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"Thornhill made Concorde 2 feel like an oven, then somehow found another gear, dragging every last drop of energy out of the room."
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Carnifex release More Than Misery with Chaney Crabb collaboration
Teenage Wrist explore a heavier edge on A Different Shine EP
HATEBREED share Decisions Become Destinies ahead of Fatal Paradox
TV Priest release Cartoons and unveil Daily Recommendations video
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The Sisters Of Mercy set two-night Camden Roundhouse stand
MESHUGGAH mark 40 years with Wembley finale and 2027 UK tour
Peter Doherty announces 10-date UK tour for February 2027
ArcTanGent adds Elder, Russian Circles and Brutus to 2027 line-up
Bearded Theory 2027 taps Public Enemy and Frank Turner for 18th birthday
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“Tonight has been an interesting gig. Opening with a glimpse at rock ’n’ roll’s possible future, followed by a hefty slab of nostalgia.”
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"Every festival needs one of those performances that leaves you grinning like an idiot and wondering what on earth just happened. This is one...
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"This has been quite a short set, but by God it’s been good! This is one hell of a band who need to be...
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“Bearing in mind that the first book is fifty years old, and the second is all about golf, there is clearly plenty of material...
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“There are so many different influences at work in their material that they really don’t sound like anybody else.”
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"This is certainly the most spectacular show that I’ve seen at Hammersmith, particularly in terms of theatre and pyro. However, the music has more...
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“Social Distortion inspire near-religious fervour, and at KOKO that devotion was rewarded with a truly incendiary set.”
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"Starbenders’ live sound is far punchier than their records, with the rough edges left exactly where they should be. Onstage, they sound bigger, heavier...
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"No pyro, no backdrops, no escape: just Black Veil Brides, a packed Concorde 2 and a room ready to explode."
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"Dogstar offered a short, no-frills garage rock set, but the night’s gravitational pull was always Keanu Reeves."
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“Tonight was one of those gigs people will talk about for years — and enough people to fill Wembley Arena will claim they were...
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“This was quite simply a masterclass for all guitar aficionados.”
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The Great Escape’s 20th anniversary proved that new music still sounds best when it is loud, restless and impossible to pin down.
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“Laura Cox may be marketed as a blues guitarist, but this was classic heavy rock of the highest order.”
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“With five guitarists on stage for the encore, the set could have descended into chaos, but the sound never once lost control.”
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“Dual lead guitars, theatrical flair, and absolute control—Creeper make it look effortless.”
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“Fifty years in, The Damned still sound loud, sharp and gloriously uncompromising.”
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“Takedown isn’t just warming up the festival season anymore — it’s starting to define it.”
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“Three female-fronted bands proving they don’t just belong in metal — they’re here to take it over.”
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"From cartwheeling mosh pits to gaffa-tape chaos and full-throttle punk rock — this was Brighton at its feral, sweaty best."
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“Sweat, noise and every word sung back — this was The Cribs exactly where they belong.”
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“We wrote this album to be a reminder, that the only way out is through. Deep dive the lyrics, become more than your past,...
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“There was complete freedom for everyone to toss in ideas at any point.”
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“We’re excited to drop one of the most personal songs on the album, Decisions Become Destinies. It sums up where Hatebreed is as we’re...
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“Cartoons is a record about confusion. About the small, daily unspooling of the worlds we thought we knew, and the strange new ones being...