The Callous Daoboys returned to the UK for the release of their newest LP I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven bringing their Mathcore sound to Camden’s Underworld that all but shook the venue to its core. Opening up the night was the five-piece Leeds outfit, LOVE RARELY , that were a masterful blend of genre and energy that did a fantastic job setting the bar. With vocalist CJ ’s fluctuation between intense screamo and beautiful melodic singing and guitarist Danny Dewsnap

Judging by the striking mix of fans gathered outside The Garage in Glasgow, it was almost impossible to tell what kind of night awaited. However, the uncertainty quickly vanished the moment the first riff escaped the walls of the venue, and it became clear we were in for pure, unrelenting carnage. Touring in celebration of their latest release, Heimat , German extreme metal titans HEAVEN SHALL BURN stormed into Glasgow as part of their Heimat Over Europe run. They last grace

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Alt-rock artist GRANDSON hit Manchester Academy on Thursday evening with two clear agendas – to make the room tremble from the sheer volume of the bass, and to unify the crowd in channelling their frustrations against the current state of the world. It is undeniable that across the globe, we as a population are experiencing within real-time a terrifying period of history. Music is an escape – live music, for many individuals, can feel like a brief window of reprieve for th

Everybody knows that pop-punk had its peak in the early 2000s. The 2010s carried it strong, but now we are in the 2020s - outside of the big-name nostalgic acts that have hung around from the beginning, the genre has steadily dwindled, becoming little more than a place for artists to dip their toes into for some experimentation. At least, that is what most would have you believe; CHERYM and UNINVITED are here to prove otherwise. Independently, for the last few years, they ha

In February, TRASH BOAT returned to Bristol and turned a Thursday night into something heavier than routine. At Exchange — low ceilings, no barrier, nowhere to hide — the show felt less like a tour stop and more like a pressure test. Intimacy changes everything. It sharpens the edges. The evening opened in shadow with HAMARTIA . Their set did not explode; it simmered. Textured guitars hung thick in the room, drums landing with deliberate restraint. They played like a band aw

Wednesday evenings are the best time to get down to Camden for a meaty line-up and a meatier moshpit, and who else should be commanding this celebration of alternative metal other than the almighty VEXED . Hailing from Hertfordshire, the three-piece, led by the front-woman Megan Targett , together with the guitarist Olly Hall , drummer Willem Mason-Geraghty , and live shows bassist Meyrick de La Fuentes , had already been on tours with bands such as IN DEPTHS and SILENT PLANE

Formed in Florida in 2017, POOL KIDS ’ signature sound of catchy, math rock along with their fantastic lyricism have propelled the band into the spotlight. After releasing their debut record Music To Practice Safe Sex To , receiving a cosign from Hayley Williams of PARAMORE , and releasing their second self-titled LP with a smattering of tours worldwide to follow. The band graced our shores again on the heels of their third album Easier Said Than Done , this time bringing th

Round the deepest, darkest corners of the most middle-of-the-road walk-in mall lied the location of the final destination. A night of solid, old-school death metal, and for a Monday night after a long day of sticking it out at work, it was like sipping the crispiest, coolest glass of water in the world. Hell, it was more like fifteen glasses. The “Freedom or Death” tour had landed in London, and what was on offer were three absolutely excellent death metal acts to sate even t

Despite the combative weather, Bristol’s O2 Academy heaved with face-painted, leather clad attendees preparing themselves for the tenured melodic death of AVATAR . Supported by much lorded black metal upstart WITCH CLUB SATAN on their second set of UK dates, following a blinding appearance at Birmingham’s Supersonic festival. Following them came New Zealand’s premier groove metal outfit in ALIEN WEAPONRY . Whilst hampered towards the start by weak guitar mixes, WITCH CLUB SAT

There are certain rooms that seem engineered for intensity, and King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut is one of them. Low ceiling, close walls, zero distance between artist and audience. On Wednesday 18th February 2026, that intimacy became fuel as DEATHBYROMY brought her dark-pop spectacle to Glasgow, supported by two openers who understood exactly how to set the temperature. JAYDEN HAMMER stepped out first, with a confidence that made it hard to believe this was her very first tour. She

Heading out for their second headline tour, many fans were lucky enough to catch LA-based fairy doom band FAETOOTH at their London show this Valentine’s Day. In celebration of their latest album Labrythine , the band were joined by post-rock quartet LEMONDAZE and post metal four-piece COLTAINE , both of whom also recently added to their collection of sound. Under pink and yellow lights, Cambridge born and London based shoegazers LEMONDAZE kicked off the night. Playing fr

Hastings alt-rock trio HOTWAX released their debut album Hot Shock almost a year ago today, to the praise and acclaim of both fans and first-time listeners. They embarked on the Hot Shock tour as they set out to celebrate their album, and to further attention and support for a cause very important to them: the Music Venue Trust. The charity exists to protect and preserve grassroots venues, and they made sure the tour dates had an extensive selection of them - like historic

The night began early at Rebellion, with A COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS kicking things off at seven o’clock on the dot. They played to a small but positive crowd, one that had clearly been won over by the end of the very first song. A COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS came out punching, delivering high energy and a surprisingly big sound for the early slot. The vocalist referenced the earliness of the gig multiple times, much to the crowd’s delight. Despite several technical issues th

Getting the crowd started at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, all the way from Perth, Australia, were metalcore outfit MAKE THEM SUFFER . Initially the band looked a little small in comparison to the size of the stage that they had to play with. But that feeling abated by the time they hit the first breakdown in Ghost Of Bones . Frontman Sean Harmanis is a Duracell Bunny of intensity and he spent the whole time darting back and forth between the gloomy corner that Alex Reade ’

Metal is truly at its finest when it has its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. The tour was billed as Heidenfest , a celebration of all things folk metal with a lineup of five bands, and it would be no stretch to say the evening could be categorised somewhere between a festival and a standard gig. The crowd was a collection of metal heads who just wanted a fun time. The first band of the night was THE DEAD CREW OF ODDWOOD , bringing their acoustic folk metal to open and set

London’s O2 Academy Islington played host to a night of power and symphony as the “Pirates & Kings” co-headline tour between VISIONS OF ATLANTIS and WARKINGS (also with INDUCTION in tow) stopped by for the second and final night of the tour’s UK leg. Sadly, a delay to doors opening and bottle-necked nature of the entrance meant that when Italian/German/Finnish Symphonic metal outfit, INDUCTION , took to the stage at their advertised time (just thirty minutes after the door

We joined LORNA SHORE as they played their last UK date in Manchester, on their tour, following the release of their latest album I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me . This comes with support from fellow deathcore heavyweights in the form of HUMANITY’S LAST BREATH , SHADOW OF INTENT , and WHITECHAPEL . With HUMANITY’S LAST BREATH taking to the stage first, the Swedes setting the tone for the night. Shrouded in darkness, the set began slow and steady with Väldet befor

In the twenty-four years that have passed since their formation, and through several line-up changes, personal losses and fifteen studio albums, experimental noise band XIU XIU (pronounced ‘shoo-shoo’) have become practised masters at stirring up dark, ugly feelings that would usually otherwise prefer to stay repressed. The bleak honesty and vulnerability of vocalist and founding member Jamie Stewart is a shaking hand holding a mirror for the listener to see themselves in,

With a sold-out London headline show, a top five German rock chart entry, their biggest UK tour successfully finished and a fresh signing to the Epitaph Records, London-based four-piece LEAP are riding a wave entirely of their own making. Following their first full album release - Entropy, an emotionally charged statement of independence, catharsis, and friendship - we sat down with the frontman Jack Scott right after the big release to discuss this leap of faith that has cle