Following the breakthrough success of 2024’s People Watching, 156/SILENCE return with From A Distance, a record that finds the Pittsburgh quintet further refining the dark, cinematic identity that has become central to their sound. While their previous releases have often thrived on unpredictability by jumping between metallic hardcore, mathcore chaos, and experimental detours, their sixth album feels like a band narrowing their focus. Rather than throwing every idea at the w

Things are really kicking off now: not only do we have the iconic 2000 Trees festival next week, but we've also had a solid slate of tours sweeping the UK. METALLICA, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, HAYLEY WILLIAMS, and so much more that the summer has to offer. In the off-time, though, we're taking in these recent singles from bands both big and small. Here's what we've been listening to lately: 156/Silence - Proxy Idols Fresh off the back of a tour supporting THORNHILL as well as a hu

The Lonely God tour marks the culmination of a gradual return to form for FIT FOR A KING . After releasing the front-to-back banger album Dark Skies in 2018, the album that followed, 2020’s The Path , was a disappointing step down. The Hell We Create in 2022 was an improvement, but 2025’s Lonely God sees the Texan five-piece back at their peak. The band seem to know it too – their setlist for this tour contains all but one song from the album. The show at Manchester’s O2

156/Silence’s fourth album is a love letter to the scene, combining classic metalcore structure and sounds with dreamy vocals and...