They might as well have called this The Next Big Thing Tour. You can feel the heat coming off this thing from as far away as the M40. The bands aren’t cool kids, hipster bait, or even dudes taking a single scene by storm though, just the best new British rock bands, destined for the big time. There isn’t one […]
Read moreThis is what all gigs should be like. Except… maybe not. Maybe if you had to trek to Peckham, find a tiny alleyway into an old cricket bat factory, get past two security checkpoints, and go up three flights of stairs (not four, that’s the community theatre) every time you went to a show, it would start feel like a […]
Read moreThe summer is dead. The sun is gone. The rain has won. But never fear, a top tour to soundtrack the end of times has been booked. Get gloomy.
Read moreA lack of progression can make a band stale. Not so with Fear Factory. If 2010’s comeback of sorts ‘Mechanize’ was a slight return then this thing makes a kick-the-door-in motherfucker of an entrance. Bristling with all the things the band does best, ‘The Industrialist’ entirely forgets the nu-metal lapses of the past, sweeps away with the clutter of pre-hiatus […]
Read moreThis is a weird one. For every moment on Daytrader’s debut full-length that recalls the glory of their early EPs, there’s a clunky verse, energy-sapping chorus, or screeched vocal that sounds like Dexter from The Offspring got drunk and snuck into the recording studio. In fact, where those first releases sounded confident and captivating, this record routinely can’t find the […]
Read moreThe long and winding road of Hundred Reasons finally has an end. After years of uncertainty and inaction, the band have announced they will play their last ever shows in November. Hell Is For Heroes and Cable will bow out at the very same time and place. Feast your eyes for all the details.
Read moreAlbum number five from the Seattle quintet will be called ‘Infinity Overhead’ and is due out August 27th via Dangerbird Records. The band also appear to have booked a one-off London show at Heaven on August 17th that will almost certainly involve the airing of new material.
Read moreSweet potatoes! Best. News. Ever. Between the Buried and Me are back and have booked some UK stops this October. For bonus points they’re bringing Periphery along for the ride and will be playing material from their as-yet untitled seventh record too. The itinerary looks like this. And relax.
Read moreTrivium used to suck. Now they don’t. Celebrate this in style by seeing them on the road this October. 15.10.12 Ritz, MANCHESTER 16.10.12 ABC, GLASGOW 17.10.12 Institute, BIRMINGHAM 19.10.12 Academy, BRISTOL 20.10.12 UEA, NORWICH 21.10.12 Shepherds Bush Empire, LONDON Support slots from As I Lay Dying, Caliban, and Upon A Burning Body severely sweeten the deal.
Read moreBrotherhood of the Lake were destined to be a mere footnote in British metal history. Until now. The Plymouth quintet’s second record is a blaring beacon, a warning klaxon, a call to arms. In ten songs they have arrived. ‘Desperation Is The English Way Vol.1’ sounds like a machine, like a cornered beast, like so many years of flat grey […]
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