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A softly picked acoustic guitar. Soft, airy whispers. No, this isn't some new ASMR YouTube channel; it's 'Memoir', the opening to Mirage, the latest album by mysterious Portuguese masked metallers Gaerea.
The arrival of a new Slipknot album is always one of the year’s biggest events in heavy music; feverish anticipation, speculation - what are they going to sound like? What will the masks look like?
Everything was going right for Fable.
The breakout metalcore quintet swing for the fences with their second album.
It’s a special night for London’s metal aficionados; Arizona’s old school death metallers Gatecreeper are in town for the first time in five years and not only that, but they’ve brought two of the UK’s finest rising acts.
Four years.
From synth goth rock to riff-tipped pop, there's a whole lot to listen to this week. Here's the best 11 singles from this week, including a few from last week for good measure. Don't we spoil you.
Descending on an unsuspecting St Albans are three of the most exciting bands in the UK from three very different genres; the spacey synth rock of Zetra, the death metal/hardcore hybrid of Burner and the muscular, groove-laden hardcore-cum-heavy metal of Employed To Serve all bring their musical talents to bear.
Boasting to fly the flag for “heavy progressive”, Giant Walker have set their sights high for debut album All In Good Time.
Behind a blink-and-you'll-miss-it façade lies London's Boston Music Rooms. It's a small, 250 capacity, room that tonight plays host to an unmissable lineup for hardcore aficionados: the nihilistic, punishing END supported by two of the UK's best and brightest underground bands.
Rounding off the UK leg of the tour in support of latest release Fever, Against The Current bring their poppy alt rock to a packed out Electric Ballroom in Camden, whose atmosphere is very much true to its name even before the headliners come on.
Finished spinning the new records from HEALTH and Seek Harbour? Here's the best singles from the week, including a few from last week too. We're good like that.