Album review: Agriculture – The Spiritual SoundAvant-garde black metal masters Agriculture wring the profound from the quotidian on incredible second album The Spiritual Sound.
Album review: Ash – Ad AstraDeep space nine! Legendary pop-punkers Ash take their comeback to infinity and beyond on eclectic ninth album…
Album review: AFI – Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…Davey Havok and co. go full goth on AFI’s bold, dark 12th album, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…
Album review: Upchuck – I’m Nice NowRising Atlanta punks Upchuck stick their middle fingers up to conformity on fiery third album.
Album review: Thrice – Horizons/WestDarkness comprehensively conquers light on Thrice’s follow-up to 2021’s Horizons/East.
Album review: Orbit Culture – Death Above LifeBigger, heavier, more ambitious: Orbit Culture bulk up and make a bid for greatness on fifth album.
EP review: Gore. – If You Do Not Fear Me…Dreamy Texas metal outfit Gore. incite all kinds of bitterness, lust and rage on their small but mighty offering.
Album review: Author & Punisher – Nocturnal BirdingIndustrial visionary Author & Punisher sings with the birds as he creates another nightmarish, mechanised musical world, this time borrowing from the sounds of nature.
Album review: Beauty School – From Now OnBeauty School’s heartfelt second album embraces both sunshine and grey skies – and it’ll make you want to time-travel to Slam Dunk immediately.
Album review: Deaf Havana – We’re Never Getting OutThe Veck-Gilodi brothers return with an album of heartfelt honesty and painful truths.
The big review: Louder Than Life 2025Kentucky fries as Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Knocked Loose and more hit Louisville for four days of noise and sun at America’s hottest festival.
EP review: PRESIDENT – King Of TerrorsMysterious alt. metallers PRESIDENT set out a compelling strategy to win hearts and minds with their enthralling first manifesto…
Album review: Dying Wish – Flesh Stays TogetherDying Wish come of age on engrossingly nihilistic third album, Flesh Stays Together.
Album review: Still In Love – Recovery LanguageUKHC supergroup Still In Love prove themselves fluent in the chaos and catharsis of human existence on striking debut.
Album review: Revocation – New Gods, New MastersDeath metallers Revocation once again tie brains in knots with riffs everyone else just wishes they had thought of first.
Album review: Beyond Extinction – Where They GatherDystopian urban decay proves suitable inspiration for downbeat deathcore on Brit maulers Beyond Extinction’s debut album.
