Live albums are a curious thing. Usually released to commemorate a touring cycle, anniversary or in some cases a special event. There are some cases where live albums have gone down in history for being iconic moments caught in time, but very rarely do they measure up to actually experiencing a band live. Let’s put…
You have to give Atreyu credit.They have endured for over 2 decades now, and their popularity and persistence has seen them outgrow and extend their reach far beyond the scene that spawned them. Where many of their peers have faded away they are still standing. It’s a testament to them as a band that they…
Plagueboys is the third album by Finnish Rockers Grave Pleasures, (fourth overall if we count Climax by Beastmilk) it comes after a 6 year gap following on from 2017’s Motherblood. Grave Pleasures feel at times like someone got a 70s/80s themed Goth playlist and just hit play on all the songs, which sounds like more…
This is the fifth album of Waterparks’ career and as with FANDOM, they have made another rookie mistake someone left the caps lock on again. Terrible joke out of the way, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY is far from your rookie mistake as frontman Awsten Knight surprises us with new ideas and an unexpected exploration of religion. The…
As Everything Unfolds have had a quite fantastic two years since the release of their debut, Within Each Lies The Other. Festival slots (Download Pilot / Download Festival 2022), tours with Enter Shikari, Trash Boat, Holding Absence and others, special headline shows, extensive press coverage, huge streaming numbers. You name it, they’ve pretty much had…
Despite a five year gap between …So Unknown and the band’s 2018 debut Only Self, Jesus Piece have managed to stay at the forefront of the current wave of exciting hardcore bands. They fit right in alongside the likes of Code Orange and Knocked Loose as bands in the genre that feel like they have…
For those of us that were around at the turn of the millennium, Meteora by Linkin Park is analbum that should need no introduction. Released in March 2003, an era when JNCO Denimand wallet chains still reigned supreme, Linkin Park’s follow up to their massive debutalbum, Hybrid Theory was an immediate hit. Dominating both the…
There is something rejuvenating about the dawning of a new day. The next 24 hours are full of endless possibilities just ready for us to follow them. This is exactly what Southampton brood Bury Tomorrow does as they welcome The Seventh Sun. Following 2020’s Cannibal, the band found themselves at an impasse. They had been…
There is no denying the sheer metric tonne of fun that Punk Rock Factory bring to anyone’s ears, be it on record or on stage. Having played their first live show in 2021 at Bloodstock of all places the band have only increased their fanbase with a fantastic TikTok account and appearances at most major…
Things haven’t always been easy for Suicide Silence. One of Death Metal’s fastest rising young bands, that have become plagued by many setbacks that would have killed most bands, yet somehow they continue to rise, in spite of those hurdles. Remember…You Must Die is their 7th studio album and the follow up to 2020’s Become…
