Sepultura have been going for 30 damn years. And whichever way you look at it that’s damn impressive. They still kill too. Go see them live and find out. 17.11.15 Academy, MANCHESTER 18.11.15 Classic Grand, GLASGOW 19.11.15 Motion, BRISTOL 20.11.15 Electric Ballroom, LONDON
Read more11.07.15 Audio, GLASGOW 12.07.15 (Matinee) CCHRQ Garden, MANCHESTER 12.07.15 JT Soar, NOTTINGHAM 13.07.15 Roll For The Soul, BRISTOL 14.07.15 The Hope, BRIGHTON 20.07.15 The Black Heart, LONDON Go long.
Read moreRolo Tomassi have been building to this. I mean, Rolo Tomassi are always building- the Sheffield crew have consistently evolved since their very earliest days. But their fourth album finds them condensing, purifying, and almost perfecting everything that’s come before. Given the band’s propensity for precision and technicality, that might all sound a bit calculated, but ‘Grievances’ feels totally organic. […]
Read moreBrighton outfit We Never Learned to Live are great and ‘Shadows in Hibernation’, the first track to be taken from their debut album, is a banger. Watch the shiny video below.
Read moreRefused are fucking alive! While rumours of the band’s return seemed to be greatly exaggerated even a year ago, talk of a new album persisted, and now it’s finally official. ‘Freedom’, the band’s first album since 1998’s essential ‘The Shape of Punk to Come’, will be out June 29th via Epitaph. Cover art and tracklisting is below. But you don’t want cover […]
Read moreWorriedaboutsatan looked like they had run out of steam. Oh, everything they recorded was great, and from post-rock beginnings to IDM-influenced debut album, their evolution was steady and satisfying. But all was not well in the world of Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale. Just as Pitchfork said they had arrived, the Manchester-based duo put their project to bed. And when they […]
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Read moreThe general vibe seems to be that this is no good. Words like lazy, grey and dull have been kicked around. And maybe you couldn’t blame 36 Crazyfists for going through the motions here, after 20 years together, after everything that’s happened to them lately. But it simply isn’t true. The Alaskan metallers have turned tragedy into triumph and album […]
Read moreIt’s not much. It’s barely anything. But it’s enough to confirm that alt-metal titans Deftones are back in the studio and that’s only ever brilliant news. Genuine question though, how the hell do they manage to be instantly recognisable, sound like themselves and no one else, with just 15 seconds of twinkly guitar. Gold.
Read moreDoom at high speeds, this is rock’n’roll for fans of Torche, latter-day Cave In and early Baroness. He Whose Ox Is Gored’s third EP in three years, ‘Rumors’ is more streamlined and melodic than the Seattle quartet have been before and it’s the best they’ve ever sounded. They shift gears between the thick grunge of their home state, serpentine riffing, […]
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