Reviews – Archive

On the basis of their back catalogue, one would be forgiven for writing off Parkway Drive as a (admittedly thoroughbred) one trick pony. Though fourth album ‘Atlas’ did push into some previously unpushed directions, it remained rooted in low-end-driven mosh n’...

Striking a balance between pop punk and post hardcore is nothing new, but the new ‘Picked Last’ EP from VA-based group Underdog Champs eschews the traditional points of fusion in favour of a more loose approach. Bouncy opener “Love Songs”...

The British are coming, the British are coming! Indeed they are, and with full guns blazing. With Bullet For My Valentine's recent revival, While She Sleeps' massive album drop and now Asking Alexandria's rebound, the UK is certainly seeing a...

It’s always pleasing when a band comes along that manages to completely defy genre parameters, even if the resulting product is a bit too obtuse to be enjoyable. Unbeknownst to many Twenty One Pilots have been doing this since 2009....

Stakes are high and emotion is charged on The Story So Far's 3rd and self-titled record. Having become one of pop-punk's most watched up-and-comers, The Story So Far could have easily gone with a well-known producer and followed through with...

Few are the bands that reach the peak of their powers thirteen years into their existence, but that was the case with Silverstein and their conceptual magnum opus ‘This Is How the Wind Shifts’. A refocusing of their energies rather...