Sydney quartet, Northlane, are one of the more interesting metalcore bands that evolved their sound over the last few years away from the formulaic to the experimental. Unlike Bring Me…
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Islington Assembly Hall, London, 30 April 2022 Lead photograph by Karolina Malyan Those that listened to the new Monuments record will be keen to see if vocalist, Andy Cizek, can…
Gothenburg metalcore-djent-groovers, Grayscale Season, are one of the few bands to take little inspiration from the famous death metal sound of their city. That sentence alone will stop many of…
Mathcore enthusiasts will know Joshua Travis as the rhythmic mastermind behind The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. Like The Red Chord and Textures, his former band are now more of a…
Monuments are the first of the djent big three to release an album since Periphery changed the landscape with their landmark 2019 triumph, Periphery IV: Hail Stan. It’s a daunting…
It doesn’t feel like six years since the last Animals as Leaders record, although two of those we can discount due to the disruptive impact of Covid-19. In that time,…
Haunted Shores have one of the most unusual evolutionary stories in metal. They started as a metalcore band led by Mark Holcomb before he left to join Periphery in 2011.…
Cincinnati’s Soul Tempest had most of their debut album ready to go by 2020, with three singles released at the height of the second Covid-19 pandemic. Maybe they wanted to…
Essex quintet, Collected, are one of those bands that second-guess your tastes. One moment you’re bouncing to an Ibanez groove metal riff, the next instant you’re pondering the definition of…