Reviews The big review: 2000trees 2025A forest of stars hit Upcote Farm as Alexisonfire, PVRIS, Kneecap, letlive. and a whole load more gather for four days of noisy fun at 2000trees.
Features Breaking The Lore: The ultimate guide to Ghost’s majestic worldPantomime pageantry and Satanic provocation is all well and good, but there’s deeper, more subversive purpose in Ghost’s never-ending lore. Kneeling at their unholy altar, we slip beneath those bedazzled vestments to chart all the dark humour, razorblade social commentary and righteous purpose on the path of the Papas...
Features “This band gives me life”: Meet Ghost’s fanatical followersEvery clergy needs a flock, and Ghost have a congregation like no other. Who better to share what makes them so special than their acolytes? From across the globe, here are just some of their devotees who bathe in the light of Papa and his Ghouls…
Reviews Album review: Dropkick Murphys – For The PeopleYears roll back, pints get pulled, friendly arms embrace – Dropkick Murphys return to form with 13th album For The People.
Reviews The big review: Rock for People 2025You know where you are? You’re in the Czech Republic, baby! GN’R, Slipknot, Linkin Park and more spend five days rocking the people of Rock for People…
Reviews The big review: Download Festival 2025 – SundayIt’s the last day of Download 2025 – here’s how the final Donington celebration is signing off for another year…
Features “I wanted people to throw themselves into the vision”: The story of Ghost’s InfestissumamAlready spreading far beyond the underground, by the time of 2013’s second album Infestissumam, Ghost had signed to a massive label and were working with Foo Fighters’ producer. This wasn’t without its problems for the clergy, but even a cautious name tweak and issues getting the album’s racy sleeve pressed couldn’t stop a Swedish Grammi coming their way…
Features “It’s really f*cking hard being young right now”: How Pinkshift are fighting back on new album EarthkeeperPinkshift have had no shortage of outrage to simmer on over the last few years. Rather than blindly raging against the injustices being perpetrated against minorities, the queer community and the broader working classes, however, superb second album Earthkeeper finds the Baltimore crew seeking solace and resolution…
The Cover Story grandson: “It’s so disappointing when artists feel they need to pick between their morals and their ambitions”Struggling with substance abuse and mental health, Jordan Benjamin has been through the wringer these past few years. But seeing a world on the slide and fans desperate for righteous, dissenting voices rattled the artist known as grandson out of soul-searching introspection, and galvanised the desire to make third album INERTIA a battle cry fit to wake the world…
Features Damiano David: “I had to break down many layers… This album is me, 100 per cent”As Damiano David prepares to drop his debut solo album FUNNY little FEARS, the Måneskin frontman shares the unhappy place he was in when the creative process began, how much has changed since, and why the record is “the narration of me coming back to life”…
Features Unpacking Arcadia: Analysing the clues in Sleep Token’s new albumOn Friday, Sleep Token finally released their fourth album, Even In Arcadia. And with it, there arrived more lore to pick over. From opposing houses to significant colour schemes, we examine Vessel’s brave new world…
News Code Orange’s Jami Morgan confirms the band are “on the shelf”Jami Morgan has shared an update on Code Orange’s current situation as a band, admitting that things are essentially on pause “for a good reason”.
Features Bury Tomorrow: “Life is about those tiny moments of hope, isn’t it? Hope is the only reason we have to continue”Consistently one of British metalcore’s finest bands, Bury Tomorrow aren’t in any danger of losing that title with their killer eighth album Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience. And as frontman Dani Winter-Bates asserts, it’s connection, belief and absolute faith that keeps them pushing through…
Features The Warning: “This speaks to the power of music and the connection it has with people, no matter the language”The Warning blew up last year with their fourth album, Keep Me Fed. Since then, they’ve toured relentlessly. Gearing up to take on Latin America and Europe, it’s clear the Villarreal Vélez sisters are on the brink of international superstardom…
Features How Pest Control’s Leah Massey found her voice in hardcoreLeah Massey didn’t imagine herself as a hardcore singer when she was a kid in Leeds, growing up on pop-punk. Today, she and Pest Control are one of the British underground’s brightest lights. As their infestation grows, she tells us about ambition, grief, imposter syndrome and emo fandom…
Reviews The big review: Knotfest SydneySlipknot’s mega-fest goes down under, with a little help from A Day To Remember, Enter Shikari, BABYMETAL and more…