GALLERY: The Howling – ‘SALVO’

Style is everything. Bowie constantly reinvented himself, Creeper burned their stage costumes after their album tour, and The Black Parade is as much about the uniforms as the music. When creating theatrical music you can embody it, you can live it and you can make it an →

GALLERY: Wrex – ‘SADWORLD’

Mental health problems are confusing. The sorrow can be consuming. Maybe voices are vying for your attention, they don’t seem to agree. Anger and sadness snake between each other. Perhaps there’s a spark fizzling and crackling. Perhaps something feels wrong, like your body doesn’t quite fit properly. →

GALLERY: A – ‘PRANG’

If there was a competition for the least Google-friendly name in history, A would score pretty highly. Back in 1993, it wouldn’t have been a problem but subsequently searching for ‘A Band’ proved futile. So what happened? It went like this; Back in 2002 there was a →

GALLERY: Daisy Grenade – ‘SO MUCH TO SAY’

Sooner or later you have to grow up. No avoiding it. No other option. The only choice is how. Daisy Grenade have released an impressive number of singles since 2022. Fittingly their third EP is called ‘So Much To Say’ and, for them, it’s time to make →

GALLERY: Dead Pony – ‘EAT MY DUST!’

Names are important. To name something is to define it. Doing so gives you power. And for years it felt like Dead Pony’s name was all too fitting. They were going nowhere, not fulfilling their potential, never catching a break; flogging, as the saying goes, a Dead →

GALLERY: FAVOURITES: HELD.

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GALLERY: LIVE: Creeper @ Islington Assembly Hall, London

Islington Assembly Hall hasn’t been this packed since the last local elections, or perhaps a wedding between two people with very large families. It’s an odd choice of venue for modern vampires Creeper to finish the UK leg of their Sangui-Tour in support of their Lost Boys-esque duo of →

GALLERY: Creeper, The Howling @ The Key Club, Leeds.

GALLERY: The Flatliners – ‘Cold World’

Sometimes you just need a break, a rock to clamber onto in the middle of a raging river, and that’s exactly what The Flatliners have provided in the form of ‘Cold World’. By their standards, the Canadians’ seventh outing is a very calm record, but it’s what we’re craving →

GALLERY: Basement – ‘WIRED’

Eight years ago, Basement released ‘Beside Myself’. The band took a break after this release, extended into uncertainty by successive lockdowns. In one world, this could have been the last anyone ever heard of Basement. Thankfully, driven by renewed perseverance and creativity, Basement have now found themselves reborn with →

GALLERY: Frozen Soul – ‘No Place Of Warmth’

“I invoke war” roars Frozen Soul’s powerhouse vocalist Chad Green on the second track of ‘No Place Of Warmth’, the band’s mammoth third full-length album. One can’t help but hear it as a battle cry, a statement of intent, one that aims to →

GALLERY: INFLUENCES: Roman Candle

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GALLERY: LIVE: Supersonic Festival 2026, Birmingham

Hidden within the increasingly gentrified confines of Digbeth, Birmingham, Supersonic Festival has been a sanctuary for underground and experimental music for over two decades. Now earlier in the year than usual and scaled-back to two days, the festival nonetheless continues to champion music and culture indiscriminately. It’s for this reason →

GALLERY: Portrayal Of Guilt – ‘…The Beginning Of The End’

Trying to pigeonhole Portrayal Of Guilt’s sound has always been a fruitless task. The Austin threepiece have been releasing their own brand of twisted darkness for nearly a decade now, effortlessly fusing influences as broad as black metal, death metal and noise rock to create their own →

GALLERY: INFLUENCES: Civil Villains

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GALLERY: Knife Bride – ‘SORRY ABOUT THE PLAGUE’

When the black death struck Europe in the mid-1300’s it was devastating. Maybe there was something in the air. Maybe it was punishment from an angry God. People died. They weren’t ready. They tried to protect themselves with sweet-smelling herbs, they held up charms, and they called →

GALLERY: Skindred – ‘You Got This’

A new Skindred record is always a cause for celebration, and doubly so when it’s as crammed with as much self-belief as ‘You Got This’. While their sound has mellowed of late, like on 2023’s ‘Smile’, their latest offering is somewhat of a return to fiery form: just as →

GALLERY: Retrospective: Rage Against The Machine – ‘Evil Empire’

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GALLERY: Teen Suicide – ‘Nude Descending A Staircase Headless’

The most immediately notable aspect of Teen Suicide’s latest offering – ‘Nude Descending A Staircase Headless’ – is that the production value is great. This is worth pointing out as the band initially made a name for themselves as a lo-fi project; ‘NDASH’ is the first time that Teen →

GALLERY: Tired Of Fighting – ‘AND THEN SUDDENLY IT HITS YOU’

You’re tired. We’re tired. Everyone is tired. Reading the news or comments from writers can make you ask yourself: Where did the malaise come from? Is it even real?  Was everyone always this tired? Is now actually the tiredest part of history or have we just worn →