rock/metal albums
ALBUM REVIEW: Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight
After what seems like a lifetime since the album was delayed back in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Foo Fighters have finally unveiled their 10th studio album Medicine at Midnight on 5th February 2021 via RCA and Roswell. Recorded between October 2019 and February 2020, the album sees the Foo Fighters take quite …
ALBUM REVIEW: Cheap Meat – People Are the Worst’
Cheap Meat are, the promotional material asserts, back with their debut album, ‘People Are The Worst’, released 29 January 2021 via Jerk Store Records. Their return follows a four-year hiatus between a 2016 EP, ‘The Parts That Show’ and December 2020’s ‘Marigold Moon’ single (included here), in which Ross Drummond (vocals and guitar), Matt Rebeiro …
Album Review: The Body – I’ve Seen All I Need To See
Through harrowing combinations of noise, doom, darkwave, industrial, and sludge metal, The Body has proven themselves as a well-equipped vacuum of all things dismal and horrific. A freshman listen of such tumultuous viscosity can prove the tenacity of one’s eardrums. Equated to be such heavy hitters, both in popularity and audio presentation, they’ve garnered a …
EP: External- Stillness
Forged from the uncertainty surrounding early 2020, Finnish metal band External have released a brand-new EP entitled ‘Stillness.’
Album Review: The White Stripes – Greatest Hits
The White Stripes always seemed to be a band that stood apart. Yeah, they were part of the garage-rock revival movement of the early 2000s, but unlike the other act from that scene that critics hyped beyond all comprehension at the time, The Strokes, Jack and Meg White didn’t fall foul of the weight of …
Album Review: Deftones – White Pony – Black Stallion
Released in 2000, White Pony cemented Deftones as one of the most creative forces within rock and metal. Their chameleonic ability to shift between different moods and soundscapes encapsulated the perfect push and pull dynamic that makes up the very fabric of their DNA. Monolithic slabs of metal riffage combined with art rock, hip hop …
EP Review: Bring Me the Horizon – ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’
Post Human: Survival Horror documents this wild, depressing, crazy period of history we’re living through, whilst also embracing fun, ingenuity and creativity
Album Review: Between The Buried And Me – Alaska (Reissue)
Celebrating their 20th year has seen a wave of vinyl reissues of Between The Buried And Me, with the latest selected for a spruce up being 2005’s Alaska, the North Carolina quintets third album. Released by Craft Recordings, the album has been remixed by longtime producer Jamie King, who has taken the original mix, done …
EP: Midnight Drive – Misery
In the absolute shit show that has been 2020, there’s some great news on the horizon for fans of the heavier side of music. Manchester based Midnight Drive are finally releasing their long awaited first EP Misery on the 9th October. Opener Faded has a cool electronic synth vibe with heavy undertones, vocalist George Holding gets the …
Album Review: The Total Rejection – The Time Traveller’s 3rd Will And Testament
Remember when gigs were a thing? Last year I went to a pub in Salford to see Bristol’s The Total Rejection in all their raucous glory. The gig was fantastic, like seeing ‘65 era The Who playing The Seeds or 13th Floor Elevators songs at full pelt and full volume. They may well wear their influences on …