Album review: Kreator – Krushers Of The WorldGerman thrash legends Kreator resume their remarkable late-career resurgence on superb 16th outing Krushers Of The World.
Album review: Kid Kapichi – Fearless NatureBrit punks Kid Kapichi enter bold new chapter with introspective fourth record, Fearless Nature.
Album review: Cavetown – Running With ScissorsProlific Gen Z superstar Robin Skinner tests out pop-punk and hyperpop production on sixth album Running With Scissors.
Live review: Biffy Clyro, London The O2Biffy Clyro triumph with more than a little love as they hit The O2 in London without bassist James Johnston.
Album review: Blanket – True BlueBlackpool’s Blanket return softer, sweeter and yet just as grand on the immersive True Blue.
Album review: Ov Sulfur – EndlessLas Vegas deathcore crew Ov Sulfur question eternal life on brutal second album.
Album review: Beyond The Black – Break The SilenceGerman symphonic metallers Beyond The Black combine beauty and ballast to occasionally spectacular effect on third album Break The Silence.
Album review: Greywind – Severed Heart CityAfter a nine-year wait, siblings Steph and Paul O’Sullivan return supercharged, with a deep well of emotion to draw from on long-awaited second album.
Album review: Alter Bridge – Alter BridgeSuperb eighth album sees thunderous U.S. arena rockers Alter Bridge up the heavy and emotive ante yet further.
Live review: Imminence, London RoundhouseA lesson in violins! Swedish metallers Imminence bring a string quartet and cinematic epicness to London, just in time for Christmas.
Live review: Neck Deep, London O2 Academy BrixtonIt’s a Christmas cracker! Wrexham pop-punk heroes Neck Deep celebrate 10 years of Life’s Not Out To Get You in true party fashion.
Live review: Ice Nine Kills, London OVO Arena WembleyThe horror! The horror! Ice Nine Kills slay in the capital, with a little help from Creeper, The Devil Wears Prada and TX2.
Album review: Lord Of The Lost – OPVS NOIR Vol. 2German goth-rockers Lord Of The Lost add glimmers of hope to the sea of shadow on chapter two of their gloomily ambitious OPVS NOIR trilogy.
Album review: Volumes – Mirror TouchCalifornian metalcore quartet Volumes don’t quite hit the mark on mixed fifth album
Live review: Loathe, London Electric BrixtonLoathe obliterate their biggest ever UK headline show – now, where’s that new album?
Live review: Don Broco, London OVO Arena WembleyThe Barons of Bedford, Don Broco, prove yet again that they were always made for the big leagues at Wembley wonder gig.