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From Friday 13 August 2021

Trash Boat – ‘Don’t You Feel Amazing?’

If you’ve ever listened to Trash Boat before now and decided they weren’t for you, it’s time to reconsider. This is a band that have taken their rule book and not just thrown it away, but torn it apart, set fire to it, and scattered the ashes

Thursday 12 August 2021

Lorna Shore – ‘And I Return To Nothingness’

Deathcore is currently undergoing an enormous revival, with bands like Brand Of Sacrifice, Shrine Of Malice and Slaughter To Prevail all breathing new life into the devilishly heavy genre. Leading the pack, however, is Lorna Shore – a band who, no matter what life throws at them, pick

Wednesday 11 August 2021

Caskets – ‘Lost Souls’

When it comes to covering everything that’s happened with Leeds band Caskets in the two years since their debut EP release, it’s hard to know where to begin. Their enforced name change from Captives, following a dispute with an Australian band of the same name, is maybe the obvious

Tuesday 10 August 2021

Bloodstock 2021 Festival Preview

If you’re an avid metalhead and you wish that you could be somewhere for days on end cramming as much glorious heaviness into your ears as possible, then you need look no further than Bloodstock Festival – the UK’s biggest home to pure metal mayhem. With an insanely

Friday 06 August 2021

As December Falls – ‘Happier’

In under three minutes, As December Falls’ latest self release will have you singing along to the opening track’s infectious chorus – whether you intend to or not. This is a recurring theme throughout ‘Happier’, and it’s in good company among the very best pop punk albums

Foxing – ‘Draw Down The Moon’

Here’s the trick to conquering the music industry – reinvention. The reason the likes of Bowie, Dylan and Madonna are so revered is because they’re able to reinvent themselves multiple times to become relevant again. Like a snake shedding its skin, it’s the change in either image or sound

Wednesday 04 August 2021

LIVE: Yonaka @ Signature Brew, Haggerston

We went to a gig. A real life actual live performance. Not one where you have to click a link in your inbox and make sure your laptop has enough charge left in it, one where you turn up to an actual venue, go inside it and stand

Monday 02 August 2021

LAKES – ‘Start Again’

Almost two years to the day from delivering their debut LP, ‘Constance’, Hertfordshire six-piece Lakes are returning with ‘Start Again’. Having firmly established a mix of mid-western emo, math rock, and alternative indie on their first outing, this second full-length sees them expand on their foundations. Having started

Friday 30 July 2021

INTERVIEW: Boston Manor

In 2021, Boston Manor’s story is not a unique one: band plans album release. Band releases album. Global pandemic acts as giant spanner in band’s album promotion plans. By now, it really is a tale as old as time, and 15 months after Covid-19 first hit our

Young Culture – ‘Godspeed’

Even in the context of the longest year in history, it feels like barely five minutes have passed since we first heard the debut album from Young Culture – in fact, it’s been nearly ten months, though in release terms that’s still a pretty swift turnaround for follow up