Reviews Film review: The NorthmanVisionary director Robert Eggers unleashes an incredible storm of blood and thunder as he sets off in pursuit of Vikings in The Northman...
Features Why Download Festival 2022 will be the most accessible everAhead of the first full-capacity Download in three years, organisers have announced a host of site improvements to ensure that festival-goers with disabilities will get the most from rock’s biggest weekend. We sit down with accessibility representative Katie Hester to get the inside track…
News Former Deftones bassist Sergio Vega announces new projectHaving parted ways with Deftones, it has been confirmed that Sergio Vega has got some new stuff in the works…
Culture Meet TommyD: The superstar DJ and producer seeking to revolutionise music communitiesHe’s worked with everyone from Kylie Minogue to Kanye West, now DJ and producer TommyD is using his industry experience to change the game through new NFT platform TokenTraxx. We sit down with the man himself to find out why he’s the person for the job, and what it’s all about…
Screen For Me 5 TV series and movies to watch while spring theoretically springsFrom sex-crazed regency England to big burly blokes turning cars into literally anything else, here’s what you need to watch this weekend…
Culture “We need to build a revolutionary anti-racist movement on the streets”: Inside the March Against RacismFrom threats to the traveller community to the torment of Child Q, thousands of people flocked to central London to demand justice and an end to racism.
Reviews Album review: Cypress Hill – Back In BlackCypress Hill celebrate 10th album with back-to-basics hip-hop and copious amounts of weed…
Features Cave In talk new album Heavy Pendulum: “We had to make a great record, given the circumstances. If it sucked, this would all have been for nothing”Nobody expected it, but Cave In are back with a brand-new album. Dubbed Heavy Pendulum, it’s the seventh full-length from the progressive post-hardcore merchants, and sees them embark on a new chapter of the band. We sit down with frontman Stephen Brodsky and drummer JR Conners to find out what it’s all about.
Reviews Album review: Slægt – GoddessDanish blackened heavy metallers Slægt worship the old way on infernal fourth offering Goddess…
News Longtime Deftones bassist Sergio Vega parts ways with the bandSergio Vega has confirmed that he is no longer in Deftones, sharing in a video statement that, “I left the band in early last year…”
Features Skin: “The only way to protect women’s bodies and women’s rights is to have more women in positions of power”Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin urges real, tangible change this International Women’s Day, and explains why it won’t happen until more women are in positions of power.
Features 5 reasons why you need to check out UnderdarkUnderdark are amongst the most ferocious faces of the new wave of British black metal. Here’s a roadmap into their shadowy realm…
The Cover Story PUP: “The demon is always over my shoulder, but it’s much easier now to keep him there”Unafraid to dig deeper than ever for the creation of their fourth album The Unraveling Of PUPTHEBAND, Stefan Babcock and co. brought up a range of emotions – both good and bad – within the Toronto punks’ ranks. Now they’re out the other side, and the only way is PUP…
Sauce Material Beyond The Safe Word: 10 BDSM commandments that experts want kink newbies to knowIn this month’s Sauce Material, K!’s sexpert Alix Fox asks BDSM boffins for the lessons you need to know before taking the plunge…
Features Dark Horses: Why Unto Others have the strength to be heavy music’s next big thingFaced with cancelled touring and a copyright lawsuit, Portland metallers Unto Others found themselves staring into the abyss for much of the last two years. With outstanding second album Strength, however, they’re turning deepest black into gothic gold…
Branded Content “The only way to survive here as an artist is to live off the grid”: How London influences the music of Mimi BarksLike the city of Gotham after dark, London can be a dank playground for the dark and dangerous. And in the same way those iconic mean streets moulded Batman into the formidable vigilante, England’s capital has become a breeding ground for artists willing to break boundaries by any means necessary. Meet Mimi Barks, the doom-trap trailblazer whose underground lifestyle is surely a match for the bat cave itself...