Latest articles by Rob Barbour
They’ve invented their own genre and even their own universe… but is Ocean Grove’s shtick just wacky bullshit, or is there some method to their madness?
Cowboy-themed, bluesy hardcore from the plains of… Denmark?
Cali metalcore sextet pull out a few too many stops
South African post-grunge trio keep to the lucrative middle road
Metalcore stalwarts pile on the sheen, but forget the passion
Formed in the north of England but with riffs straight from the US Deep South, Sheffield’s Malevolence are welding a sound that has the scene going crazy
Metalcore’s two biggest names are going to war. With Aussie heavyweights Parkway Drive on one side and homegrown heroes Asking Alexandria on the other, we find out their finishing moves…
Swedish post-metalcore merchants strike the wrong key
Reliably energetic hardcore from the daftly monikered Aussie crew
High-concept horror-punk from Southampton’s finest
Keen to break through the mystique of our favourite Swedish clergymen, we kidnapped a Nameless Ghoul and interrogated him with your questions. The answers were most enlightening...
Steel Panther have defied the odds to become one of modern metal’s biggest bands. But is the joke starting to get old?
Ohio hardcore punks go wild in west London
Ohio post-hardcore quartet Wolves At The Gate up their game with new album
Synth-bothering Texans Memphis May Fire bring back some Southern swagger with new album
Neon-soaked ‘death disco’ merchants Death Valley High troll the world with new album
After almost a year of rumours and speculation, Avenged surprised us all by suddenly dropping a brand new album. We look back at the journey that led to The Stage
Vampires? Check. Gore? Check. Metal bands? Check. No contest.
Minneapolis’s hotly tipped newbies Out Came The Wolves hedge too many bets with new album
A slick but inconsistent debut from German metallers Annisokay
Melodeath pioneers In Flames return to their spiritual home with new album
