve-wracking to be a solo acoustic performer. No band to hide amongst, no backing track to disguise your fluffed notes. More power to anyone brave enough to get up there and do it, even more so when you’re opening for one of the most influential

LIVE: The Bronx @ The Key Club, Leeds

If there was any lingering doubt that The Bronx were back to their swaggering, rampant best with the release of ‘V’, there was one simply way to dispel it: play it in full, live. Back in the UK for a brief sojourn around these snow-covered streets,

Monday 22 January 2018

LIVE: Paramore @ The o2 Arena, London

The o2 has never been so colourful. Whether it’s the sea of multi-coloured hair, the visually extravagant light show, Hayley Williams’ encapsulating lyrics or the pre show bar 2 for 1 cocktails, nothing about Paramore’s return to London is dull. Last year saw the band return with a re-imagined aesthetic