Showing Teeth’s destiny as metalcore’s newest megastar is already being fast-tracked into existence, even if her debut EP indicates it’s very premature.
Kamelot’s grand, explorative new album once again sees them hit the heights of symphonic metal.
The effort to improve and diversify themselves within metalcore handily overshadows some of the clumsiness on 156/Silence’s new album.
After a couple of middling albums, Movements are back on form, returning to emo that’s tried-and-true but still among their greatest strengths.
The derelict, nightmarish, utterly magnetic world of Chat Pile reinvents itself once again, while remaining to source some of the most fascinating noise around.
James Morrison brings his softer, willowy pop back to Liverpool, housed within the luxurious climes of the city’s cathedral.
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.