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Will Haven – ‘Muerte’

Will Haven have been an under-celebrated, but extremely influential, band since the release of ‘El Diablo’ way back in 1997, and despite never quite becoming a household name themselves they’ve cemented a position of extreme respect amongst their peers, collaborating with members of Deftones, Slipknot and Far, amongst others,

Thursday 22 March 2018

Coilguns – ‘Millennials’

Coilguns started off in 2010 as a side project made up of three members of German prog-metal giants The Ocean as an outlet for their love of punk and hardcore. According to their bio, they wanted to make ‘fast and simple’ music. With ‘Millennials’ they’ve definitely ticked the first

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Between The Buried And Me – ‘Automata I’

Between The Buried And Me started out as a tech metal band with prog-rock elements, but in the fifteen (!) years since their breakthrough album ‘The Silent Circus’ that balance has shifted and these days they have more in common with Rush and Dream Theatre than they do with

Monday 05 March 2018

LIVE: Amenra / Boris @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Tonight’s show should come with a health warning. Both of the acts have reputations for being punishingly loud, and the Brudenell Social Club has the equipment and the know-how to maintain impeccable sound at almost intolerable volumes. If nothing else, no one is going to walk out after tonight’s

Thursday 01 March 2018

LIVE: Don Broco / Yonaka / Press To Meco @ O2 Academy, Leeds

Don Broco might seem like relative newcomers to some but they’ve been doing the rounds on the UK live music circuit for over a decade now, and the snaking line of hundreds of fans stretching way out of view of the venue is testament to the hard work and

Friday 16 February 2018

Death Pedals – ‘Death Pedals’

Following the release of this self-titled album and a short run of gigs ending on February 17, London DIY punks Death Pedals will call it a day. That makes this review difficult to write, as this record is so exciting that it would be great to spout off about

Thursday 15 February 2018

Hotel Books – ‘Equivalency’

Spoken word emo is a very niche, marmite genre. For every person who worships of the altar of La Dispute, Listener and Mewithoutyou there’s another who would rather stick pins in their eyes than listen to someone read slam poetry over an Appleseed Cast instrumental. If you’re the latter,

Tuesday 13 February 2018

LIVE: Canvas / Body Hound / xServitudex / Lugubrious Children / Underdark @ Temple Of Boom, Leeds

Much like the influences of the headlining act, the support bill for the last ever performance from Canvas (that’s the UKHC one from the late 90s, not the current band for sad lads) is a bit of a mixed bag. Openers Underdark cross the bleak cacophony of Deafheaven with

Wednesday 31 January 2018

LIVE: Jonah Matranga / Non-Canon / Phil Steadman & The Spectacles / Arms & Hearts @ The Parish, Huddersfield

It must be absolutely nerve-wracking to be a solo acoustic performer. No band to hide amongst, no backing track to disguise your fluffed notes. More power to anyone brave enough to get up there and do it, even more so when you’re opening for one of the most influential

Friday 22 December 2017

LIVE: Oathbreaker / Syndrome / Coilguns @ Scala, London

If there is a rule that support bands should “behave themselves” at other bands’ shows then no one told openers Coilguns, as it takes literally seconds from starting their set for vocalist Louis Jucker to hurl himself on top of the unsuspecting, yet receptive, audience. The steadily-growing Scala crowd