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: gothic rock
The knotted gloom of The Twilight Sad’s post-punk is still deeply arresting, seven years since their last album.
Off the back of a great new album to push their dark-punk forward, Witch Fever’s extensive UK tour arrives in Bristol.
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.
No expense is spared as Ice Nine Kills take to Manchester’s Co-Op Live for a horror show that trounces their metalcore contemporaries by a ludicrous degree.
Another stylish but functionally empty nu-gen release, just like the rest—joy.
Even if some of the paint is beginning to chip slightly, a second installment of Creeper’s gothic hard rock hit packs in its entertainment value tighter than practically anyone else.
Paradise Lost stop in Bristol to prove that the long-standing legends of doom-metal have still got it.
After their last couple of unsuccessful attempts, AFI’s latest bite at full-blown gothic reinvention proves pleasantly fruitful.
In this Review Round-Up, We Came As Romans once again prove mind-numbing, but thankfully there’s some more interesting fare from Blackbriar and Joe & The Shitboys.