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From Monday 13 January 2020

LIVE: Stray From The Path / The Devil Wears Prada / Loathe / Gideon @ O2 Academy Islington, London

If there’s one thing that everybody knows about Stray From The Path, it’s that they’re angry. They’re angry about politics, religion, racism, social injustice, abuse and homophobia, and a whole lot more. If Stray From The Path know anything about their audience, it’s that they’re angry too,

Friday 10 January 2020

BEACH SLANG – ‘THE DEADBEAT BANG OF HEARTBREAK CITY’

Following the release of the debut LP by Quiet Slang last year, front man James Alex’s main project Beach Slang have returned to unleash their third full–length album, ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’. Having previously described the band’s sound as “me fawning over The Replacements”, Alex has pulled

Wednesday 08 January 2020

Twin Atlantic release live video recording of ‘Novocaine’

Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated new album ‘POWER’ on January 24th, Twin Atlantic have added to their repertoire of live videos recorded at their studio, Bongo Land. Along with new track ‘Barcelona’, fans can now also watch a live recording of the album’s debut single ‘Novocaine’,

Tuesday 07 January 2020

Bring Me The Horizon – ‘~GO TO~’

The release of ‘Ludens’, regardless of the song being a promotional track from the game Death Stranding, was a neat celebration by Bring Me The Horizon of their various styles from the last ten years. Incorporating the wall-of-sound heaviness of ‘Sempiternal’ and the sharpness of ‘That’s The

Bury Tomorrow, Employed To Serve, Blood Youth @ Academy, Manchester

LIVE: Bury Tomorrow / Employed To Serve / Blood Youth @ Academy 1, Manchester

British heavy music is in undeniably magnificent shape right now. Not only are there a strong contingent of bands ascending to become the next wave of festival headliners, but also an incredible number of artists breaking out with albums that are making Album Of The Year lists across the

Monday 06 January 2020

Clutch, Graveyard @ Roundhouse, London

LIVE: Clutch @ The Roundhouse, London

A few weeks before tonight’s show, it was announced that Clutch would play not one, not two, but THREE sets at the UK’s Ramblin’ Man Fair in July 2020. Friday will be a headline set of hits from their distinguished back catalogue, Saturday a stripped back semi-acoustic laden groove-fest,

Tuesday 24 December 2019

Land Sharks – ‘Rock-A-Lips’

When a band is made up of familiar names from established acts, you generally enter the first listen with an idea of what they might sound like. Land Sharks are an exception to that. How on earth do you predict the sound of a band featuring members of a

Sunday 22 December 2019

The end of a decade: The 11 most major moments of the past 10 years

Among all the incredible album releases and new bands hitting the scene, there have been a number of moments that have helped define the past decade for fans and creators of alternative music alive (and all of its lovely little sub-genres). We’ve seen reunions of bands we thought were long