Reviews The big review: Outbreak Fest 2023Spin-kick, motherfuckers! Europe’s greatest hardcore gathering gambles on some daring line-up choices and wins big with three days of chaos, camaraderie and karate-chops...
Reviews Live review: Iron Maiden, Glasgow OVO HydroIron Maiden invoke Marty McFly levels of silliness and spectacle as they take Scotland into the vibrant glory of their Future Past…
Reviews Album review: Wytch Hazel – IV: SacramentLancastrian rockers Wytch Hazel continue to mine the body and blood of classic rock revivalism with stirring chapter IV: Congregation.
Reviews Album review: Honey Revenge – RetrovisionLA duo Honey Revenge burst onto the scene in an explosion of colour on debut...
Reviews Album review: Creeping Death – Boundless DomainFast-rising Texan death metal collective Creeping Death introduce you to the fire and brimstone of their Boundless Domain…
Reviews What happened when Metallica headlined Download 2023… again!They’re just showing off now: the biggest band in the history of heavy metal ensure their 10th appearance on Donington’s hallowed turf is a night none of us will ever forget…
Reviews The big review: Download Festival 2023Celebrating an incredible 20 years with a whopping anniversary spectacular, here’s all the best stuff from Download Festival.
Features 10 reasons why you need Candy in your lifeWith scalding second album Heaven Is Here, U.S. hardcore agitators Candy have proven to be one of the most daring outfits in extreme music. To help bring you up to speed, guitarist Michael Quick explains why the electro-infused firebrands won’t be softening up anytime soon…
Features Swollen Teeth: “It’s about that feeling between jumping off a balcony and hitting whatever’s underneath, having no idea if you’re going to be okay”For years now, Swollen Teeth have been watching from the shadows. In his first-ever interview, enigmatic frontman Megaa joins Slipknot-turntablist-turned-producer Sid Wilson and ‘Godfather Of Nu-Metal’ Ross Robinson to explain why it’s time for heavy music’s most mind-bending new act to step into the light…
Features Yvette Young: “I want people to sing along to my riffs… then get annoyed because they can’t get them out of their heads”Growing up with piano and violin, the competitive nature of the classical world made Yvette Young fall out of love with music. On picking up the guitar, however, the Covet bandleader began to understand that not only could it be an outlet for positivity, pain, and pressure – but also a tool to transport listeners to other worlds…
Reviews Album review: Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…Huntington Beach heroes Avenged Sevenfold hurl themselves off the deep end for sublimely batshit eighth album…
Reviews Slam Dunk Festival 2023: The Big ReviewRunning down the best of the best from Leeds and Hatfield as Slam Dunk 2023 kicks off the most jam-packed UK festival season ever…
Features Creeper: “We wanted to command a sense of majesty with this record. We want to take you to another place…”Harder, heavier and splattered in far more haemoglobin than ever before, Creeper’s third album Sanguivore sees Southampton’s wildest spirits tap into a rich vein of heavy goth-rock. As vocalist William von Gould and guitarist Ian Miles tease, if you want blood, they’ve got it...
Reviews Album review: Vnder A Crvmbling Moon – I: OblivionV-loving post-metal newcomers Vnder A Crvmbling Moon step out of the shadows with chest crushing debut I: Oblivion...
Reviews Album review: Burial Clouds – Last Days Of A Dying WorldPortland post-doomsters Burial Clouds find their voice to celebrate the melancholy Last Days Of A Dying World...
Reviews Album review: Wallowing – Earth ReaperBrighton sludgecore collective Wallowing drag us into the maelstrom on planet-pulverising second album Earth Reaper…