In this Review Round-Up, great work comes from Lord Of The Lost finishing their album trilogy and Love Rarely delivering one of the breakthroughs of 2026…next to a total waste of time from From Ashes To New.
Tag: alt metal
With a packed crowd and a slew of eerie, enigmatic alt-metal cuts to hand, SKYND make as big an impression as possible as they arrive in Manchester.
Though not quite the lightning in a bottle of their breakthrough, Bilmuri’s fusion of alt-metal and bro-country remains entertaining to no end.
In continuing forth and broadening their reach outside of metalcore, As Everything Unfolds wind up with a patchy, deeply inconsistent new album.
As they continue to get bigger and more daring, the original personality that made Don Broco so entertaining gets whittled away.
Tautness and tension define Flatwounds’ new EP, making for a gripping, forceful alt-rock sound.
Once a legitimately promising metalcore prospect, Moodring blast away any and all personality to rest firmly in their genre’s doldrums.
Striking while the iron is hot, Mallavora’s debut full-length packs in everything they’ll need for a career of alt-metal superstardom.
The queen of alt-metal arrives in Manchester, making a conscious effort to ensure her reign goes unchallenged.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a host of flawed but solid albums, spanning a beatdown from Varials; an exercise in alt-metal opulence from Lost Society; and an indie-rock overreach from snake eyes.