Formed less than six months ago, Mememories is a five-track, fifteen minute demonstration of what this New Jersey quartet offer the progressive metal scene. Citing influences...
Day two of Bloodstock and all talk was of the return of US metal legends Lamb Of God who were making their first UK appearance since...
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much from Woke, the debut offering from Ohio-based brutalists Legion. I think that when I read they had a...
The squalling, screeching feedback that greets the listener upon pressing the play button certainly sets the tone for the rest of Romance, the new album from...
Arriving on site, we're greeted by a troop of knights marching towards the VIP entrance. However, this is Bloodstock so we expect no less. The UK's...
Manchester rockers Obsessive Compulsive are four mates who have had a career longer than most who've graced the cover of Kerrang! yet they’re still touring the...
In part two (part one can be found here) of our chat with horror fanatic and heavy metal legend Phil Anselmo, the frontman tells us what...
I was trying to think of a phrase to describe DevilDriver when I opened the press release accompanying their latest album and, there it was, "metal...
There are some bands who just don’t get the recognition they deserve and, over the years, Quebec death metal technicians Gorguts have been one of those...
80,000 rock fans made their yearly takeover of Donington Park in Leicestershire, England for a weekend that featured awesome sets from Motorhead, Queens Of The Stone...
You all know the My Ruin story by now, so I won’t waste time going over old ground; much in the same way you know that...
Before I even started listening to this collection of wall-shaking anthems, I had read the press release that accompanied Full Blast Fuckery about five times and...
I have to be honest and admit that, as the opening riffs to "I Am The State" ripped this album into life, my ears certainly did...
Like Emmure, Atlanta party-deathcore boys Attila just make it so easy for the world to hate them and their generic party-deathcore. The thing is, as they...
Horror-metal titans The Black Dahlia Murder sit uncomfortably in that area where traditional metalheads turn their nose up at them for their "deathcore" tendencies while some...
"I am the Huntress, I'm on your trail. When I want you here you'd better not fail" screams Jill Janus, vocalist with California bangers Huntress. The...
It doesn't take much time spent in the company of the filthy swamp metal peddled by Death Valley Driver before you’ll find yourself comparing their grizzly,...
It doesn't take a genius to work out that Almost There is going to be one hell of a personal album, and you only have to...
I fucking love it when you get albums like this one from Enemy Reign, the Denver brutalists who cite "Slayer, metal, and shredding" as their influences,...
Everything about this is just fucking ace! It’s got Kurt from crossover Kings D.R.I fronting the band, their Facebook page has a chick with massive boobs...
I’m a huge Ricky Warwick fan; from his work in The Almighty to his solo material, the man can do no wrong in my eyes. Well,...
Since 2008, when these Virginia death metallers issued their first release for new label Nuclear Blast, it’s been hard to really keep up with who exactly...
As I write this review British troublemakers Bring Me The Horizon have just nudged ahead of David Bowie in the National Album Charts in the UK...
It has to be said that there is something about Seattle mob Grenades that makes you keep listening to their Heaven Is Empty album. The thing...
Reading like a Who’s Who of the Massachusetts Metal Scene, Death Ray Vision is a side-project featuring members of New Wave Of American Heavy Metal stalwarts...
With a book in the pipeline, a Horror Festival to organise, and a solo album due to drop later this year, time is at a premium...
