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.
Tag: heavy metal
For over a decade, Killswitch Engage have struggled to live up to their ‘metalcore legends’ banner, and on this new album, they seem to be having more trouble than ever.
Jinjer are more proficient than ever on a new album that sees them rocket up the metal ranks towards something truly great and ear-catching.
20 years on from two of modern metal’s defining opuses, Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium join forces to bring their classics back to life in barnstorming fashion.
In the final Review Round-Up of 2024, Hanabie. wrap up the year with a bang, joined by a pair of promising hardcore bruisers from Whispers and Chaos Reigns.
As one of the most underrated metal tours of 2024, Fit For An Autopsy and Sylosis arrive in Manchester on their co-headline run, bringing a supporting cast of Darkest Hour and Heriot for a truly stacked bill.
In this Review Round-Up, a pair of deathcore slabs from Crucifiction and Veiled show off the breadth and diversity of their genre, alongside a pleasantly surprising return to form from Grand Magus.
You might come for the System Of A Down connection, but there’s unfortunately not enough about Shavo Odidjian’s new metal collective that’s worth sticking around for.
On a debut full-length caked in fire and dominating savagery, Heriot’s status as one of British metal’s premier buzz-bands is justified and then some.
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.