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From Tuesday 13 November 2018

SHVPES – ‘Greater Than’

SHVPES front man Griffin Dickinson’s surname encourages a rather unwelcome elephant into the room – and yes, his dad is THAT Bruce Dickinson. This isn’t to say that SHVPES have had an easy ride. Rather than riding on the coattails of Griffin’s lineage, SHVPES have spent almost a decade grinding

Thursday 01 November 2018

Tenacious D – ‘Post Apocalypto’

It is hard being a fan of Tenacious D. The nostalgia for songs like ‘Tribute’ and ‘Wonderboy’ can be a powerful drug. Yet, every fan of “The D” must admit that the comedy rock duo has had a downward trajectory from the start. From the cult hit of the original

Tuesday 23 October 2018

Daughters – ‘You Won’t Get What You Want’

Being a music fan can turn you into a cynical bastard. Sure, we’ve all heard a lot of great music this year. But with every album or song that you can imagine available at the click of a button, its hard not to feel like you’ve heard it all

Monday 22 October 2018

Disturbed – ‘Evolution’

You would think that a band who sprung into the world’s consciousness with a song as gloriously goofy as ‘Down With The Sickness’ would be destined to occupy nu-metal’s cavernous bargain bin. Disturbed instead avoided also-ran status by evolving their sound, and cultivating a surprisingly large cult following. This

Thursday 20 September 2018

Joyce Manor – ‘Million Dollars To Kill Me’

In the distant future, when the robots have finally risen and taken the land as their own, we’ll look back wistfully from our bomb shelters on our younger days spent listening to Joyce Manor. The Californian four-piece became a defining band in punk and emo in the last decade. Their

Wednesday 05 September 2018

Klammer – ‘You Have Been Processed’

So, what the hell are Klammer? The Leeds four-piece formed in 2012 and have confounded categorisation ever since. They’re goths with the attitude of punks, with a pop sensibility. They describe themselves as “post punk dark pop”, but this only scratches the surface.

Thursday 30 August 2018

Pig Destroyer – Head Cage

Pig Destroyer dragged grindcore kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Establishing themselves at the turn of the millennium with genre classics ‘Prowler in the Yard’ and ‘Terrifyer’, they turned heads by introducing elements of death metal, noise, and metalcore, and running them through grindcore’s meat-grinder. After a six