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.
Tag: alt metal
The broadening of Sylosis’ metal palette is inconsistent and messy, but buoyed by enough solid ideas that are clearly all their own.
Valentine’s Day with Deftones in Manchester finds alt-metal’s most enduring luminaries on the form of their lives.
Mothica’s alt-metal swerve might prove mixed, but as always, her honesty and vulnerability is the core of her appeal.
In their crusade to become the new faces of radio-rock and alt-metal, Sleep Theory arrive in Manchester to make waves that are impossible to miss.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a bumper crop of releases including a new one from HANABIE., the return of Shields, a serious step up from Sick Joy, and Survivalist who…are also here.
For an album supposedly defined by its authenticity, The Hara’s newest feels as unfulfilling and interchangeable as they come.
At their latest huge Manchester show and with a new album on the horizon, Don Broco once again assert their alt-rock dominance.
2025 is coming to a close, so we’ve gone back through the last 12 months to take a look at all the major rock, metal, punk and alternative releases that we missed.
On their latest UK tour, Nothing More bring their dense, daring hard rock to Manchester’s O2 Ritz.