The weeks ahead of an album release are always a strange time for a musician. You’ve put months of work into your art, but you’re just waiting for other people to hear what you’ve made.

Finnish quintet soundtrack the doom of mankind as the results of incompetence suffocates the planet.

Renaissance can be a beautiful thing and when an emerging group of extreme metal diehards manage to pay homage to the genres forbearers whilst still propelling things forward, success cannot be too far on the horizon.

Coming back harder than ever, Polar are the prime example of a band that should be so much bigger than they are.

Out with the old, in with the new. Welwyn Garden City’s favourite indie-punks add an arrow of synth strings to their bow.

If you haven't heard the words "We're Cuffs from Bristol Fucking town" come blasting through a sound system, then the best live show of your life is very much still to come.

Anaal Nathrakh, one of today's essential Black Metal bands who weave elements of Grindcore, Industrial and Death Metal in their music. They comprise of two creative power houses: Dave Hunt (Vocals) and Mick Kenny (Instruments). We caught Dave Hunt for a conversation before their first gig following their latest album released mid pandemic, which was also rumoured to be their last show. Transcribed from an audio recording.

The end? Here the question haunted the air for this one off show for Anaal Nathrakh. An amazing Black Metal gig tearing apart the Scala and humanity in one fell swoop.

A better value arena gig in 2022 you will not find as two of Britain’s heavyweights coalesce in Leeds for a night of anthems and celebration.

No reason to suffer with Imposter Syndrome, this Pure Noise Records debut puts the Chicago pop-punkers’ finely-tuned talents on blast. Ironic, really.

From the chaotic, apocalyptic imagination of Stu Folsom, comes SpirtWorld's second emphatic instalment of the Deathwestern.

They were a name popular in the mouths of the UK's alternative music scene for years gone by before dropping off the edge of the world. From founding their own record label, to accidentally headlining Wutzrock festival and relentlessly touring the UK and mainland Europe for the best part of a decade; one Man Boycott put their stamp on UK pop punk before deciding on a sudden break from the public eye.