Articles – Archive

In the world of artist revivals a few names have been more sought-after than others. Disturbed recently broke their stream of silence with a monstrous alternative metal comeback and now Atreyu are making a heralded return to the metalcore fold....

Considering the furore surrounding Babymetal, it’s a wonder more people haven’t taken notice of Japan’s far more serious recent metal export. Coming to the attention of the Western world via their killer Zion EP, Crossfaith stood out among the electronicore...

Miley Cyrus is pretty well known for her crazy antics, but by far the strangest thing Miley has done recently is release a free album. Titled Miley and her Dead Petz, this album is anything but ordinary, in fact it’s...

This year we’ve seen plenty of pop punk bands release great new albums including Neck Deep, The Story so Far and Knuckle Puck. However, while most of these bands stuck to their comfort zones and are still fairly new, The...

Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past six months, you’ve probably heard of Halsey. She is a 20 year old indie pop artist from New Jersey. Her brand new album Badlands was released on the 28th of August...

Stepping out of their comfort zone to bring their audience something new, I See Stars has released their unplugged album, Phases. For the electronicore band to release such raw sound, opposed to the mixture of EDM and heavy instrumentals, is...

This summer has been chalk full of great releases from melodic hardcore bands. Counterparts released Tragedy Will Find Us on July 24th and just recently Defeater announced an upcoming new album titled Abandoned that will be released on August 28th....

Few things are as fun to listen to as a good thrash metal record. If the tried-and-true formula works correctly, you as a listener will be compelled to grow your hair out specifically for headbanging purposes when listening to said...

2011 was a weird, weird year for music. Its best rock record was released by a band that wouldn’t exist fourteen months later; Adele went from recognisably gifted soul songstress to the biggest artist of the 21st century. A young...

There isn’t enough mystery left in music. The internet handily killed it for the most part, and while the 21st century fan takes relish in discovering their favourite bands’ Netflix preferences on Twitter and absorbing daily photos of their pets...

After a busy year and a half of touring, appearing on the 2015 Warped Tour lineup, and with much success following their first album Wishful Thinking, Neck Deep have released their sophomore album Life's Not Out to Get You. Fans...

At what point did modern metalcore morph into the hardened remaster of nu metal that now dominates the vanguard of heavy music? Its biggest hitters - Bring Me the Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Motionless in White - are embracing...