Latest articles by Rob Barbour
Ocean Grove: "We're trying to change perceptions"
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?
Sons Of Death Valley - Fathers Of The Free album review
Cowboy-themed, bluesy hardcore from the plains of… Denmark?
Kingdom Of Giants - All The Hell You've Got To Spare album review
Cali metalcore sextet pull out a few too many stops
Seether - Poison The Parish album review
South African post-grunge trio keep to the lucrative middle road
All That Remains - Madness album review
Metalcore stalwarts pile on the sheen, but forget the passion
Why Malevolence's new sound has the scene losing its sh*t
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
Metal Kombat: Parkway Drive and Asking Alexandria go to war
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…
Imminence - This Is Goodbye album review
Swedish post-metalcore merchants strike the wrong key
Deez Nuts - Binge & Purgatory album review
Reliably energetic hardcore from the daftly monikered Aussie crew
Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms album review
High-concept horror-punk from Southampton’s finest
Getting to know Ghost: The Swedish ghouls answer your questions
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: Is the joke starting to wear thin?
Steel Panther have defied the odds to become one of modern metal’s biggest bands. But is the joke starting to get old?
Beartooth live review - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Not yet ratedOhio hardcore punks go wild in west London
Wolves At The Gate – Types & Shadows album review
Ohio post-hardcore quartet Wolves At The Gate up their game with new album
Memphis May Fire – This Light I Hold album review
Synth-bothering Texans Memphis May Fire bring back some Southern swagger with new album
Death Valley High – Cvlt (As Fvck) album review
Neon-soaked ‘death disco’ merchants Death Valley High troll the world with new album
How Avenged Sevenfold pulled off one of the biggest shocks of 2016
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
Realm Of The Damned is the most metal comic adaptation ever
Vampires? Check. Gore? Check. Metal bands? Check. No contest.
Out Came The Wolves album review – Strange Fate
Minneapolis’s hotly tipped newbies Out Came The Wolves hedge too many bets with new album
Annisokay album review – Devil May Care
A slick but inconsistent debut from German metallers Annisokay
In Flames album review – Battles
Melodeath pioneers In Flames return to their spiritual home with new album
