At Arctangent Festival, Chat Pile and Oathbreaker represent two distinct sides of heavy music, unconnected in style but as singlemindedly exhilarating as each other.
Anything that could stand out about SiM’s punk / reggae / alt-metal sound gets overshadowed by how painfully, cringe-worthily unfunny they are.
Even for a true, uncomplicated, meat-and-potatoes rock album, The Warning still have enough panache to give them a noteworthy edge.
Catch Your Breath’s new album sees them stick unerringly to type, with another batch of radio-friendly alt-metal completely starved of surprise or innovation.
In the wake of immense tragedy, Mastodon emerge at their most candid and explorative, all while maintaining the standard of one of the finest metal bands in the world.
The decade-long wait for AFI’s UK return is brought to a close, and they’re on the form of their lives to do so.
Celebrating 25 years of ‘Bleed American’, Jimmy Eat World bring one of emo’s seminal modern works to Cardiff Castle.
Even in the 2010s heyday of scrubbed-clean, poppy post-hardcore, Colorblind’s debut full-length would’ve been the furthest thing from special.
Another stacked and diverse lineup descends upon Gothenburg for Way Out West 2026, featuring The xx, Lily Allen, The Hives, Geese and more.
Elements of ‘The Killers go country’ aren’t nearly enough to overshadow the barnstorming creative vision that Brandon Flowers has for his newest solo album.