With HOUNDSTOOTH, SIIICKBRAIN builds a record that feels like stepping into a dark, sweat-soaked room and letting the walls close around you. It is abrasive, hazy, clubby, vulnerable, and strange in all the right ways, pulling from industrial grit, electronic production, hip-hop beats, alternative pop structures, and something far more instinctive. It never feels interested in sitting neatly within one sound, and that restlessness becomes part of its identity. The album opens

If you’ve been mourning the absence of 90s grunge like we have, mourn no longer - VIOLET GROHL is hauling the fuzzed movement into the modern era, with bold, hefty riffs, cutting vocals, and a flair inspired by visual cinema and 40 years worth of music, packaged beautifully into her debut album Be Sweet To Me. Sweet the title, gritty and bitter the sound, Grohl captures the essence of 90s grunge rock and peppers through modern elements that shape her album into something that

Silence is never really silent. It hangs in the corners of rooms after arguments have finished, the hollow quiet after they’ve left and the air still feels shaped like their bodies. It settles into empty train stations at midnight and breathes out a heavy sigh under a starless night sky. It creaks, not in the claustrophobic loneliness of crowded rooms or on the floorboards of dead-end conversations, but in the gravity of the world suddenly opening itself too wide and swallowi

When covering a remaster of an album that’s already so utterly brilliant as Rheia, what can be said? OATHBREAKER have long been known to be a stunningly good band, even if they did decide to leave us without new shows or music for a decade. Ten years on from the release of the original version of Rheia and it is as highly appreciated as an album in that scene can get, quite frankly bordering on legendary status - if not already firmly in that top echelon of the blackgaze and

Alt-rock newcomers THISTLE. are releasing their new EP backflip on 29th May. Right from the start, the song pieces creates a complex, genre-bending mix that immediately defines the sound of the record. From synths to heavy drums and almost shoegazy vocals, the track is able to capture the energy of the EP really well. The song feels dark and introspective, underlined by mythical sounding synths and layered instrumentals that slowly build into something chaotic yet emotional.

Finding the words to describe Glasgow duo DOSS is a difficult job; their genre-blending style combines distorted rhythms, ambient electronics, and a dash of social commentary into something fresh and unexpected. They’ve played shows alongside the likes of DEADLETTER and FAT DOG, and soon, they’ll be putting out their self-titled EP DOSS. It’s fittingly titled: when you think ‘DOSS’, you should think this EP. Starting off the record in an incredibly ominous fashion is PREFACE,

There’s always been something untouchable about STATIC DRESS. Not in a distant, polished way, but in the sense that they’ve never quite played by the same rules as everyone else. Since their inception, the UK quartet have built more than a band. They’ve built a universe: stitched together through graphic novels, glitching visuals, cinematic storytelling, and a noir-soaked lore that runs through everything they touch. It’s music as mythology, but also music as escape — until n

When SHOOTING DAGGERS headlined charity fundraiser, Punks For Palestine, less than a month ago, it was clear that shouting about the issues that matter to them was their oxygen. The release of their new seven-song, twenty-minute ‘mini-album’ The Real Life Thing is no exception to this rule. The abrasive London trio live and breathe supporting their community, uplifting queer voices and taking the fight to the underground. In their most genre-diverse and experimental release y

Emerging from the influential depths of horror films, dark industrial synthwave, and a mix of 80s dance tracks, San Diego’s new answer to haunting darkwave I WILL DESTROY YOU are set to release their debut EP Dead Before Dawn. But for those with a familiar ear or anyone who’s been on the scene for a while, you’ll know this isn’t the musicians’ first forays into the music world, the band formed from the likes of AMENITY, ILYA, and CRUSHED ON YOU to name a few. These seasoned a

“Committed”, “connective”, “control freaks” - all words used to describe London based SAINT AGNES, and aptly so given their self-made upward momentum over the last 8 years, carving out their space to create a sound that sets them entirely apart from anyone else. While they’ve successfully instilled their mark with their distinctive sound of raw industrial rhythms and arcane elegance, their purely raw energy and infectious body-moving beats, and their impassioned lyrics so man

Coming from Skövde, Sweden is screamo act KID, FERAL. Making a return to recorded music that’s awfully long-awaited - their first album was released in 2018 - follow-up 2019 was recorded all across the period since LP1 and now. The eight tracks across 2019 are shaped by hardships, failed relationships, serious injuries, and personal ruin. Written largely during the band’s youth but released at what they’ve called the ‘dawn of their middle age’, the album reflects years of per

Manchester’s underground metal scene has never lacked intensity, but with The Final Nail, BEYOND SALVATION sounds ready to push themselves far beyond local acclaim and into far heavier territory. After years of sharpening their craft through EPs, relentless live shows, and support slots alongside some of the UK’s most respected heavy acts, the band’s long-awaited debut full-length arrives with all the force you would expect from a group that has spent years building momentum

Consisting of members of some seriously big names in heavy music, ABLATION is the new death metal supergroup that you need to listen to. The iconic NY death metal scene is one that needs no introduction for long-time listeners of extreme metal, and so a band with members from SANGUISUGABOGG, SUFFOCATION and DEHUMANIZED should feel right at home. Their first release, the EP Lethal Abuse, is a six track hit-and-run intent only on causing sonic decimation - luckily enough, the t

When it comes to the current state of hard rock, there are bands who focus on creating really catchy, albeit bland-sounding music with a structure that people are used to. This is fine, but this isn't something that'll make you stand out. This is where SHINEDOWN come in. With EI8HT, the band, who have never been more popular, will be marking the release of what is their most unique, and varied album yet. With 18 songs on the tracklist, this is the American four-piece at their

Breaking down all expectations of how math and prog-rock should sound together without a single word spoken on the record, Bristol-born MAEBE have continued to meld a multitude of genres into the sound of their new album Brain Paint, a trove of meticulously produced and experimental tracks that can’t be boxed into one description. Recorded across Bristol’s Humm Studio and band founder and leader Mike Astley-Brown’s bedroom, Brain Paint sees their return to the multi-genre mag

Humour is an extremely difficult thing to get right in metal. It almost feels as though extremely intricate performances shouldn’t go anywhere near comedy, you’d expect them to be completely at odds, otherwise you can quickly veer into self-parody. There’s two ways to avoid this that come to mind. The first is to use the songwriting and song structure itself as a vessel for the band’s sense of humour to come through. The other is to be Serj Tankian. For most people, the firs

We're swinging out of spring and into summer here at Out of Rage, with clear skies above our heads and a sun-charged atmosphere all around us. We've been enjoying kicking our feet back and spinning some sick new tunes for the season. Here's what we've been listening to lately: As It Is - Do You Remember? AS IT IS return with Do You Remember?, their most nostalgic and self‑mythologising track yet. The track is the third single from their upcoming self‑titled album out in July

The uproarious Belgian band BEAR are back and better than ever on latest EP Anhedonia, blending their groovy mind-melting mathcore with moments of calm, and violent whiplash between them. The four-piece recorded the entire thing live in the studio together, as one band playing with every ounce of energy you can feel in the music. Coming off of the back of a fantastic release in Vanta, it was going to be tough to top it but the Belgians have gone hell for leather on the follow

Few can say they’ve had as explosive a debut as Venice Beach based hardcore punks XCOMM; only fully formed in 2025 and barely out the gate, they’ve already made their mark in the hardcore scene with their ‘fuck around and find out’ sound, and lyrics that speak to the indignant youths facing injustice as well as the older punks still fighting the everyday bullshit machine. Fresh from signing to Blowed Out Records and supporting FOO FIGHTERS at their sold out charity show in Ja

Sometimes a band comes along and somehow make the world feel a little lighter and a little different. For the past two decades, SPARTA have done exactly that. With their latest album Cut A Silhouette, the El Paso trio add another emotionally charged chapter to their ever-growing catalogue. For those unfamiliar with SPARTA, the band fuse melodic guitar rock anthems with angst-ridden songwriting, balancing raw emotion with soaring instrumentation. Their 2002 debut Wiretap Scars