Cementing their reputation
If there is one band rock and metal fans can trust, it is Deftones. The American alternative metal band have always managed to make their fans rejoice with every release, for delivering the kind of...
View ArticleReview: 'Jomsviking' by Amon Amarth
Vikings. Swords. Blood. War. Beer. These are the themes that have kept Swedish death metal act Amon Amarth near the top of the metal scrap heap for nine consecutive albums. Now, you can make that ten...
View ArticleHear Kvelertak Fuse Black Metal, Cock Rock on Eclectic New Album
Kvelertak are the rare metal band that seem to succeed at trusting their intuition. The Norwegian group goes freeform where more traditional headbangers often question and belabor even the most...
View ArticleAlbums of the week: From Augustines to The Mirror Trap
American indie-rockers Augustines present what could finally be their breakthrough album, This Is Your Life; award-winning crooner Tom Odell returns with Wrong Crowd, and Scottish boys The Mirror Trap...
View ArticleTop Albums of 2015
As 2015 has drawn to a close, I want to take a look back at some of the albums that I just couldn't stop listening to. They all tell a story, which alone is enough for me to want to listen to them 100...
View ArticleMusic from the Underground, Part One
Father and son duo Richard and Harry Grace along with bandmate Dave Needham make up Tumbler, a trio that barrels through several musical genres on their debut album, "You Said." The album cover...
View Article'The Stories We Could Tell': Super group Mr. Big returns with new studio album
After forming in 1988, Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass) and Pat Torpey (drums) immediately began to solidify their place in music history by combining inspired...
View ArticleSound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
The Afghan Whigs - "Do to the Beast" (Sub Pop) (rating 8 of 10) It's been 16 years since the band released "1965," but "Do to the Beast" is, in many respects, exactly the album you'd expect to follow....
View ArticleLeaves' Eyes dethrones all the rest with 'King of Kings'
High expectations can be a strange thing. Often, music listeners set themselves up for disappointment while assuming that their favorite artists will deliver electrifying, original music year after...
View ArticleKagoule: That was me trying to not write a song
Image: Kagoule Guitarist and lead vocalist Cai answers the phone on a Friday afternoon and self declares he's hungover, "I had an album launch last night at Rough Trade with a free bar." He then adds,...
View ArticleRocking a harmony
Music review Rocking a harmony Singer-songwriter Robert Plant is (or rather was) best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. His powerful, hight-pitched vocal range has...
View ArticleBeatstreet: A heady mix of live sounds
You know how Bengaluru likes its metal? Look no further than stoner/doom band Bevar Sea’s second full-length album Invoke the Bizarre. The makings of a favourite are all in it - six tracks that range...
View ArticleTankcrimes reissues Final Conflict's 'Ashes to Ashes' LP
Tankcrimes has re-released the 1987 debut album, Ashes to Ashes, by Los Angeles, California’s hardcore punk quartet Final Conflict. With the thrash of D.R.I. and Institutionalized-era Suicidal...
View ArticleProving their 'metal'
Lnspired trio They are men of few words but one of the loudest bands when they come together. Fans flock to ‘Shepherd’, the sludge metal band, which bleats a crusty sound with heavy guitar riffs....
View ArticleThe Deftones sell out the Cotillion in Wichita
On May 25th, 2016, Code Orange warmed up the crowd at Wichita's Cotillion. Code Orange formed in Pennsylvania in 2008. Their sound is a doom style hardcore American punk. The hard core steady beat of...
View ArticleFirst Listen: PUP, 'The Dream Is Over'
i PUP's new album, The Dream Is Over, comes out May 27. Vanessa Heins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Vanessa Heins/Courtesy of the artist PUP's new album, The Dream Is Over, comes...
View ArticleAlbum review: Light Up The Sky - "NightLife"
Light Up The Sky, a five-piece rock band from Spokane, Washington, has already had a busy 2016: they're preparing for a summer tour with metalcore band Myka Relocate and modern rock band Out Came the...
View ArticleDeftones - 'Gore' Review
How does an act get tagged ‘the metal Radiohead’? Innovate and challenge at every turn? Inspire a generation with songs that appear to have been given their titles by a cat walking across a caps-locked...
View ArticleGojira Preview 'Emotional,' 'Epic' New Album
Over the past year, the songwriting core of extreme-metal group Gojira – siblings Joe and Mario Duplantier, who handle vocals and guitar and drums, respectively – went through the wringer. Their...
View ArticleDakesis - The New Dawn. London Album Launch tickets
The Black Heart in London Friday 1st April 2016 7:00pm til 11:00pm Minimum Age: 18 An all female fronted hard rock and melodic metal show, to mark the London launch of the new Dakesis album, The New...
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