I used to spend hours sitting on my bedroom floor, cranking this record and trying to learn every part. When this came out, they were completely changing the sound of the scene. The production is raw ...

Islington Assembly Hall hasn’t been this packed since the last local elections, or perhaps a wedding between two people with very large families. It’s an odd choice of venue for modern vampires ...

Sometimes you just need a break, a rock to clamber onto in the middle of a raging river, and that’s exactly what The Flatliners have provided in the form of ‘Cold World’. By their standards, the ...

Title track and lead single ‘WIRED’ presents all the elements of the album’s writing and production that make it work. A jungle-esque beat drives the verses, steely, overdriven bass and cleaner ...

Piper: Poison The Well was a gateway for me into heavier music that still felt dynamic and expressive. The way they blend melody with chaos, and structure with unpredictability, really influenced how ...

Hidden within the increasingly gentrified confines of Digbeth, Birmingham, Supersonic Festival has been a sanctuary for underground and experimental music for over two decades. Now earlier in the year ...

Trying to pigeonhole Portrayal Of Guilt’s sound has always been a fruitless task. The Austin threepiece have been releasing their own brand of twisted darkness for nearly a decade now, effortlessly ...

Toby Warren (drums, vocals): On our single ‘High Achievers’, one thing that was really important to me was that there was a point where the drum beat at the end was on its own, providing a bed for the ...

When the black death struck Europe in the mid-1300’s it was devastating. Maybe there was something in the air. Maybe it was punishment from an angry God. People died. They weren’t ready. They tried to ...