From metalcore underdog icons to stadium-sized legends. Darker Still solidifies Parkway Drive’s ascension to heavy metal royalty.

The gates of hell have opened, and Noizze had a wander through to chat with James - vocalist of Draconian Reign. Here's what the creator of disgusting sounds had to tell us about their debut release, Bloodstock performance and more.

Noizze spoke to Josh Davies – vocalist of Tech-Death monsters Monasteries – as he got us caught up in the world of the band.

Noizze spoke to Josh Davies – vocalist of Tech-Death monsters Monasteries – as he got us caught up in the world of the band.

Bloodstock is nearly here again, and with a lineup as stacked with incredible bands as ever, Noizze took a look at ten acts you need to see this year.

Bloodstock is nearly here again, and with a lineup as stacked with incredible bands as ever, here's the top 10 bands you need to catch.

Municipal Waste made the world aware in 2007 that they were “Gonna f**k you up”. If you have avoided such a fate as of yet, the Virginia-based Thrash machines have loaded up 14 tracks of party thrash for you to get hit repeatedly in the eardrums with. It is hard to do thrash wrong but equally as hard to make it special, so how did Municipal Waste get on in their seventh album?

A tour package that could not have come soon enough for the fans of heavy music in the UK and Europe, Fit For An Autopsy continued their touring of album number six alongside Ingested, Enterprise Earth, Great American Ghost, and Sentinels. FFAA hadn’t touched UK soil for a long time, was the wait worth it? Of course it was.

Casket Feeder are a small band with big ambitions, notably that they aim to pair many of the most respected and revered genres of heavy music.

Slayer, Terror, Hatebreed and Biohazard are said to be inspirations for Cage Fight’s sound. As such, once it becomes known that Cage Fight’s founding guitarist is none other than James Monteith from TesseracT, their very existence is an exciting proposal for heavy music fans. 14 Tracks later, can it be said that they’ve done justice to aforementioned the titanic idols? In short, absolutely.

Fresh off the back of an electric run of shows as main support to the slam kings Ingested, Bodysnatcher have boiled over from an up and coming group to a staple in the deathcore scene.

A group whos’ arrival on the radar of many fans came just as quick as their ascendency to USA-wide touring with heavyweights The Black Dahlia Murder, Undeath don’t seem to be here to mess around.