Reviews

It’s hard to believe the career trajectory Four Year Strong would have in the years following the iconic releases of 'Rise or Die Trying' and 'Enemy of the World', but the lacklustre response to 'In Some Way, Shape, or Form', and the all but ignored self-titled album in 2015, sees the pop-punk veterans looking to re-state their claim on what many thought should be their undisputed crown with sixth studio album, 'Brain Pain'.

Body Count are back with their follow-up to 'Bloodlust' and are looking to continue with the forward momentum that they have gained since their reunion.

Alcest recently made their return to Romania on their Spiritual Instinct European Tour, playing in Cluj-Napoca for the very first time. With Birds In Row and Kælan Mikla also coming along for the ride.

The Night Flight Orchestra returns with their greatly enjoyable fifth airborne adventure thus far: 'Aeromantic'.

With the explosion of a star, Nova Twins impact into the earth with devastating force (and some big dirty riffs!) with their brand new sound, blowing your collective minds with 'Who Are The Girls?'

There’s something distinctly cool about not putting bands who are essentially carbon copies of one another on tour together. It wasn’t until recently that pop-punk bands brought pop-punk bands and metal bands supported metal bands, and it turned into a weird clique where one couldn’t sit with the other. The point is, when you look at Static Dress, Chamber, Can’t Swim and Counterparts on paper, you question why they’d be on tour together, but when you see them live, hardcore elements overlapping despite their sound being very different from each other, it feels like kismet.

Ever since their first appearance at the Rockstadt Extreme Festival in 2017, Leprous have become a yearly occurrence in terms of concerts in Romania. In 2018 they played the ARTmania Festival, followed up by two headlining shows in Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest; in 2019 they were part of the Bucovina Rock Castle line-up, and now in 2020 they returned with two more headlining shows, a few months ahead of their planned appearance at the /FORM Days Festival, coming this July. Along for the ride are fellow Norwegians in Maraton, and Klone from France.

What did you do with your Valentine's Day? Whatever it was, nothing could top grime legend Kano's performance at O2 Academy Birmingham on Friday night.

Australian progressive metalcore act Polaris return with the sophomore effort ‘The Death Of Me’ and are looking to dethrone Parkway Drive at the summit of the genre. With this release, they may well be armed enough to do so.

After experimenting with electronic sounds on their last album, 2018’s 'Misery', The Amity Affliction return to their metalcore roots with their latest release, 'Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them'. But will it be enough for those fans who have become disillusioned with the Australian band?