Leeds based quintet Catchfly arrived on the scene swinging like a heavyweight, debut single 'Eve' an intoxicating blend of big riffs and gothic atmosphere.

Five Finger Death Punch really are an incredible band.  The more you listen to them, the more you hear the emotion behind the aggression. 

Another typical Friday morning in May.  Yawn.  The sky is bright after a pretty biblical storm yesterday.  Slowly plodding about, maybe a coffee.

Some music can be pretty divisive.  Really heavy, as in, death metal heavy for instance, when only the keen vinyl inner sleeve reader can decipher the words, could be described as ‘unpleasant’ or ‘not for me’. 

Korn. Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, they weren’t just part of the Nu Metal wave, they were the wave.

If Airbourne ever decide to bottle whatever unholy lightning they run on, the world’s energy crisis would be solved overnight. The Aussie rockers are back with their latest single, ‘Alive After Death’, and, surprise to absolutely no one, they’ve smashed it straight out of the stadium again.

There are times when music journos feel the need to waffle on with a bit of backstory, as if you, dear reader, have just crawled out from under a rock behind the bins at the Dog & Duck.

So, it’s mid week on a slightly sunnier than usual day in mid March. Work calls, the inbox is multiplying like gremlins after midnight, and the room temperature remnants of this morning’s coffee are doing absolutely nothing to improve the situation.

Dogstar’s journey is one of rock’s most unexpectedly triumphant arcs. Formed in mid90s Los Angeles, the band began as a casual jam between Keanu Reeves and Rob Mailhouse, two friends bonding over punk, grunge, and the kind of altrock that thrives in cramped rehearsal rooms.

A single built for sunshine, stadiums, and the eternal Grohl grin

COC return with a track so heavy it should come with a medical disclaimer.

Metal Church have been flying the flag for American heavy metal since the early ’80s.  One of those rare bands who helped define the thrash/power hybrid before anyone had a name for it.

Every now and then a band drops a track that stops you mid scroll, mid sip, mid whatever you were doing, and makes you think: Oh yes… this is different. This is special. Today, that honour goes to The Hu and their brand new single, “The Real You.”

Sitting in my “studio”… which is basically a sofa in the lounge, I’m tinkering with my Jackson Soloist.  Probably one of the best guitars known to man, when suddenly… ping. My phone beeps, I jump like a startled cat and immediately wonder who dares interrupt my sacred downtime away from the day job.

Friday morning and I’ve got a spring in my step, as the universe has dropped me a little present today.  Ghost have always been known for how to turn a release day into an event, and today’s standalone drop of It’s a Sin is no exception.

Over the last 50 years, rock music, metal, hard rock, whatever label you want to slap on hair, guitars and noise, has spawned more variations than a dodgy festival burger menu.