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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...