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‘Les Maîtres Fous’ stands alone as a well crafted drone album. It is significantly more impactful, however, listened to alongside the documentary for which it is named – although this is not for the ...
With this release, Arm’s Length haven’t just avoided the sophomore slump. They’ve blown right past it. ‘There’s A Whole World Out There’ is not only a huge step forward; it’s a powerful statement of ...
‘Les Maîtres Fous’ does not fit into the mould of an album. It is a sonic experience, written by French post-metal outfit Year Of No Light in 2012 to accompany an exhibition of the 1955 ethnographic ...
First time around, the Nu-metal era was all a bit embarrassing. Old music was dead, the weird kids were cool and there was a frenzied embrace of something new. Everyone wanted a piece of the pie, the ...
There’s no point at which Teen Mortgage’s debut LP ‘Devil Ultrasonic Dream’ doesn’t feel like being inside a sweaty mosh pit. It’s an album that holds you in its embrace even as it kicks you in the ...
Most bands pride themselves on a personal connection with their fans, but no-one can be closer to their supporters than the Bouncing Souls. During the dark and tedious pandemic years, the band started ...
‘Big Ole Album, Vol. 1′ not only marks twenty years since A Day To Remember’s debut LP, ‘And Their Name Was Treason’ – it also marks a stylistic return to the blend of metalcore and pop-punk that ...
The last thing we need to talk about is just how tragic 2020 has been. We get it, we really do. But it’s only by acknowledging the tragedies that have enveloped this year that allows us to really ...
Andrew Falkous deserves your support. He’s an artist. Check out his blog, it’s a treatise on self-sabotage. For better or, more frequently worse, he will make the choice that allows him to make music.
Viagra Boys are anything but ordinary. Spam-mail worthy name aside, they’re a band that cast a glancing eye over the rule book, purely so they know what to avoid. It’s that carefree attitude that has ...
What year is it again? With Green Day set to headline Download and the huge Black Sabbath show on the horizon for July, it surely can’t be 2025. Wednesday 13’s timeline seems to be even more in flux ...
Examining a Coheed and Cambria album in isolation used to be the last thing that frontman Claudio Sanchez wanted. We were always supposed to take the music and lyrics he produced as one part of the ...