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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...

Some might say Bullet For My Valentine *tempered* their fanbase with 2013's Temper Temper. Following Fever's classicly-trained metallic rallying cries with a stripped-down hard rock approach wasn't exactly the correct move for the UK Welshies, and they knew it. That's...

Never Shout Never has a way of keeping their music fresh. From Sunflower to Time Travel[ing] to asking What Is Love, there are always new ideas produced through their music. Never Shout Never has released their sixth full length studio...

It’s pretty damn depressing that the bulk of under-20s - hell, maybe under-25s - will primarily recognise the name Dr Dre as the one attached to a terrible brand of headphones. Few men in history have contributed as much to...

2010's Zombie EP was an instant classic. It transformed The Devil Wears Prada into a heavier, aggressive beast all the while maintaining their post-hardcore dual vocal dynamic and ghoulish keyboard dramatics. Not only that, but it asserted TDWP as a...

2014's Rise of The Lion was aptly named - It escalated Miss May I above & beyond the post-hardcore scene they were once associated with and into the vast heavy metal realm. Though the Ohio mostly-long-haired 5-piece have been a...

Adversity breeds good metal. It’s always been the case that difficult personal circumstances make for heavy music of a higher calibre, simply because of the nature of the genre. Buried in Verona may have lost more than half of their...

Born of Osiris are, to say the least, an otherworldly band. Half deathcore chugathon, half trippy dance rave, the band have forged a unique path through the trendy djent scene that few are capable of emulating. With 2013's Tomorrow We...

American groove metal icon Lamb of God's newest release is perhaps the most frantic album the band have ever done. Though evident from the breakneck pace of blistering opener 'Still Echoes' it is the weight resting on the legendary 5-piece's...