Trivium have always been a band to spend their time wisely; Never more so than over the last eighteen months since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak. When previous album What The Dead Men Say was released in the depths of the first lockdown, it was a sorely needed pick me up for Trivium fans…
The surprise announcement of vocalist Kaya Tarsus departing Blood Youth last month was certainly not something fans saw coming. Especially knowing a new album was on the horizon. It’s no secret that mental health and his struggles with this have been at the centre of Blood Youth’s lyrics and as such his reasons for leaving…
Starting off day two of Leeds Festival in strong fashion, we immediately make our way over to Main Stage West to catch an opening set from Southend rockers Nothing but Thieves (7), whose set seems to have been getting heavily promoted across the site’s many screens. Completely gone is the somewhat dreary weather of Friday,…
Entering back into the arena for our final day, we begin at Main Stage West with practically black skies setting a rather doomy backdrop for openers The Hara (5). Playing to one of the main stages’ smaller crowds we’ve seen this early on, the band nonetheless seem intent on making at least a visual impact,…
For the longest time one of the biggest weekends in the UK festival calendar, Reading & Leeds Festivals have for many years been considered hotbeds in which to catch both the biggest names in modern music playing alongside up and coming new acts across genres from pop, to rap, to metal. After a year away…
The occult, anonymity, deities and illusive lore, the world of metal has heard it all; yet none can stand head and shoulders above the masters of mythic, Sleep Token. As a mouthpiece for the deity simply known as ‘Sleep’ – for no modern tongue equivalent exists – Sleep Token have appeared painted, masked and robed…
After the last 18 months it was hard to imagine festivals ever returning, so walking into the hallowed grounds of Hatfield Park last weekend was truly a blessing. With big line-up changes from its first announcement and the cancellation of last year, the skepticism of some was, it has to be said, fairly high. But…
When Alien Weaponry burst onto the scene with their debut album Tu in 2018, the world sat up and rightly took notice. Three young men from New Zealand, singing partly in English and partly in M?ori, who had created something fresh and very special. Praise followed from all corners of the metal world, and brought…
Let’s cut to the chase shall we? Spiritbox are a special band. The kind of band that doesn’t come along very often, and when they do they send shockwaves through the scene. Eternal Blue, their debut album is one of the most self assured, emotionally enriching and musically diverse albums of the year. This is…
If necessity is the mother of all creation, then the need to protect their stainless reputation is what birthed Jinjer’s fifth full-length leviathan; Wallflowers. Nine years on from debut Inhale, Do Not Breathe the Ukrainian quartet’s meteoric rise to one of modern metal’s A-listers is simply astounding – with legions of rabid fans and a…
