Album review: The Dirty Nil – Free Rein To PassionsOntario punks The Dirty Nil’s fourth record packs a playful punch…
Album review: Burial Clouds – Last Days Of A Dying WorldPortland post-doomsters Burial Clouds find their voice to celebrate the melancholy Last Days Of A Dying World...
Album review: Wallowing – Earth ReaperBrighton sludgecore collective Wallowing drag us into the maelstrom on planet-pulverising second album Earth Reaper…
Album review: The Used – Toxic PositivityThe Used give the human mind a probing on fascinating but flawed ninth album…
In pictures: The music and madness of Desertfest 2023Desertfest – a three-day celebration of heaviness, fuzz, volume and weirdness – hit Camden once again last weekend. Here’s what we remember…
Album review: Sleep Token – Take Me Back To EdenAnonymous cult outfit Sleep Token offer up a third LP of biblical proportions…
Album review: Frozen Soul – Glacial DominationDallas diehards Frozen Soul thaw out some more cold-school death metal on second album…
Album review: DevilDriver – Dealing With Demons Vol. IISanta Barbara outlaws Devildriver are still wringing righteous thunder from those clouds over California on pummelling 10th album.
Album review: Drain – Living ProofEveryone’s on about Santa Cruz hardcore mob Drain. This stunning second album shows why…
Album review: Unearth – The Wretched; The RuinousThe mighty Unearth are back to their best, and this time they’re bringing a semicolon…
Album review: Shit Present – What Still Gets MeWestcountry rockers Shit Present mix pop and pain to good effect…
Album review: Therapy? – Hard Cold FireIrish alt.rock legends Therapy? explore post-pandemic challenge on reliably rugged, sharply observed 16th album…
Two nights, 32 songs, 100,000 fans: The full review of Metallica’s M72 opening showsWith the second night of Metallica’s M72 Tour Amsterdam double-bill still ringing in our ears, we look back over a long heavy metal weekend for the ages.
Album review: The St Pierre Snake Invasion – GaloreUneasy listening from experimental, genre-defying, heavy-hitting Bristol quintet The St Pierre Snake Invasion.
Album review: Crown The Empire – DogmaCrown The Empire blend into the pack on their fifth album, Dogma.
What happened on the first night of Metallica’s M72 World TourK! was there for the first night at Amsterdam’s vast Johann Cruyff Arena to witness the kicking-off of Metallica’s career-spanning, globe-trotting M72 Tour…