Alternative

Rafael Anton Irisarri’s life has always carried the hum of elsewhere. Born in Puerto Rico, raised in the uneasy slipstream between San Juan and the...

The “experimental”, “melodic” album was recorded in 2008 and has been delayed again and again and again over the last seven years

Are all these gimmicky bands a good thing for the genre, or has it all gone a bit too far?

Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, Welcome Home became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

You can never have too many swords. This has always been the truth, and Portugal’s Ravensire was well aware of it, following in the triumphant...

Known for cultivating legendary acts such as Cult of Luna, Meshuggah, and Refused, Umeå, Sweden, sows fertile ground for seminal rock and metal bands.1 Formed...