CATEGORIES

THE FIRST...BRENT SMITH SHINEDOWN

BRENT WALKS US THROUGH HIS FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC, AND THE LESSONS HE'S LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.

IMPERIOUS

GHOST HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR NEW ALBUM IMPERA', AND IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF SENSATIONAL. A DENSE, DRAMATIC AND DECADENT LOOK AT THE IMPERIAL EMPIRE, AND THE HEROES AND VILLAINS THAT INHABITED IT, THROUGH TOBIAS FORGE'S UNIQUE AND UNDENIABLE LENS, IT'S A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT NOT ONLY CEMENTS GHOST AS ONE OF METAL'S MOST FASCINATING AND FANTASTICAL ASSETS, BUT ALSO AN ALBUM FOR THE AGES. ONE THAT DESERVES TO BE PLAYED LOUD, PROUD AND AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE. AHEAD OF THEIR UK TOUR, WE HAD A SIT DOWN WITH TOBIAS TO TALK ABOUT THE RECORD'S INCEPTION, WHETHER THE EVENTS OF THE MODERN-DAY HAVE AFFECTED HIS VIEW OF THE SONGS, AND WHERE THEY ULTIMATELY FIT INTO GHOST'S LIVE SHOW...

GOOD COMPANY

BRACE YOURSELVES - COLD YEARS HAVE CREATED THEIR VERY OWN, OUTSTANDING PUNK ROCK OPERA. SAY HELLO TO ONE OF THE ALBUMS OF 2022.

EASY DOES IT

BEFORE ANYONE HAS EVEN UTTERED THE WORDS COVID-19', SIMPLE PLAN HAD ALREADY DISTILLED EVERYTHING THEY ARE INTO SOME OF THEIR FINEST WORK. HERE'S HOW THEY MADE HARDER THAN IT LOOKS'.

New Music First: Charlotte Sands

You've already heard the voice, now meet the exceptional artist behind it...

Apocalypse Now

Motionless in White are back, and soundtracking the dystopia that we suddenly tail find ourselves in... but that doesn't mean it's all doom and gloom. Chris Motionless takes us through one of the most inspiring periods of the band's career to date

BUCKET LIST JACOB RICE SUPER LOVE

JACOB WALKS US THROUGH HIS TO-DO LIST.

BREAKING THROUGH

EIGHT BANDS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED K.FLAY

K.FLAY WALKS US THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT GOT HER, AND HER ART ALL THE WAY TO 2022.

Bucket List - Taz Johnson - Belmont

Taz walks us through his dream list.

Ghost in the Machine

It kind of goes without saying that Bob Vylan’s new album ‘Bob Vylan presents the Price of Life’ is something worth listening to, in absolutely every sense. Here is its story.

Living in Chaos

In their latest, quite possibly greatest record, PUP have refined everything they are into one huge, chaotic chunk. Here, they tell the album’s story.

Keep Running

Stand Atlantic are on course to release the best album of their career so far, but it’s arriving at the end of a period where they had to question everything. This is how they combatted their world crumbling around them, and made something truly remarkable.

Graphic Nature

Noise, noise and more noise from southern england.

Closer

Armed with an exceptional new album, Rolo Tomassi find themselves roaring back into focus yet again. James Spence and Chris Cayford take us under the hood as they progress further than ever.

Back Home

Patty Walters and Ronnie Ish chart how they and their band got lost, then found themselves again on new album 'I Went to Hell and Back'.

PERFECT TEN

10 NEW RELEASES YOU NEED TO HEAR

THE FIRST... DALE TANNER OCEAN GROVE

DALE WALKS US ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIS EARLY YEARS.

CROSSROADS

ACROSS THEIR NEW BOOSTER PACK, IN HEARTS WAKE BUILD ON THEIR FINEST ALBUM IN SPECTACULAR STYLE. JAKE TAYLOR DIVES IN…

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED CHRIS CARRABBA

CHRIS WALKS US THROUGH A LIFE AND CAREER NOT JUST COLOURED, BUT DEFINED BY MUSIC.

New Perspective

Knuckle Puck stand at the beginning of a brand new era, armed with a stunning new ep. Joe Taylor details their next steps ...

Nightlife

A brilliant new band taking control of their own future.

Sharpen Your Teeth

In their new member, ex-pagan vocalist Nikki Brumen, Blood Command look set to reach another level. Here, Nikki and guitarist Yngve Andersen walk us through it all, and look towards the future.

Through Hell and High Water

At the beginning of 2020, it looked like Lorna Shore were dead in the water. Now, they are one of the most exciting metal bands on the planet. In their debut cover feature, they chart their incredible journey, and look towards a year like no other...

NEVER SETTLE

IN A YEAR WHERE SO MANY BANDS SEEM TO BE STEPPING THINGS UP ANOTCH, VENOM PRISON HAVE STEPPED UP SEVERAL ALL AT ONCE. HERE, LARISSA STUPAR EXPLAINS HOW THEY CAME TO MAKE THEIR BLISTERING NEW RECORD.

MATTHEW CARLSON A WILL AWAY

MATTHEW GUIDES US THROUGH HIS MUSICAL AND PERSONAL HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.

BEN KOWALEWICZ BILLY TALENT

BEN CHARTS A FASCINATING LIFE AND CAREER THAT'S AS INSPIRING AS IT IS ENDURING.

PERFECT TEN

10 NEW RELEASES YOU NEED TO HEAR

ZOOM OUT

VOYEURIST' IS ONE OF UNDEROATH'S MOST VITAL ALBUMS YET. HERE, SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN AND TIM MCTAGUE OFFER A PEEK INTO THE THINKING BEHIND OF SOME OF THEIR MOST FRENZIED WORK YET.

HEADS UP

IT'S BEEN A WEIRD COUPLE OF YEARS, HUH? SAM MCTRUSTY EXPLAINS HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, HE AND HIS BAND TOOK THINGS BACK TO THE VERY BASICS, AND CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH A BRAND NEW RECORD.