Japanese alt-metal quartet SIM are finally releasing their 7th full length studio album HOOMAN AFTER ALL. Having already released three singles and receiving a great amount of love the album has been long awaited by many fans. The album has a variety of huge collaborations as well as being labelled the band's most comprehensive and energetic record to date. SIM dabble in a range of genres all centering around metalcore and ska punk but their production style from debut has b

MOVEMENTS have always been a band of contrasting ideas. Their music can sound magnificently giant while dealing with emotions that make the world feel incredibly small. For their fourth album, Happier Now, the Californian post hardcore quartet lean further into that emotion, leaning more into the confidence and melancholy of 2023’s RUCKUS!. Opening with Pulse, the scene is set for what is to come for the rest of the album. With angular riffs and layered harmonies that feel re

EAST EXCHANGE haven’t just exploded onto the airwaves this year, they’ve conquered their first festival season that saw them claim slots at 2000 Trees, The Great Escape, and Outbreak to name a few, gaining these laurels and further traction with less than a handful of singles drip-fed to fans over the last year. Fans need wait no longer to drink their musical fill as EAST EXCHANGE launch their debut EP torn between ties, an eagerly anticipated record of powerhouse vocals and

There are few bands in extreme metal with the ability to make the past feel as immediate as BEHEMOTH. With I, Scvlptor, the Polish legends revisit their roots, reshape familiar material and push into new territory, creating a release that feels less like a conventional stopgap and more like a statement of becoming. Due for release on September 4th, the opus contains eight previously unreleased tracks: seven studio recordings and one live performance. Rather than releasing a t

Collaborating with other artists has long been a way for respected bands to reach different audiences while fusing their respective styles to create something new, particularly through a single release. MOTIONLESS IN WHITE featuring Corey Taylor is one recent example, but it is far rarer to see two bands come together to create an album release where both bring their own identity to the table. Rarer still is a project that feels like a genuine contest between the two, with ea

In the two weeks past, the music world has given us the shoegazey indie-rock of BEABADOOBEE, the queer emo rage of ÓMOIA, the melancholic gothic metal of LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, and so much more. Here's what we've been listening to lately: Track of the Week: Noahfinnce - Too Sensitive In Too Sensitive, political frustration and personal vulnerability come together into one of NOAHFINNCE’s most entertaining tracks yet. Packed with a punchy, energetic pop-punk rhythm, it is the be

The advent of this band was nearly a miracle. Whilst the 2000s saw bands stumbling in the dark, tripping over the weights of their own legacies and the cultural pitfalls of the new millennium, they thrived, going from strength to strength and climbing to lofty heights. Marrying southern sludge with elements of country, jazz, and a wicked groove, the band thundered onto the scene in 2004 and made many question was sludge even was. That band was, of course, MASTODON. They were

Back with their fifth studio album, THE WARNING are more ambitious than ever! Comprising of Daniela (lead vocals, guitar), Paulina (drums, vocals), and Alejandra (bass), the Villarreal Vélez sisters are becoming one of the most unstoppable bands of a generation. Following the success of Keep Me Fed (2024), and Error (2022), the trio's newest album Everything’s Falling is one of their greatest yet. Breaking onto the scene in 2013 on YouTube with a cover of METALLICA’s Enter S

On their previous album, In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You, DREAMWELL offered up one of the best screamo releases of 2023. It was extremely versatile and genre-bending, with hints of metalcore and post-rock at points. Songs like I Dream’t Of A Room Of Clouds and Rue de Noms displayed the band at their most ambitious yet. The combination of the sheer catharsis of the song structures, breakdowns as well as the painfully introspective lyrics was all they needed to make their

Following an unstoppable summer that saw fans colliding full-pelt in mosh pits, CATCH YOUR BREATH is clearly not a suggestion for the unrelenting Texan band nor their frenzied crowds, but a name to remember and chant at the top of your breathless lungs. Having already gained momentum over the last few years, the four-piece are about to catapult themselves to stratospheric heights with the release of their stunning album Not Broken Enough, an 11-track record that sees the band

Nearly two decades into a career built on transforming a spectacle out of darkness and pain into power, IN THIS MOMENT has little left to prove but plenty left to say. With this ninth studio album entitled Witch, out on August 28th and first release through Better Noise Music, the band goes from confession to reframing the shame. Since the early days of Beautiful Tragedy, we’ve seen them evolve from the melodic metalcore of the MySpace era into something far more theatrical,

Some bands spend years trying to find their sound. COLORBLIND seem more interested in finding out how many sounds they can seamlessly fit into one. On Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold, the Austin quartet leans fully into the push and pull of their self-described “dreamcore”, blending pop, electronic music, metalcore, hip-hop inspired rhythms, and atmospheric balladry into something that feels difficult to pin down (and all the more exciting because of it). Sinc

KULK are a band that can communicate a lot through meaningful lyricism without including very many vocals at all. Their second album, Choosing to Die, is no different. Encased in a shell of beautiful gloom packed in nine tracks, the album explores true lamentation. Through the art of thrashing guitars and resounding drums, the two-piece has firmly grasped how quickly idyllic realities can be shattered. They rely on music as their great communicator to present something bigger

The infinitely accelerating death-spiral of our samsara, seizing, trapped between monolith mistakes of man’s own make is but one hyperstition; an ever-accelerating, self-fulfilling prophecy of gradual insanity. The State, in its multifaceted, janus-faced form so writhing through and gnawing at the bones of the world, is but one vector for such an open season against our vague pre-conceived hopes of sanity. STATE POWER’s Hyperstition, on the other hand, is a deafening, explosi

There’s something wonderfully stubborn about WESTSIDE COWBOY. In an era when young guitar bands can feel engineered for immediacy - polished, packaged and desperate to be the next big thing - the Manchester four-piece have built their reputation on the exact opposite: scrappy guitars, instinctive songwriting, gang vocals and the kind of chemistry that sounds less like a carefully assembled band and more like four mates discovering what happens when they plug everything in and

Another surprise EP drop was an incredible way to celebrate the Celestial events of 2026. POWER SNATCH, formed by Hayley Williams and Daniel James, have a short history of releasing surprise music as they create freely. EP1 was an experimental release with the curated atmosphere of a late night fever dream. Featuring three tracks, POWER SNATCH fans have received a taste of the duo’s artistic spirit. With a blog post on Substack, HAYLEY WILLIAMS reiterates her want to give awa

Pain can break you, shape you or become the raw material for something stronger. On The Pain Made Me Who I Am, Brazilian metalcore/deathcore force AXTY chooses the latter. Across 12 tracks, the band turns adversity, self-doubt, anger and resilience into an album that feels like controlled chaos. After steadily carving out a place for themselves over the last few years, AXTY releases their new opus through Napalm Records on August 21st. The band's own description of the album

At a time when queer voices have never needed be to heard louder, MANGO MANGO MANGO is continuing their charge with their latest album Cryptid Country, an album that speaks volumes in its striking messages and powerfully crafted instrumentals with barely a shout raised in its sensitive, richly low vocals. Hailing from Edinburgh, MANGO MANGO MANGO, created by Mags Gwynne, is a self-producing artist that refuses to stay in the lines of genres, blending EDM with alt and indie-ro

There is a sense of dislocation running through PHOEBE BRIDGERS' Lost Weekend. Not just the feeling of being lost, but the feeling of watching your life change around you while trying to understand where you fit within it. After six years away from releasing a solo album, PHOEBE BRIDGERS returns with a record that feels less concerned with providing answers and more interested in sitting with uncertainty. Across sixteen tracks, Lost Weekend explores grief, love, memory, ident

A monumental ten years has passed since Be Nothing. by BOSTON MANOR was released. The debut album that helped anchor the Blackpool pop punk band on the maps contains tracks such as Laika, Lead Feet and Forget Me Not - as the fanbase has grown over the years, these tracks have been in demand with fans excited to hear them performed live. Since 2016, BOSTON MANOR have developed their artistic flair across four studio albums, evolving through a diverse range of alternative rock