Latest articles by Alex Deller
Growing up in a "not-so-good neighbourhood" and even being homeless at one point, it's safe to say Jay Webster has fought hard to get UnityTX off the ground
Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur talk us through a life spent on the fringes of alt rock – and being inadvertent godparents of mainstream emo
The rock and metal titans who managed the tricky task of paying homage to their punk roots without messing it up
Gagging for some brilliant new metal to wrap your ears around? We have you covered
Baroness' sixth studio album is another wonderful journey through myriad emotions
Though not every wild swing on Endling quite lands, it's hard not to get swept up in Kvelertak's brilliant chaos
Ohio might not be but the world's most obvious hub of outlier rock'n'roll, but the sounds spawned by its underground music scenes shaped the darkest corners of indie, punk and grunge as we know them – and the world's biggest cult band
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
From the brutal hardcore of Jesus Piece to Distant's sci-fi deathcore, Fvnerals' nihilistic drone-metal and Punk Rock Factory's fun covers, you need to check out these brilliant new bands
The story of Dischord, home of harDCore, and the most ethical institution in the music industry, told via five essential records
Code Orange and Turnstile might have put hardcore back on mainstream radars, but LA's Zulu are paving the genre's future
From masked nu metal revivialists Blackgold to 'cyber-grind' pioneers Thotcrime, you need to check out these brilliant new metal bands
Grave Pleasures, As Everything Unfolds and Dodheimsgard are among the albums that might have flown under the radar in April
It's ugly, it's uncompromising and it's totally mind-blowing: your guide to noise rock in five albums that (almost) define the genre
From Kruelty and Demonstealer to Ad Infinitum, nothing,nowhere. and Lana Del Rabies, don't sleep on these brilliant new metal albums
From Californian hardcore heroes Scowl to Icelandic post-punks Kaelan Mikla and Brazilian black metal brutes Vauruva, these are the 5 new bands you need to check out this month
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
From Gojira-style Swiss prog metal to anti-war Ukrainian death metal, these are 5 new bands you need to hear right now
From Aborted and Immolation to Venom Prison and Lorna Shore, these are the 10 best death metal records of 2022
From gothic reflections of smalltown America to world-conquering deathcore, these are the five new bands you need to know this month
From Tory-bashing metalcore to experimental mathcore and Britain's answer to Every Time I Die - these are the five new metal bands you need to hear this month
Album review: pagan shamans Heilung host a gathering of the tribes on new album Drif
Album review: masked avant-metallers Imperial Triumphant head deeper into the ultraverse with new album Spirit Of Ecstasy
