Although transitioning into bigger, broader metalcore doesn’t show them at their absolute best, there’s enough raw determination built into The Ghost Inside that still takes them a good, long way.
Deadly, intense but impossible to look away from, Couch Slut unleash a deluge of noise that’s among 2024’s most impactful listens yet.
Consistency continues to be High On Fire’s greatest asset as, 25 years in, they still rank among stoner-metal’s absolute best.
Travelling through the abyss sees Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard arrive at dark, grisly garage-rock infused with undeniable pop sensibilities, representing a bold, brilliant reinvention.
In this Review Round-Up, bands reshaping and retooling proves solid all around, with decent new albums from Belmont, Aerial Salad and Mothman, The Man.
Family legacy meets wide-reaching creativity on Jakob Nowell’s debut, for a madcap exercise in genre alchemy that sticks the landing surprisingly often.
Embarking on a run of their biggest UK venues to date, Pierce The Veil’s popularity is yet to dwindle, as they grow from 2010s post-hardcore into a truly formidable, credible rock band.
Dan Campbell returns to Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties for another album, and delivers another dose of the expected emotion and beauty he’s long been known for.
Northlane’s new EP might be their most off-the-rails display of metalcore and djent prowess to date, but ends up as a rather divisive listen amongst it all.
Off the back of unprecedented success for an independent act, Bob Vylan return with an even tighter, more barbed collection of genre-warping punk-rap, where the fire continues to rage on.