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The newly formed Soft Curse lay a dark curtain of gloom metal upon Santa Rosa, California. Ahead of the release of their debut album Liminal Ritual, we sat down with vocalist/guitarist Jonny Andrew to talk about the origins of the band and why they chose to push themselves in this new direction.

If you were at 2000 Trees melting in the heat, or if you were simply at home melting in the heat, here's some more heat, but the good kind. Our picks of the best tracks from the last fortnight.

2000 Trees returns to Upcote Farm in Cheltenham from Wednesday, July 8th to Saturday, July 11th, celebrating 19 years as one of the UK's most beloved family and community-focused festivals. This year's lineup is topped by Funeral For A Friend, Alkaline Trio and Neck Deep, alongside a stacked bill packed with freshest and noisiest acts around. To help you plan your weekend, Noizze has picked the essential bands you won't want to miss, and we've even listed them in chronological order because we love you. Words by Cece Lawless, Paul Stephenson and Will Marshall

You know the drill - every week, loads of great tunes come out. Here's our picks for the ten you need to hear!

At times such as this, where the sun is scorching a broken and deafening Earth, it’s temping to just curl into the fetal position and wait for peace to come, regardless of what shape it ultimately takes. Of course, defeatism is not an option. Such is the theme of the brilliant new record from Sans Froid.

With a scorcher week ahead of us, there's no better time to look back on the scorcher of a week we just had for new music. Here's our ten picks for the tracks you need to hear!

Outbreak is back for its 15th anniversary, and to no one's surprise, the lineup is killer. Here are 14 bands we definitely think you should see over the weekend. Words by Chris Earl & Pete Wall.

Whether you're at home this weekend or about to head back from Download and need some fresh tunes, we've got you covered with this week's instalment of our favourite releases this week.

This year’s Download Festival is finally upon us, and it’s shaping up to be the biggest edition of the festival yet.

After a week off, we're back on it. Here's the best singles of the fortnight just gone.

Yeah, we're a day late, but half of us have been at Slam Dunk and the rest of us have melted. Anyway, here's the best singles of last week.

Whether you're staggering home from Desertfest or just in search of some new tunes, here's our picks for the 10 songs you need to hear this week.