Technical metalcore riff merchants Heart Of A Coward look to escape from the shadows of their own past with "This Place Brings Only Death". Will they be able to shake off a mixed reception to their last record, or is the band's time in the spotlight coming to an end?

On a Thursday night, the recently renovated and newly branded Newcastle NX hosted three of the most exciting bands metal has to offer. From the melo-death slinging Swedish band Orbit Culture, to the in your face swagger of Scots Bleed From Within and of course, the mighty, by now legendary Trivium.

The figureheads of the New Wave Of British Death Metal look to cement their place on the world stage with their sophomore album, An Insatiable Thirst For Torment.

LA based sad crew explore their electronic and indie rock side on their fourth record, and seek to once again make you sit and stare out of the window in a mix of despair and fracture hope on No Joy.

Noughties metalcore legends fail to justify their continued existence in 2023 with their new four track EP.

Tennessee agitators Chamber look to set new levels of metalcore heaviness on their sophomore full length, A Love To Kill For.

Summing up the experience of living on planet Earth in 2023 by releasing a no holds barred, nihilism fuelled blend of scathing extreme metal, Burner are here to leave a mark on the metal scene.

The Connecticut metal representatives seek to show that they can stand out in the midst of an overcrowded scene.

Reliable Massachusetts riff merchants look to do what they do best on their eighth studio album, The Wretched; The Ruinous.

Three of modern metal's heaviest bands join forces for a triple threat of an EP that more than lives up to its name.

Deathcore stalwarts look to recapture some of their magic and banish some demons on their seventh full length release.

Progressive metal virtuosos are back with their seventh studio album (Despite the confusing name) but will "Periphery V : Djent Is Not A Genre" continue the bands upward trajectory into metal's upper echelons?