When Judas Priest Rocka Rolla’d their way onto the scene in 1974, heavy metal was still largely in its infancy. Since then, the genre has exploded in popularity and scattered into a myriad of diverse sub-genres and styles, not least in-part due to a handful of seminal albums in Judas Priest’s discography influencing vast swathes
Tag: Album Review
Neck Deep can’t kick up the roots on new back-to-basics album
Despite spearheading the 2010s pop punk revival, Neck Deep fell flat with their 2020 effort, All Distortions Are Intentional. The record saw the band experiment with a relaxed, fuzzed-out sound coupled with a higher concept that tied together lyrical themes. What resulted sounded completely disparate to 2017’s The Peace and the Panic, prompting a resounding
Asleep At The Helm’s ‘Keepsake’ is a 2022 Metalcore Essential
The UK has an ever-growing post-hardcore and metalcore scene, and emerging from it is one of my first musical discoveries of the new year – Manchester’s very own Asleep At The Helm. The quartet debuted with their album Dissonance back in 2018, and have started 2022 off on a strong note with the long-awaited release of