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Album review: Burner – It All Returns To NothingSouth London heavyweights Burner bring the death metal/hardcore ruckus on fiery debut full-length It All Returns To Nothing…
The big review: Outbreak Fest 2023Spin-kick, motherfuckers! Europe’s greatest hardcore gathering gambles on some daring line-up choices and wins big with three days of chaos, camaraderie and karate-chops...
Live review: Iron Maiden, Glasgow OVO HydroIron Maiden invoke Marty McFly levels of silliness and spectacle as they take Scotland into the vibrant glory of their Future Past…
The big review: Glastonbury 2023Now in its 51st year, Glastonbury is still championing spaces for all the best rock and metal. We checked out some of the most exciting bands at Worthy Farm for those who like things louder…
Album review: Wytch Hazel – IV: SacramentLancastrian rockers Wytch Hazel continue to mine the body and blood of classic rock revivalism with stirring chapter IV: Congregation.
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Album review: Militarie Gun – Life Under The GunStunning, genre-defying debut offering from idiosyncratic Los Angeles (post-)hardcore outfit Militarie Gun…
Album review: Trophy Eyes – Suicide And SunshineTrophy Eyes pull themselves back from the brink with perfect, deeply affecting fourth album…
Book review: Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric WizardDan Franklin takes you on a wild trip through the world of one of the UK’s most important and mysterious bands, Dorset doomers Electric Wizard…
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Album review: Church Of Misery – Born Under A Mad SignAnother line-up change, but Japanese doom sickos Church Of Misery continue to observe the Sabbath on riff-tacular seventh album…
Album review: Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman…Joshua Homme stares straight into the darkness on Queens Of The Stone Age’s edgy eighth album…
Album review: Royal Thunder – Rebuilding The MountainSix years on, a man down and one rebirth later, psych-dipped Atlanta rockers Royal Thunder rebuild themselves on fourth album…