Tech metal masters Allegaeon have been working hard on their sixth studio album, ‘Damnum’, due to release on February 25th, 2022. While Allegaeon is well known for incredible riffs, solos, and mind-bending complex leads, its vocalist Riley [...]
‘Persona Non Grata’ is the 11th album from Exodus, and it’s been an unusually long break from their last release. Fortunately, the seven-year absence hasn’t blunted the band’s talent in the slightest. Before we get into what [...]
With the festival’s last day rolling around, it’s unsurprising that energy levels seem to be dipping a little. There are almost as many people sitting in camp chairs and nursing a coffee or the infamous hair of the dog brew as there are inside [...]
As Saturday dawns on day two of the Download Festival Pilot, the ever-present rain seems to have finally eased up. Despite that, it’s going to be a struggle for many of the ten thousand fans to make it down to the arena after a long night of [...]
With last year’s Download Festival cancelled due to Coronavirus, it’s been two years since the hallowed ground of Donnington has been graced by an assault of blast beats, monstrous riffs, and the stomping feet of rock and metal’s [...]
Before we begin, I should admit I’m something of a newcomer to Soens sound. I gave their first three albums a cursory listen, and they didn’t do much for me. It wasn’t until recently that Spotify began to shuffle in songs from their [...]
Most bands mature as they get older, often creating more serious and complex music than their early years. Alestorm is not one of those bands; if anything, ‘Curse of the Crystal Coconut‘ is the most whacky and immature album they have ever [...]
The thrash revival of the 2000s produced a lot of copycat bands, happy to ape the music of yesteryear without bringing anything new to the table. Warbringer has always been different, since their debut ‘War Without End’ they have experimented [...]
