Album Reviews

Atreyu never seem to quit. Normally, a statement like that connotates something negative, but for the Californian quintet, it is the furthest thing from meaning something bad. With every release they put out, they seem to get better and stronger musically, which is an incredibly tough feat for bands to …

With Metallica set to release their new album ’72 Seasons’ very soon, the usual suspects that normally turn their noses up at metal will no doubt become metalheads for one week in the year. ’72 Seasons’ will be the biggest-selling metal album of the year, no dispute there, but will …

As incredulous as it sounds, ‘Paragon’ is the debut solo release from Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen. 26 years after first coming to notice with Dutch symphonic metal outfit After Forever, Jansen – arguably the best vocalist on the scene today, and with a voice capable of stopping a charging rhino …

A lot can change in 5 years. Since releasing their debut self-titled EP back in 2018, the members of boygenius have had a lot going for them; Lucy Dacus released her third album Home Video, conceptualised on the feeling of thinking back to your childhood years once you actually realise …

Have you ever listened to a song and thought to yourself ‘Wow, I wonder what this would sound like in a pop punk style’? Whether you’ve wondered if a Disney song would sound better with double-time drums, or if a TV theme song would sound good with crushing riffs, or …

Even from the get-go, TZIA is everything you want from a Meg Myers album, dipping and soaring, with haunting, echoing melodies and a powerful voice that she manipulates in just the right way to be almost eerie, all circled with a framework of delightfully Gothic lyricism. There’s something of a …

Has it really been six years since Napalm Records unleashed Exit Eden onto an unsuspecting public and in doing so, created one of the best surprises in quite some time? The international symphonic metal supergroup released an album of cover versions of well-known pop and rock songs, and the videos …

“Here comes the pain…” could very well be the unofficial subtitle to this incredible retelling of events in New York in 2005 that for anyone who was not in attendance remains part of Metal folklore. It is hard not to feel the bittersweet pang of pain and loss when you …

It’s been almost six years since the last album, and the wait has been worth it, with For The Fallen Dreams kicking the gate in when they come through it, offering almost intimately tight clean vocals, a raw growl, and powerful music to underpin them both. The album as a …

Nirvana have been perpetually cool, but there’s also been a more recent spike of reverence for similar 90s grunge, which I’m very much on board with – including, of course, the resulting music by newer artists inspired by the genre and period. ‘Amble’ is no exception, a winding, building road …