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A rainy night in Camden is the ideal setting for The Wonder Years' emo-tinged pop punk.
One of the most consistent and reliable bands in metalcore, COUNTERPARTS have been plugging their wares for some time and return to these shores armed with their latest, and career best album A Eulogy For Those Still Here. Tonight is a sold-out appearance at the legendary Underworld, one that they most certainly deserve.
Though tonight's show sadly no longer features GGGOLDDD, whose Roadburn-conquering This Shame Should Not Be Mine needs to be heard to be believed, it's still a celebration of emotion and post-adjacent music with Svalbard's blackgaze-meets-post-hardcore and a mammoth set from Japan's post-rock royalty, MONO.
A softly picked acoustic guitar. Soft, airy whispers. No, this isn't some new ASMR YouTube channel; it's 'Memoir', the opening to Mirage, the latest album by mysterious Portuguese masked metallers Gaerea.
The arrival of a new Slipknot album is always one of the year’s biggest events in heavy music; feverish anticipation, speculation - what are they going to sound like? What will the masks look like?
Everything was going right for Fable.
The breakout metalcore quintet swing for the fences with their second album.
It’s a special night for London’s metal aficionados; Arizona’s old school death metallers Gatecreeper are in town for the first time in five years and not only that, but they’ve brought two of the UK’s finest rising acts.
Four years.
From synth goth rock to riff-tipped pop, there's a whole lot to listen to this week. Here's the best 11 singles from this week, including a few from last week for good measure. Don't we spoil you.
Descending on an unsuspecting St Albans are three of the most exciting bands in the UK from three very different genres; the spacey synth rock of Zetra, the death metal/hardcore hybrid of Burner and the muscular, groove-laden hardcore-cum-heavy metal of Employed To Serve all bring their musical talents to bear.
Boasting to fly the flag for “heavy progressive”, Giant Walker have set their sights high for debut album All In Good Time.
