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.
“We were laughing at one of the titles because it was so miserable”: Paradise Lost on three decades of turning woe into iconic metalAfter 35 years, Brit metal legends Paradise Lost still haven’t cheered up. Disarmingly jolly frontman Nick Holmes explains how, on new album Ascension, “it’s misery compounded”, and how he’s actually less like Victor Meldrew than his mates…
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.
Pupil Slicer drop new single, NomadListen to Pupil Slicer’s new single Nomad, taken from November’s highly-anticipated third album Fleshwork.
Mouth Culture, Zetra and more added to Takedown 2026 line-upMore bands are joining the likes of PRESIDENT and Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons at next April’s Takedown Festival in Portsmouth.
Album review: Deaf Havana – We’re Never Getting OutThe Veck-Gilodi brothers return with an album of heartfelt honesty and painful truths.
Ghost announce 2026 North American tourGhost are taking their incredible Skeletour into 2026, with a massive new 20-date arena run announced in North America.
Agriculture: “As artists, we’re interested in finding the profound and the divine in everyday life”Agriculture are one of the boldest bands in American black metal, but their grandstanding music is founded in the simple beauty of the world around them. On second album The Spiritual Sound, they’re digging deep through the spectrum of beauty and horror, stress and serenity swirling within…
Panic! At The Disco on A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’s anniversary: “20 years deserves a proper celebration!”As well as playing the album in full at When We Were Young next month, Panic! At The Disco tease that there are A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out anniversary box sets on the way.
Creeper have announced an intimate hometown album launch showWiliam Von Ghould’s horror-punks Creeper hit Southampton on October 30 to celebrate Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death.
A7X postpone immediate tour dates due to M. Shadows suffering from a vocal fold hematomaAvenged Sevenfold’s planned dates in South America, Mexico and Puerto Rico are getting pushed to “early next year” so frontman M. Shadows can go through “a couple weeks of voice rest and then a couple months of rehab”.
Ghost are teasing a U.S. arena tourWith concrete news likely arriving later today (September 29), various U.S. arenas are gearing up to announce the imminent return of Ghost…
“We wanna create this universe for people to step into”: How Castle Rat are putting the fantasy back into metalAll hail Castle Rat, the sword-wielding Brooklyn band making larger-than-life heavy metal with glorious gusto. As second album The Bestiary is unleashed, frontwoman Riley Pinkerton tells their story from low-budget beginnings to big-screen ambitions…
The Wonder Years announce No Closer To Heaven 10th anniversary tourThe Wonder Years will play 2015’s beloved No Closer To Heaven album in full (and more!) at four special UK dates in January.
Hear the brutal title-track from Kreator’s forthcoming Krushers Of The World albumGerman legends Kreator’s new album drops in January, and there’s a massive tour coming in spring.
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.
