EspyRock

For the longest time emerging metal acts looked up to the Big 4. They either had the speed of Slayer, the technicality of Megadeth, the aggression of Anthrax, or the mainstream appeal of Metallica. These days, the best of the fresh meat are looking elsewhere for inspiration and thank God they are, because ‘Formshifter’ is [...]

Following on from a taster single last year, Washington state’s Seven Horns, Seven Eyes release their full-length debut, ‘Throes of Absolution,’ a refreshingly soulful record in largely robotic and inanimate field. Despite a lofty, almost haughty, press pack from Century Media that stresses the Seattleites’ aversion to trends and genre pigeonholing, the obvious references to [...]

Every long-haired geek rocker’s dream has come true – Porcupine Tree and Opeth have joined forces! Well, kind of. ‘Storm Corrosion’ is a one-off album project consisting of six tracks created by Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson and Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt. They have stated that the chances of touring the project are minimal and [...]

We could probably argue for a while over where it all went wrong for Marilyn Manson. Maybe it was the world’s fault for not finding him shocking anymore; or maybe it was because he stopped utilising massively awesome riffs (Manson himself should listen to ‘Holy Wood’ sometime) and replaced them with weak sounding synths. Either [...]

I feel sorry for those who like their rock music handed to them. The mainstream stuff that our genre has to offer lately hasn’t been up to scratch. Hell, mainstream across the board is experiencing a lull right now. But if you’re like me and enjoy digging deep for your rock, you’ll know that right [...]

In early 2011, Jamie Graham left Sylosis to join Heart Of A Coward, who after a few line-up changes are running with guitarists Carl Ayers and Steve Haycock, bassist Vishal Khetia, drummer Christopher Mansbridge. Having released an EP (The Dead Sea) in 2009, they seem to have set sights on taking over the metal scene. [...]

You might have to have been living on the north pole of Mars not to have heard that Relapse are putting out the debut EP from antipodean doom/death unit Inverloch, such has been the level of hype and bluster surrounding this release. Inverloch is the brainchild of two guitarists from underground legends Disembowelment, whose ‘Transcendence [...]