Album review: Heathen Deity – Satan’s KingdomBritish black metal maniacs Heathen Deity keep it evil as they career through the fire and brimstone of Satan’s Kingdom…
Live review: Slipknot, Leeds First Direct ArenaSlipknot turn back the clock to 1999 for an unstoppable, unforgiving opening night of their UK tour…
The big review: Good Things Festival 2024Sydney gets rocked as Korn, Loathe, Sleeping With Sirens and more take a noisy pre-Christmas trip down under…
Album review: Electric Wizard – Black Magic Rituals & Perversions Vol. 1Apocalypse now! British doom legends Electric Wizard provide the soundtrack to the end of the world on self-recorded, direct-to-tape live ritual.
Album review: Godflesh – A World Lit Only By DubBrummie industrial legends Godflesh celebrate 10 years of A World Lit Only By Fire with a compelling reinvention via dub…
Album review: NECKBREAKKER – Within The VisceraRising Danish death metallers NECKBREAKKER get stuck into all sorts of nastiness on gleefully unhinged debut, Within The Viscera.
Album review: The Gates Of Slumber – The Gates Of SlumberUnderground true doom heroes The Gates Of Slumber reawaken after more than a decade, with one of their finest, heaviest works
Live review: IDLES, London Alexandra PalaceBristol punks IDLES show Ally Pally a good time and the potential for a better world at epic London love-in
Live review: Sleep Token, London The O2Sleep Token celebrate their historic path to greatness at first of two enormous London Rituals
Album review: Hidden Mothers – Erosion/AvulsionBlack metal meets the darkest emo on bruising and bruised debut from Sheffield’s Hidden Mothers.
Album review: Ulver – Liminal AnimalsOslo shapeshifters Ulver continue their synth experimentation on umpteenth album, Liminal Animals.
Album review: Warpstormer – WarpstormerLondon stoner-punk marauders Warpstormer fire shots of supercharged sludge into the cosmos on exhilaratingly munchy debut.
Album review: Polar – Five ArrowsGuildford alt.metal quintet Polar inject new life on re-energised sixth studio album.
Album review: Coilguns – Odd LoveSwiss noise rock rebels Coilguns embrace the offbeat and delve into the sublime on gloriously unhinged fourth album Odd Love…
Album review: Ocean Grove – ODDWORLDMelbourne party-starters Ocean Grove get weird in both good ways and bad on album number four…
Album review: Opeth – The Last Will & TestamentSwedish prog metal overlords Opeth return with intense, beautifully delivered but ultimately baffling concept record.
