Sleep Token may be bigger and more successful than ever before, but if this new album is anything to go by, they’re also even more hollow.
Tag: alt metal
Liverpool’s preeminent new music showcase is back for another year, with its mix of diverse sounds, indie crowd-pleasers, and one of the most stacked rosters of newcomers it’s had in some time.
In this Review Round-Up, metal brings some fairly middling outings from Paradise Slaves and Your Spirit Dies, but thankfully, PARCS’ pop throwbacks are here to perk things up.
It’s been a long time coming but RedHook finally arrive in Manchester on a headline tour of their own, and for what their pop-rock / alt-metal hybrid can do, they’re going at a breathtaking pace.
Magnolia Park ditch pop-punk in favour of nu-metal on their new album, but to call it a ‘successful experiment’—or an experiment at all—is being far too generous.
Not only does Bilmuri’s sold-out Manchester show continue one of modern rock’s most unlikely ascents, it delivers an experience fitting of true superstars.
In this Review Round-Up, Arch Enemy bring more of the same, though at least there’s some stability there compared to mixed bags from Luna Kills and Air Drawn Dagger.
Refreshed, refined and, once again, with their best qualities on full display, Spiritbox’s reign on modern metal’s throne shows no signs of ending.
In this Review Round-Up, debuts and breakthroughs yield a whole load of promise coming from Oversize and Split Dogs, oddball antics from Eric Bass, and the exact opposite of any of that from Dark Chapel.
Shoegaze atmosphere, metal intensity and a stark lyrical grip come together on Love Is Noise’s scintillating debut.