Two inimitable titans of noise finally unite for a proper team-up, though the result isn’t quite the sum of its parts.
Tag: noise rock
From the ashes of Refused rise Backengrillen, with a self-titled album built from noise, free jazz, and a desire to do its own thing completely.
On their newest arena tour, Biffy Clyro arrive in Manchester to (as always) reassert themselves as the gold standard for live performances among the UK’s alt-rock pack.
A packed day of hardcore descends on Liverpool for No Play Festival, headlined by Guilt Trip and filled with appearances from God Complex, Going Off, Love is noise, Pintglass and more.
A bleak, embittered listen awaits on Intercourse’s new album, which, honestly, is everything you’d want from a noise-rock album.
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.
The long-running noise-rock weirdness of the Melvins arrives in Bristol, still as gripping as ever, even after more than 40 years.
2000trees continues into Friday with Coheed And Cambria and Taking Back Sunday headlining, on top of Million Dead, Trash Boat, Mclusky, Graphic Nature, Press Club and more.
2025 sees Outbreak return bigger, better, broader and more brutal than ever, headed up by Knocked Loose at their genre-defining best, with more from Deafheaven, Foxing, Speed, Drug Church, Loathe and more.
More than two decades after their last album, Mclusky are back and effectively unchanged, though that’s the furthest thing from a criticism towards their snide post-hardcore.