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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨This time, genre experiments from Zeal & Ardor and Frozemode yield a mixed bag (with one being MUCH b...
22/08/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

This time, genre experiments from Zeal & Ardor and Frozemode yield a mixed bag (with one being MUCH better than the other), while Dark Tranquillity provide some welcome reliability.

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💀 ALBUM REVIEW: Mothica - ‘Kissing Death’ 💀A grander turn through cinematic ambition gives Mothica’s alt-pop the boost i...
21/08/2024

💀 ALBUM REVIEW: Mothica - ‘Kissing Death’ 💀

A grander turn through cinematic ambition gives Mothica’s alt-pop the boost into true strength that it’s needed all along.

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🩸 ALBUM REVIEW: Stand Atlantic - ‘WAS HERE’ 🩸As they crank up the volume and sharpen up the edges, Stand Atlantic’s pop-...
20/08/2024

🩸 ALBUM REVIEW: Stand Atlantic - ‘WAS HERE’ 🩸

As they crank up the volume and sharpen up the edges, Stand Atlantic’s pop-rock takes a turn to become some of their most vital work in years.

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👎 ALBUM REVIEW: Falling In Reverse - ‘Popular Monster’ 👎It’s worthless.
19/08/2024

👎 ALBUM REVIEW: Falling In Reverse - ‘Popular Monster’ 👎

It’s worthless.

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☠️ ALBUM REVIEW: Yours Truly - ‘Toxic’ ☠️Yours Truly’s big return finds their pop-punk supercharged and their power on f...
16/08/2024

☠️ ALBUM REVIEW: Yours Truly - ‘Toxic’ ☠️

Yours Truly’s big return finds their pop-punk supercharged and their power on full display, as they take some of their biggest swings to date.

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Reading & Leeds are just a week away to cap off another festival season 🎪We'll be heading over to Leeds next week, but b...
15/08/2024

Reading & Leeds are just a week away to cap off another festival season 🎪

We'll be heading over to Leeds next week, but before we do, we've got our full preview breaking down everything going on.

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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨 This time, the best stuff is only okay from illuminati hotties and Trench, though it’s enough compar...
13/08/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

This time, the best stuff is only okay from illuminati hotties and Trench, though it’s enough compared to a debut from WREX that’s even less than that.

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🗡️ ALBUM REVIEW: Jeris Johnson - 'Dragonborn' 🗡️ A collision of 2000s metal, Vikings and trap-rock genre-toying, against...
12/08/2024

🗡️ ALBUM REVIEW: Jeris Johnson - 'Dragonborn' 🗡️

A collision of 2000s metal, Vikings and trap-rock genre-toying, against all odds, yields an increasingly entertaining listen on Jeris Johnson’s new album.

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🎸 ALBUM REVIEW: And So I Watch You From Afar - 'Megafauna' 🎸For as topsy-turvy as it can be, And So I Watch You From Afa...
08/08/2024

🎸 ALBUM REVIEW: And So I Watch You From Afar - 'Megafauna' 🎸

For as topsy-turvy as it can be, And So I Watch You From Afar’s new album continues to deliver an electrifying post-rock experience.

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🐶 ALBUM REVIEW: Four Year Strong - 'analysis paralysis' 🐶 Even if it might not convince immediately, time massively bene...
06/08/2024

🐶 ALBUM REVIEW: Four Year Strong - 'analysis paralysis' 🐶

Even if it might not convince immediately, time massively benefits Four Year Strong’s full pivot to hardcore and the host of new ideas they’ve leaped headfirst into.

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Another massive weekend of prog, hardcore, metal and more took place at RADAR Festival the other week, and Holly Royle M...
05/08/2024

Another massive weekend of prog, hardcore, metal and more took place at RADAR Festival the other week, and Holly Royle Music was there for us to catch it all!

Our full review is live, ft. headline sets from TesseracT, Leprous and The Midnight, as well as Holding Absence, ITHACA UK, Humanity's Last Breath, Conjurer, Graphic Nature, unpeople, Dirty Loops and LOADS more.

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🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Siamese - ‘Elements’ 🔥Although little has changed about their slick, poppy metalcore, Siamese’s incremen...
02/08/2024

🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Siamese - ‘Elements’ 🔥

Although little has changed about their slick, poppy metalcore, Siamese’s incremental improvements and rearrangements make this version of it much more enjoyable.

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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨 This time, a new slog from Mushroomhead preludes an actual good sludge experience from Barbarian Her...
01/08/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

This time, a new slog from Mushroomhead preludes an actual good sludge experience from Barbarian Hermit, plus Millie Manders And The Shutup’s classic-leaning punk.

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🏨 ALBUM REVIEW: The Joy Hotel - ‘Ceremony’ 🏨A sprawling, psychedelic odyssey awaits from The Joy Hotel on this album, fi...
31/07/2024

🏨 ALBUM REVIEW: The Joy Hotel - ‘Ceremony’ 🏨

A sprawling, psychedelic odyssey awaits from The Joy Hotel on this album, fine-tuned to be masterfully performed and endlessly inviting to dig into.

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Our final lot of 2000 Trees Festival coverage is live! 🌳We've got reviews and galleries of huge Creeper and Frank Turner...
29/07/2024

Our final lot of 2000 Trees Festival coverage is live! 🌳

We've got reviews and galleries of huge Creeper and Frank Turner sets, plus Death From Above 1979, Angel Du$t, The Mysterines, The XCERTS, DUNE RATS, Indoor Pets, HAWXX and 68.

📸 - Faye Roberts

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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨 In this Review Round-Up, recent EPs from Calling All Captains and Revoid are respectively mixed and ...
25/07/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

In this Review Round-Up, recent EPs from Calling All Captains and Revoid are respectively mixed and mighty, while Mister Misery’s new album falls firmly in the middle.

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More 2000 Trees Festival! 🌳Our full reviews and galleries of Friday are live right now, ft. Hot Milk, Bob Vylan, Empire ...
24/07/2024

More 2000 Trees Festival! 🌳

Our full reviews and galleries of Friday are live right now, ft. Hot Milk, Bob Vylan, Empire State Bastard, CLT DRP, Blood Command, Bears In Trees, Nova Twins, Crawlers, As December Falls, IDestroy, The Rumjacks, King Nun and Mouth Culture.

📸 - Faye Roberts

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🎢 ALBUM REVIEW: Loose Articles - 'Scream If You Wanna Go Faster' 🎢Loose Articles’ debut manages to easily beat post-punk...
23/07/2024

🎢 ALBUM REVIEW: Loose Articles - 'Scream If You Wanna Go Faster' 🎢

Loose Articles’ debut manages to easily beat post-punk fatigue, not through being any less rigid and sardonic, but from having so much more character within it.

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Here it is—the first part of our coverage of 2000 Trees Festival 2024! 🌳Loads of reviews and photos from Thursday here, ...
22/07/2024

Here it is—the first part of our coverage of 2000 Trees Festival 2024! 🌳

Loads of reviews and photos from Thursday here, ft. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, Manchester Orchestra, Boston Manor, Kids In Glass Houses, Spanish Love Songs, Cassyette, NOBRO, Static Dress, Dead Pony, Meryl Streek, The Oozes and Cherym.

📸 - Faye Roberts

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🥁 ALBUM REVIEW: Ashton Irwin - 'Blood On The Drums' 🥁 Once again, the shadow of 5 Seconds Of Summer is no burden for Ash...
18/07/2024

🥁 ALBUM REVIEW: Ashton Irwin - 'Blood On The Drums' 🥁

Once again, the shadow of 5 Seconds Of Summer is no burden for Ashton Irwin, now flexing his classic rock muscles in a varied and vivid manner.

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🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Highly Suspect - 'As Above, So Below' 🔥 As Highly Suspect drag themselves out of past mediocrities and b...
16/07/2024

🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Highly Suspect - 'As Above, So Below' 🔥

As Highly Suspect drag themselves out of past mediocrities and back to equilibrium, they bring out the punch and classic rock ethos that made them so enticing in the first place.

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🐺 ALBUM REVIEW: Remi Wolf - ‘Big Ideas’ 🐺With colour and creativity in abundance, and superstar potential on full displa...
15/07/2024

🐺 ALBUM REVIEW: Remi Wolf - ‘Big Ideas’ 🐺

With colour and creativity in abundance, and superstar potential on full display, Remi Wolf’s new album is an undisputed pop highlight of 2024.

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🦉 ALBUM REVIEW: In Hearts Wake - 'Incarnation' 🦉 In Hearts Wake’s newest sees a massive uptick in quality, for their str...
12/07/2024

🦉 ALBUM REVIEW: In Hearts Wake - 'Incarnation' 🦉

In Hearts Wake’s newest sees a massive uptick in quality, for their strongest metalcore statement in years.

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So while we’re off at 2000trees this week, things might be a bit thin on the ground. But not to worry—we’ve got somethin...
10/07/2024

So while we’re off at 2000trees this week, things might be a bit thin on the ground. But not to worry—we’ve got something to tide you over!

We’ve dug through every song that BRING ME THE HORIZON have featured on, and ranked ‘em all right here!

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🩸 ALBUM REVIEW: Graphic Nature - ‘Who Are You When No One Is Watching?’ 🩸A speedy follow-up to their debut reaffirms Gra...
08/07/2024

🩸 ALBUM REVIEW: Graphic Nature - ‘Who Are You When No One Is Watching?’ 🩸

A speedy follow-up to their debut reaffirms Graphic Nature’s hunger, as they dish out nu-metal with the same carnivorous intent as ever.

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🎶 ALBUM REVIEW: Cassadee Pope - ‘Hereditary’ 🎶In a long-incoming return to her pop-punk and pop-rock roots, Cassadee Pop...
05/07/2024

🎶 ALBUM REVIEW: Cassadee Pope - ‘Hereditary’ 🎶

In a long-incoming return to her pop-punk and pop-rock roots, Cassadee Pope’s experience shines through for a clearly superior effort to much—if not all—of the current soloist set.

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The best festival of the summer—that’s 2000 Trees Festival, FYI—kicks off next week, and we’ve got our huge preview / li...
03/07/2024

The best festival of the summer—that’s 2000 Trees Festival, FYI—kicks off next week, and we’ve got our huge preview / lineup breakdown live right now 🌳

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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨This week, straight-up rock has a surprisingly good showing thanks to The Warning and Amongst Liars, ...
01/07/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

This week, straight-up rock has a surprisingly good showing thanks to The Warning and Amongst Liars, while further strong representation comes in indie-punk from Honey Joy, and progressive post-hardcore from Vower.

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🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨 This time, the grand return of Pijn takes the top spot, followed by emotional hardcore from top tale...
27/06/2024

🚨 REVIEW ROUND-UP 🚨

This time, the grand return of Pijn takes the top spot, followed by emotional hardcore from top talent in Love Letter, and a pair of super-strong breakout EPs from beccs and Terminals.

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🏹 ALBUM REVIEW: NOTHING MORE - 'Carnal' 🏹Another solid Nothing More album continues to make it likely that they’re one o...
25/06/2024

🏹 ALBUM REVIEW: NOTHING MORE - 'Carnal' 🏹

Another solid Nothing More album continues to make it likely that they’re one of the only acts in radio-rock to consistently deliver more than the baseline.

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