Parkway Drive, While She Sleeps, Lorna Shore @ Alexandra Palace

Witch Fever – ‘Congregation’

“They won’t take no for an answer as if they ever fucking ask,” spits Witch Fever vocalist Amy Walpole on ‘Sour’ over the soundtrack of stomping doom instrumentals, “yeah we incite this violence, cause nothing ever changed in silence.” Punk bands that are truly incensed and use their music

LIVE: Parkway Drive / While She Sleeps / Lorna Shore @ Alexandra Palace, London

Backed by the quintessential sprawling font of many a death metal band logo, deathcore pioneers Lorna Shore kick off proceedings in north London’s Alexandra Palace in ferocious style. With an ominous red mist and frantically flashing lights, the New Jersey outfit bring out some of the heaviest noise ever

Boston Manor – ‘Datura’

Boston Manor’s last full-length record was released during a time that is universally agreed to be “the worst time ever” to have been making music. In May 2020, ‘GLUE’ finally reached our ears but the proceeding tour didn’t take place until almost two years later, a wait

Polaris, Alpha Wolf, Great American Ghost, Stepson @Electric Brixton

LIVE: Polaris / Alpha Wolf / Great American Ghost / Stepson @ Electric Brixton, London

It’s Saturday night and Brixton is buzzing like it always is, but a particular pocket of it is buzzing a little louder than usual. That pocket is right around Electric Brixton and the area directly outside of it where a swarm of black-clad metal lovers are gathered,

October Drift – ‘I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE’

An album is more than just the music. It’s a series of choices. The aesthetic, the visuals, everything matters as much as the songs themselves. On all their releases, October Drift use the same type face and the same style of photo and it’s the same on

Press Club – ‘Endless Motion’

Press Club have quite a few things to get off their chest. The Melbourne-based four-piece have watched on in despair as the world has eaten itself. However, in despair comes art and their third LP, ‘Endless Motion’, is another bold step for one of the darlings of Australia’s DIY

Holy Fawn, The Hyena Kill @ London 229

Incubus @ The Royal Albert Hall