WHILE SHE SLEEPS have undeniably been one of the bigger success stories of the last decade within UK metal. They’ve faced their share of adversity and persevered through it all thanks to their fiercely independent drive and DIY ethic. This attitude has been the constant driving force for While She Sleeps alongside their deep connection…
Over a decade from their original hook-up, Yawning Sons are back with another album of progressive desert rock. Recorded in Joshua Tree, Sky Island see’s Sons of Alpha Centauri and Yawning Man’s Gary Arce join forces to create some majestic desert tones. Also joined by the likes of Scott Reeder and Mario Lalli, this is…
Slamming closed The Open Door (2006), Evanescence are creating a new era with The Bitter Truth, to be told courtesy of Sony on Friday 26th, March 2021. Announcing ‘Aaaaand we’re back!’ with their first album of original music in almost a decade, Evanescence are making up for lost time, who warn you to Take Cover if you can! From classical arrangements to orchestrating their own life soundtrack, the fifth album,…
Swiss metallers Dreamshade are not the first and won’t be the last band to delve deeper into wider and more expansive themes when recording an album through the pandemic. With their fourth full-length record titled “A Pale Blue Dot”, Dreamshade shifts their focus into talking about less personal issues. With their blend of melodic metalcore…
The modern hardcore scene is rife with talent, many of which with a set trajectory for stardom, but not every budding bringer of breakdowns has garnered the level of attention as Death Blooms. In just two years the Liverpudlian quartet unleashed two well-received EPs and, most crucially, landed themselves a spot on the inaugural Pulse…
Rob Zombie is not a man known for his subtlety, which might explain why he has released an album called The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy in the midst of a global pandemic. But with every Zombie release, be it a film or an album, it’s a much needed and welcomed escape from reality….
Architects new album For Those That Wish To Exist is arguably the first truly “big” album of 2021 to come from a well established metal band. It is certainly one of the most eagerly awaited albums of the year in the world of heavy music, and perhaps one of the ones that a lot of…
Punk legends NOFX are back with their 14th studio album titled ‘Single Album’ available via Fat Wreck Chords on the 26th February 2021. ‘Single Album’ is the follow up to 2016’s ‘First Ditch Effort’, which is the longest break between studio albums we have seen from NOFX. The album begins with record opener The Big…
It has been five years since Dutch Powerhouse Symphonic Metallers Epica released a brand-new album (save for reboots, The Solace System EP (2017), Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs (2018) and The Quantum Enigma B-sides (2020). This is the longest gap between albums in the history of the band, but with the gap comes a rejuvenated Epica in the form of the mighty Omega. With their eighth…
