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PHOTOS: Arctangent Festival 2025

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  • Posted on August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

Arctangent’s array of prog, post-metal and noise returns in fine form for 2025, with appearances from Between The Buried And Me, Karnivool, TesseracT, Melvins, Rolo Tomassi, Mew and more.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Lord Of The Lost, PLAIINS, Surfaced

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  • Posted on August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

In this Review Round-Up, Lord Of The Lost’s gothic-metal hot streak continues, along with a strong debut from PLAIINS, and an alright new offering from Surfaced.

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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Liverpool Sound City 2025

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  • Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

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.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Lacuna Coil – ‘Sleepless Empire’

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  • Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

Lacuna Coil’s stride in gothic-metal continues on their new album, as well as the last decade of creative moves that continue to pay off handsomely.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Nightmares, Daily J, Dead Air

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  • Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

In this Review Round-Up, both The Nightmares and Daily J fall critically short of where they’re aiming, whereas Dead Air get it just right.

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LIVE REVIEW: New Years Day – Academy 3, Manchester – 01/02/2025

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  • Posted on February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

With their goth- and alt-metal away from UK shores for five years, New Years Day bring along Conquer Divide and Fearless Vampire Killers for a long-awaited win.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Tribulation, Meryl Streek, Clay J Gladstone

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  • Posted on October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

In this Review Round-Up, there’s great stuff all round, encompassing goth-metal from Tribulation, emo from Clay J Gladstone, and another uncategorisable punk firebomb from Meryl Streek.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Zetra – ‘Zetra’

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  • Posted on September 13, 2024September 13, 2024

With a gothic, shoegaze-y take on rock that’s legitimately cool, it’s just a shame that Zetra can’t drum up the ideas to work with it.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Chelsea Wolfe – ‘She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She’

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  • Posted on February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

Chelsea Wolfe’s insidious merging of the atmospheric and esoteric within industrial and gothic music yields another terrific achievement on her new album.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Creeper – ‘Sanguivore’

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  • Posted on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Creeper’s newest venture into gothic opulence brings about a bracing run of ‘80s glam and hard rock, which they find supremely easy to craft another gold-standard winner from.

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Away from the noise of Metz, Alex Edkins’ Weird Nightmare melds indie-rock fuzz and a classic pop sensibility for a truly addictive and charming listen.

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