Latest articles by Ali Shutler
Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
From the Bring Me The Horizon and Architects approved Amira Elfeky to Nordic folk metal songstress Sylvaine, nu metalcore stars Uncured and industrial metaller Harpy, these are the metal bands you need to hear in July 2025
The best new metal bands you need to hear in April 2025
Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia
The best new metal bands you need to hear in March 2025
Meet the "deathcore Slipknot" Paleface Swiss, to Danish prog metallers Danefae, concept-driven Texan metalcore mob Cantervice and UK alt metallers Vower
How CKY became unlikely MTV stars with 96 Quite Bitter Beings
Despite naming his new band after the track, ex-CKY frontman Deron Miller insists 96 Quite Bitter Beings is "nothing special"
10 bands that defined Download 2024
From historic Download debuts to returning heroes, surprise sets to stage dives in the mud, these are the 10 performances that defined an unforgettable weekend at Donington
4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
From Newcastle nu-metalcore bruisers Creak to Asinhell, the death metal project from Volbeat's frontman, Cavalera-endorsed death metallers Celestial Sanctuary and New England industrial doomsters Body Void, these are the bands you need to hear in January 2024
Six things we learned from Twenty One Pilots' UK 'Takeover'
Twenty One Pilots' Takeover Tour is a brilliant concept with an even better execution as we discovered when the Ohio duo hit the UK
Every Panic! At The Disco album ranked from worst to best
As Brendon Urie announces his band's forthcoming seventh album Viva Las Vengeance, here's the Panic! At The Disco catalogue ranked
Every Fall Out Boy album ranked from worst to best
The Chicago band fronted by Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz have seven albums to their name: here's their catalogue ranked from worst to best
Meet Me At The Altar are the band giving pop-punk a much-needed makeover
After breaking through mid-pandemic, Meet Me @ The Altar are now at the forefront of a pop-punk revolution – here we talk positivity, hard work and how to become "Green Day big"
10 bands reinventing pop-punk for 2021
Pop punk has come a long way from songs about girls and dick jokes – here, our pick of the bands revolutionising the genre
Frank Iero interview: How to carry on when the world turns upside down
Frank Iero joins us to talk new music, cancelled plans and why he's on a grassroots mission to change the world
The 12 Emo Songs of Christmas
T’is the season to be jolly, but if you’re not feeling full of festive cheer, these are the songs for you. From us, with love
Grandson interview: "I don’t do a good job of throwing up my hands and going 'f**k it'"
Grandson's blend of rock, rap and political fury has seen him hailed as a millennial Rage Against The Machine – but there's much more to him than that. Here, he opens up on music, alter egos and the art of giving a shit
