Enter Shikari’s surprise album keeps them on a track that they know well, only this time, missing some of the elements that’d really make it soar.
The charm, humility and abundance of huge pop moments from 5 Seconds Of Summer make for a show to remember in Manchester.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s the usual greatness from I Am The Avalanche; limited but fun fare from Arkells; and the inexplicable return—and redemption—of Nekrogoblikon.
Fresh off their strong last album, Novelists lead an equally adept metalcore bill as they take to Manchester’s Club Academy.
After a contentious previous album, Wage War somehow look to get back on track with another helping of featureless metalcore gruel.
Two inimitable titans of noise finally unite for a proper team-up, though the result isn’t quite the sum of its parts.
In continuing forth and broadening their reach outside of metalcore, As Everything Unfolds wind up with a patchy, deeply inconsistent new album.
On a double album featuring a rejigged line-up and some big, diversifying swings, Corrosion Of Conformity show exactly why they’ve stuck around as one of sludge- and stoner-metal’s premier names.
A melding of some of hardcore’s most explosive players (and one indie-pop singer) yields Commitment and their truly savage debut.
The expansive universe of Gorillaz arrives in Liverpool for a masterful display of audiovisual art.