Don Broco take their rowdy, experimental sound into new territories with their latest album Technology. They’ve always been pretty hard to pin into any one genre, and their eclectic mix can polarise opinion. However, with the follow up to 2015’s Automatic, Don Broco had a simple enough aim: to create …
Read More »Billboard Gets Rocked | January 2018
A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending January 27, 2018.
Read More »Album Review: Of Mice & Men – Defy
Two years might not seem like a long time to some people, but for Of Mice and Men, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster since the release of Cold War in 2016. The departure of founding member and frontman Austin Carlile came as a shock to fans, and Of …
Read More »Single review: LUCIA – Melted Ice Cream
This Friday saw Glasgow’s own garage punk four-piece, LUCIA premier the long awaited single “Melted Ice Cream” on DIY Magazine. Hidden among setlists over the past year, we already know that the track is an all-encompassing reminder of what we were waiting for since 2017’s Best Boy EP. Lucia’s familiar, …
Read More »Album Review: Tonight Alive – Underworld
Katabasis, taken from the Ancient Greek κατάβασις (κατὰ “down” and βαίνω “go”), describes the descent of a mythological hero to the Underworld in search of information, understanding, or prophecy. Tonight Alive’s brand new album Underworld is vocalist Jenna McDougall’s own personal ‘katabasis:’ “The album is called Underworld, and I named …
Read More »Billboard Gets Rocked | December 2017 | Rocked
A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending December 30, 2017.
Read More »Top 10 BEST Albums of 2017 | Rocked
2017 had a lot of surprises and rock, metal and alternative were given some great albums. Here are what I think are the top 10 of 2017.
Read More »Album Review: Glassjaw – Material Control
If there was an award for biggest contribution to a music genre inversely proportional to the number of full-length albums released, then Glassjaw would surely be a good contender. Fifteen years on from 2002’s Worship and Tribute this month, the greatly anticipated follow-up record, Material Control, drops to the delight …
Read More »Top 5 WORST Albums of 2017
2017 had some great music in rock, metal, alternative, etc…but it also had some trash. Let’s jump head first into that dumpster!
Read More »Show Review: CREEPER at Albert Hall in Manchester, 9th December 2017
After the success of their debut album, creating an intriguing world of James Scythe, The Stranger, and The Callous Heart, and inviting the listener to be taken along with them on this interesting concept, it’s exciting to see if this whole story can be translated to CREEPER’s live shows, and …
Read More »Billboard Gets Rocked | November 2017
A look at the top 10 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. This video covering the week ending November 25, 2017.
Read More »Album Review: Asking Alexandria – Asking Alexandria
After recent changes in vocalists, and over 10 years making music, no one was sure what the latest effort from Asking Alexandria would be like. Starting with their metalcore roots with Stand Up And Scream, evolving more into a metal sound with From Death To Destiny, then reverting back to …
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