Sugar Horse – ‘The Live Long After’

Even in their Bristol hometown, Sugar Horse are a strange band. Something of a hotbed for creative talent, they came lurching out of its depths back in 2019 and over the course of two EPs have earned themselves quite a reputation – mainly because they like to do things

Between The Buried And Me – ‘Colors II’

Every band has a record that makes their blip on the musical radar glow far brighter. An album that sees a band completely lock into their sound, so breathtaking and special that its brilliance is impossible to ignore. For progressive metal masterminds Between The Buried And Me, that

Strange Bones – ‘England Screams’

Music is almost always an extension of personality. Bouncing, cheery pop punk, or angsty lo-fi sad boi acoustic vibes; it’s a mirror of feelings, not only for the bands but for the listener themselves. Not all of us can be poets, so we rely on the words and thoughts

INTERVIEW: Press To MECO

LIVE: Architects @ Pryzm

Sixteen long, gigless months have gone by, with the world spinning slower than ever. As the pandemic led to a new world of streaming shows and allowed bands time to be creative, Architects delivered their own stellar livestream performance from the prestigious Royal Albert Hall and, soon after, released

Deafheaven – ‘Infinite Granite’

Deafheaven have never been a band to take the easiest route creatively, and ‘Infinite Granite’ sees them take another bold step forward. Over the past decade, they’ve established a reputation as one of the leading lights of the ‘Blackgaze’ genre, blending black metal with shoegaze – with this record,

Settle Your Scores – ‘Retrofit’

2021 has seen an apparent revival for the pop-punk genre. Whether it’s the chart-topping Olivia Rodrigo hit ‘good 4 u’, or Travis Barker collaborating with names such as Machine Gun Kelly, KennyHoopla, WILLOW, and JXDN, pop-punk has become a hot topic again. Despite it being “current”, you have to question

Wolves In The Throne Room – ‘Primordial Arcana’

Wolves in the Throne Room are one of the US black metal scene’s finest exports, and one of the most interesting black metal bands to be found anywhere in the world. They’re a band that manage to find the beauty in rock’s heaviest, filthiest sounding genre. The result is

Press To MECO – ‘Transmute’

For Croydon/Crawley-based trio Press To MECO, 2018’s ‘Here’s To The Fatigue’ was a cathartic celebration of the trials and tribulations that come alongside being a working, touring band in a troubled industry. This time around, they’re delving into some of the murkier waters that bands will experience

Meet Me @ The Altar – ‘Model Citizen’

There’s a lot of talk at the moment about a pop punk resurgence, fuelled in no small part by a handful of big name artists dabbling their toes into power chord infested waters. Whether these newcomers will stick around remains to be seen, but fortunately for fans of the