Dawn of a Dark Age – Ver Sacrum Review
As 2025 winds to a close, the depleted promo pit growls with hunger, eager for the new year and a fresh bucket o’ chum.1 As...
How Pope John Paul II forced Queen to cancel a planned appearance at Manchester United’s ‘Theatre Of Dreams’
The Beatles might have boasted that they were bigger than Jesus, but the Pope's 1982 visit to Britain posed problems for Queen
“Metallica seek raw, rowdy ‘n’ gutsy frontman.” That time Metallica launched a worldwide search to find a new vocalist via an ad in a British music magazine
If you were reading Kerrang! in December 1983, you could have had a shot at fronting Metallica
Enshine – Elevation Review
Back in 2004, an album called Fallout dropped from an unheralded little band called Slumber. It was a lush, gorgeous piece of melodic doom in...
“At school I did a presentation about Black Sabbath! I knew I wanted to move to the UK.” Jack Black, angry nuns and Duolingo: the strange story of metal’s weirdest new stars, Calva Louise
Mixing metalcore, EDM and Latin dance music, Calva Louise's influences are as diverse as its members' backgrounds
Our Days Fly By — Italian Shoegaze Outfit Kodaclips Drift in Nostalgia With Video for “27”
I feel I’m nothing at all The fallout blurs me out Nostalgia is a survival instinct in an era defined by acceleration. As our days...