You only need listen to one song off “From Sand” to know that everyone in Temple Of Lies has a beard. The Leicester-based metal band are so gnarly it’s a fair bet they all became friends at... Read more
Mixing the moody melodicism of The Cure with the amplified crunch of heavy metal, Sinnergod’s second album has brought a bit of northern gloom to TBFM towers this month. This self-titled eff... Read more
Avant-garde metal bands seem to have a thing about collaboration albums. Sunn 0))) have previously worked with the perpetually miserable Scott Walker, Neurosis spent 2003 recording with Swan... Read more
Bristol thrashers Bull-Riff Stampede first raised eyebrows back in 2013 when they played the first night at Bloodstock Open Air. Walking onstage as relative unknowns, they turned the Sophie... Read more
Considering that the two biggest influences on the genre were Meshuggah and The Dillinger Escape Plan, djent has been getting remarkably nice of late hasn’t it? Sure, bands like Monuments st... Read more
You might as well move on and go listen to the last Crossfaith album again, because this one’s not very good. Germany’s To The Rats And Wolves are the latest editions to the burgeoning “tran... Read more
They must be putting something in the water in Savannah, Georgia. There’s been a significant amount of quality music coming out of the city these past few years and Black Tusk’s latest album... Read more
Get ready for a difficult but rewarding listen. Veteran British metallers Beholder have built up a solid reputation since forming in 2004. They’ve torn up the pit at Bloodstock so often they... Read more
If anyone out there still doubts that Candace Kucsulain is the first lady of hardcore, “No One Can Save You From Yourself” should put them in their place. It’s been a long time since Walls O... Read more
Germany’s Exumer sound exactly like you’d expect given that they formed at a Slayer show. Fast, aggressive and almost rabid in their intensity, the Teutonic thrashers were a minor undergroun... Read more
