Crystal Lake – The Weight of Sound Review
Crystal Lake is one of those bands that I lost track of. I adored 2015’s The Sign, its blend of hardcore attitude with a surgical...
My Music Block Records – Various Artists: “Love Rhythm and Romance” Brings Heart, Heritage and Heat to the Independent Vanguard
There are labels that release music, and then there are cultural institutions that actively shape ecosystems. My Music Block Records firmly belongs in the latter...
“I wouldn’t say I’m an alcoholic – but then, you know, alcoholics say they’re not alcoholics”: The chaotic and confusing story of Metallica’s abandoned album
In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab,...
“I knew something was wrong. I went to the bar and my girlfriend was there with another guy.” The dagger-through-the-heart memory which inspired the biggest rock song of its generation
The story behind "the UK's alternative national anthem", inspired by heartbreak, David Bowie and Iggy Pop
“What we’re doing is more closely related to Lady Gaga than many rock bands.” Ghost frontman Tobias Forge reveals what the Swedish metallers have in common with one of pop’s biggest icons
The singer also sheds more light on the issues his masks have given him over the years
“I just want this dementia-riddled sociopath and his cabinet of freaks removed from office”: Lamb Of God, Converge and other leading metal bands speak out following fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis
Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe lambasts the “open moral collapse” of the US government, joining the chorus of voices criticising Immigration And Customs Enforcement’s...