Killswitch Engage – ‘Incarnate’ [Review]

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Since Alive Or Just Breathing dropped in 2002, Killswitch Engage have been rightly hailed as the kings of metalcore. Their signature sound is not only unmistakable, but massively influential even fourteen years later. Through lineup changes and a beyond-harsh range of personal struggles, Killswitch Engage have never been disengaged.

Respect.

This being a Killswitch Engage album, you no doubt already know what to expect. These guys define metalcore simply by Read more…

Posted on 11 March 2016

Faintest Idea – ‘Increasing The Minimum Rage’ [Review]

Since May 7, 2015, Britain’s been so fucked that it’s hard to know where to begin criticising the Tories.

Faintest Idea sum up the general feelings of the UK’s younger generation on track one of Increasing The Minimum Rage. Circling The Drain sees Faintest Idea marry two classic ska-punk elements – cheeky-chappy rhythms and cathartic aggression – while taking on governmental mismanagement, and it’s full steam ahead into a raucous, entertaining, and provocative thrill ride.

With eleven tracks total to play with, Faintest Idea take full advantage of Read more…

Posted on 09 March 2016

Bear Makes Ninja – ‘Shenanagrams’ [Review]

Bear Makes Ninja are more than just a badass band name.

These guys have been making waves in the post-/math-rock world for a fair few years now, and Shenanagrams is guaranteed to plant the Bear Makes Ninja flag firmly in that niche’s bedrock. If you’re of the mind to criticise Bear Makes Ninja’s musicianship, you’re a fuckwit; this album offers many a glorious, grandeur-fuelled moment that will bring big grins to the faces of math-oriented musos across Read more…

Posted on 08 March 2016

The Algorithm – ‘Brute Force’ [Review]

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The Algorithm’s new album.

Try saying that ten times really quickly.

When it comes to creating the heaviest electronica imaginable while maintaining that all-important accessibility, Rémi Gallego is the undisputed Read more…

Posted on 07 March 2016

Hayden Calnin – ‘Cut Love Pt.1’ [Review]

With so much hectic intensity permeating TMMP of late, it’s time to bring things back down for a bit.

Hayden Calnin has been billed as Australia’s answer to Bon Iver – and the comparison certainly fits. Fans of Cinematic Orchestra will also find themselves immediately at Read more…

Posted on 04 March 2016

Massmatiks – ‘Gunning For You’ [Review]

If Audioslave had been British and lairy, they’d have sounded a lot like Massmatiks.

These guys have been around the UK’s rock underground for a fair while, and after two years of gestation Massmatiks have Read more…

Posted on 02 March 2016

Marco Minnemann – ‘Above The Roses’ [Review]

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Calling Marco Minnemann prolific is a little bit of an understatement. This guy is easily one of the hardest-working drummers on the weirder side of showbiz, playing on no fewer than five of TMMP’s Top Albums Of 2015. That’s one studio album (Tres Caballeros) and one live album (Culture Clash Live!) as part of fusion trio The Aristocrats; one studio album with guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani (Shockwave Supernova, TMMP’s top album of the year alongside Jon Gomm’s Live In The Acoustic Asylum); one studio album with Porcupine Tree frontman and prog godfather Steven Wilson (Hand. Cannot. Erase.); and, finally, an 18-track beast of a solo album called Celebration.

Phew. That’s just Marco Minnemann’s recorded output, too; add in countless Read more…

Posted on 01 March 2016

The Colour Line – ‘The Long Awaited Seal Of Disapproval’ [Review]

Visualise Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan jamming with The Dillinger Escape Plan, and you’ll come close to the core of The Colour Line’s sound throughout E=MC Hammered and Usama’s Bin Liners. Marrying playful guitars with hectic drums and an impressively versatile vocal courtesy of frontman Sam Rudderforth, these guys have managed to take a well-established style and twist the mathcore kaleidoscope to a unique position. Nice.

R.E.D. almost brings The Knack’s My Sharona to mind, fucking with Read more…

Posted on 26 February 2016

HECK – ‘Instructions’ [Review]

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You are lying in a field. It’s sunny. Everything is happy. Good. Nice. Yay.

Suddenly, black clouds obscure the sun. Drum-thunder rumbles for a second or so.

Then the hail begins.

Freezing, harsh, relentless. Bullet-like balls of ice fall from the sky, their journey ended only by the soft flesh of your face. You flail frantically, your hands tugging your hoodie’s hood over your head as you get up and run. Head down, eyes Read more…

Posted on 25 February 2016

Therapy? – ‘Tides EP’ [Review]

Over the course of the past 26 years, Therapy? have been renowned for diving deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind, and returning with musical treasures aplenty.

2015’s Disquiet – listed as one of TMMP’s albums of the year – was a hard-rocking winner, crammed with Read more…

Posted on 23 February 2016