Last years Savage (Songs From A Broken Mind) was a huge triumph and arguably one of the most successful high points in a career full of them. But if you know anything then you will know that Gary Numan is an artist that is not content to rest on his laurels. Here we are then…
Ever since Slayer’s “Final Exit” was announced earlier this year, those who had secured tickets to the tour had been counting down the days, weeks and months for their chance to (probably) say goodbye to one of heavy metal’s most iconic bands. The impact Slayer have had on the metal world cannot be overstated, and…
Coheed and Cambria aren’t messing around. Barely a week after they dropped their new album The Unheavenly Creatures (read our review here), they’ve already hit the road in support of the album. Last week they hit the Roundhouse in Camden with support from instrumental math rockers CHON. Opening proceedings were CHON [7]. Their jazzy brand…
Continuing the rundown of all the action from Donington from Middle Saturday, we’ve got the considerable highlights of Download 2018’s smallest two stages from Middle Saturday. Read on for what we witnessed at The Avalanche Stage and The Dogtooth Stage, including THAT UK live debut from The Fever 333. In addition, if you’ve missed any…
Back in the day, You Me At Six were one of the bands that fuelled young teen emo dreams and their early albums such as ‘Take Off Your Colours’ (2008) and ‘Hold Me Down’ (2010) will always have a special place in my heart. Having consistently achieved a top five album since their second release…
Max Cavalera is to heavy metal what Ronseal are to DIY, any album with his name on it does exactly what it says on the tin. As one of the most consistent and profilic songwriters in the metal scene, he has a back catalogue that most people would give their right arm for, and that…
Disturbed have always been a divisive band, one with just as many supporters as haters, and remarkably over the course of the last 18 years that feeling hasn’t really dissipated. It came as a massive surprise to the world then when they scores a huge global with with their cover of The Sound of Silence,…
It’s fair to say that the guitar wielding legend Slash has been more than a bit busy over the last few years being out on the road with Guns ‘n’ Roses on the ‘Not In This Lifetime’ Tour that has grossed almost half a billion dollars. With that in mind it’s fair to assume that…
“It’ll all be over by Christmas” comes the gurgled refrain on the pummelling war hymn, Forward! The few stabs of lyrics that make sense the first time through Anaal Nathrakh’s latest 35-minute odyssey of insanity, A New Kind Of Horror, paint a foreboding picture of a war so desolate the only through line is the…
Sitting musically somewhere between Dream State, Enter Shikari and That’s The Spirit-era Bring Me The Horizon with a dash of metalcore, Buckinghamshire six piece As Everything Unfolds have been building up to the release of their new EP Closure for the last several months. The EP’s release is upon us next week, so it is…
