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Wolf Alice, Massive Attack, Primal Scream urge British Prime Minister to take action to ease suffering in Gaza
By Paul Brannigan published
"The world is watching and history will not forget."

Massive Attack just sent their music to the moon and back
By Matt Mills published
The trip-hop pioneers launched a cover of a Russian punk band into space as part of an art installation

Massive Attack to headline London’s first fully battery-powered festival this summer
By Matt Mills published
The trip-hop pioneers will be supported by Air, Forensics and Tirzah, with more names to be announced

Massive Attack hope to release new music next year: “It’s good – I’m looking forward to it!”
By Matt Mills published
The trip-hop pioneers have been sitting on new songs for four years due to a “dispute at the label”

Massive Attack: Every album, ranked worst to best
By Matt Mills published
From debut Blue Lines to return-to-form Heligoland, we revisit and reassess every album by Bristol's finest

Massive Attack call out the UK government and media amid violent, racist far-right riots across Britain
By Paul Brannigan published
“Even in their responses to this violence, our Prime Minister and Home Secretary fail to centre Muslim people, or call out racism for what it is.“ Massive Attack on the UK's far-right riots

Massive Attack express solidarity with artists boycotting events sponsored by companies profiting from Israel's war on Gaza
By Paul Brannigan published
Massive Attack stand behind artists pulling out of festivals sponsored by companies funding the Israeli military, after Nick Cave tells a conflicted musician: "Play"

“These songs owe more to rhythmic, krautrock mood-makers and post-rock and drone exponents as any early hip-hop influence… it’s not background music for middle class dinner parties”: The prog credentials of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine
By Ben Myers published
Out-and-out progressive rock it isn’t, but the 1998 record’s shared values influenced Steven Wilson, Anathema, Radiohead, Dream Theater, Katatonia and many others

"Are we a f**king punk band now?" The ugly truth behind Mezzanine, the bleak, beautiful masterpiece which ripped Massive Attack apart
By David McLaughlin published
Released on April 20, 1998, Massive Attack's third album Mezzanine sounded like nothing that had come before. 25 years on, it still does
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