Good Tiger [Interview]

Good Tiger A Head Full Of Moonlight Album Review Interview 2016

Who says interviews have to be super serious? Behold these beautiful answers from Good Tiger’s own Morgan Sinclair…

You successfully crowdfunded your album A Head Full Of Moonlight seriously quickly – and now you’re working with Blacklight Media and Metal Blade Records. What thoughts and feelings are floating around the Good Tiger camp right now?

There’s a lot of ambiguity surrounding how much the human mind thinks. Some scientists argue that we process somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 thoughts a day – so honestly, we’re Read more…

Posted on 11 April 2016

Black Peaks / Palm Reader / Toska [Live Review – The Haunt, Brighton, 9/4/2016]

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You never know what’s going to happen in Brighton on a Saturday night.

When Toska (97%) are on a lineup, though, you can always expect to be blown away. Time and time again, I’ve watched these guys tear venues apart – and with an extended tour behind them, Toska are now capable of pulling off next-next level performances. Holy hell.

Opening their opening set with two new tunes (A Tall Order and Congress), Toska wasted no time getting stuck into an unrelenting barrage of ultra-complex instrumetal moments. Eschewing Read more…

Posted on 10 April 2016

Camden Rocks Festival 2016 [Festival Preview]

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If you’re a UK-based rock, metal, and/or punk fan, you need to be at Camden Rocks Festival this year. The lineup is fucking ear-watering, totalling 200 bands performing live and in your face over the course of one single day and multiple London venues.

At the time of writing, 80 bands still have yet to be announced – but of those we do know about, here are seven of my personal favourites:

SikTh

Sikth Live Crowd Shot Camden Rocks Festival 2016 Opacities

As any self-respecting tech-metal fan knows, SikTh are absolutely sick. Returning to shatter minds after an extended split via a series of rapturously received reunion shows and last December’s awe-inspiring Opacities, SikTh are continuing to Read more…

Posted on 09 April 2016

Deftones – ‘Gore’ [Review]

Deftones Gore Album Review 2016

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No other band on Earth sounds exactly like Deftones.

Since 1988, Deftones have been busy birthing one of the most recognisable styles in metal. Over the course of almost three decades, they’ve racked up platinum albums, won over legions of die-hard fans, and coped heroically with the passing of original bassist Chi Cheng in 2013. Deftones’ guts, grit, and resilience are absolutely incredible.

Deftones have never recorded a note I didn’t love – and Gore’s eleven tracks don’t contain Read more…

Posted on 08 April 2016

Cleft – ‘Wrong’ [Review]

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If you need proof that black clouds can have silver linings, here it is.

Cleft pretty much define modern instrumental math-rock, summoning and summarily mutating the spirits of everyone from Tom Morello to Metallica, Muse, Biffy Clyro and Royal Blood while ensuring such Read more…

Posted on 07 April 2016

Cult Of Luna [Interview]

Cult Of Luna Julie Christmas Mariner Album Review Interview 2016

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Metal bands tend to get a bad rap in more mainstream circles. However, beyond the negative stereotypes lie a group of people who, like everyone else, want to be heard and understood, and would prefer it if we could allow each other a basic level of respect.

With Cult Of Luna’s brand new album Mariner dropping on April 8, I talked to guitarist / vocalist Johannes Persson about the story behind the music, space, religion, and the easy way to respect performers at gigs…

Your new album Mariner is coming out this Friday. How’re you feeling right now?

I remember the period between delivering the master and the release used to be Read more…

Posted on 06 April 2016

Visions [Interview]

Visions Shake The Earth Album Review Interview 2016 Dave Evans

Tech-metal fans have nine tracks of auditory win to look forward to come the end of this May, in the form of Visions’ sophomore effort, Shake The Earth. With that ear-watering fact in mind, I got talking to Visions bass-wrangler Dave Evans about all things Shake The Earth-related – and why not giving a fuck is the best policy…

Your new album Shake The Earth is coming out on May 30. What thoughts and feelings are going through your mind right now?

Excitement! It’s been so long since we’ve had new music out.

Our first album came out in 2011, but some of those songs were written way back in 2006, so this feels similar in the sense that we’ve been sitting on some of this material for so long without Read more…

Posted on 04 April 2016

Babymetal – ‘Metal Resistance’ [Review]

Babymetal Metal Resistance Album Review 2016

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Babymetal are the ultimate Marmite band.

Since emerging in 2011, Babymetal have blown up worldwide – and although in some corners people express a passionate desire to see Babymetal actually blown up, those of us who’re capable of taking life less seriously have embraced them simply because Babymetal are fucking fun.

Metal Resistance hammers the humour angle home immediately, as Dragonforce guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman lend their lightspeed skills to Read more…

Posted on 02 April 2016

Aliases [The Derangeable Interview]

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Aliases are sitting on a one-of-a-kind album right now. Derangeable – due out on April 15 – is everything existing Aliases fans could possibly hope for, and more. It’s also guaranteed to bend the ears of many a future follower, provided they’re enamored of prime-cut techy metallic goodness.

Click here to read about how blown my mind was on first hearing Derangeable, and read on for a short but appropriately intense chat with Aliases guitarist Leah Woodward… Read more…

Posted on 31 March 2016

Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas – ‘Mariner’ [Review]

Cult Of Luna Julie Christmas Mariner Album Review Interview 2016

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For close to two decades, Cult Of Luna have laid claim to the throne of the post-metal kingdom, and few have disputed their right to the top spot. Whether carefully crafting five studio albums over the course of ten years, taking an extended creative break, or returning to the fray with 2013’s Vertikal and Vertikal II, Cult Of Luna have proven their worth over and over again.

For the past several years, Cult Of Luna albums have been thin on the ground. Begrudging Read more…

Posted on 28 March 2016

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