What do you do when your favourite band/artist is about to drop a highly anticipated record and you want to see what someone that’s not musically inclined thinks about it, or you want to wind yourself up when said person doesn’t like your favourite album? You come here of course! Whether it’s a new or old release, metalcore or shoegaze, EP or Album, it’ll get reviewed here. Here’s a mix of reviews, positive and negative, across a variety of genres, but they all have one thing in common; they’re honest.
Either you’ll leave this page thinking “Wow, this person has the same taste in music as me, that’s great!” or, “They didn’t like that super badly mixed, underground, 3 monthly listeners on Spotify, Grindcore EP?! They fucking suck!” and we’re afraid to say that we’re not responsible for either of those outcomes.
Album Review: Halcyon Blues by Citizen
While this record may seem to cater towards newer fans, it feels sometimes that they remember themselves and tie in a, ‘hey guys, we still got it trust me.’
EP Review: With Love // With Rage by Initiate
On “With Love // With Rage”, Initiate are less focused in the collision of styles that made their previous work so exciting and more concerned with the undercurrents lying beneath them. This is not a record where anger gives way to vulnerability. Instead, both constantly complete one another as gratitude can exist alongside frustration.
Album Review: Euphoric Thriller by The Beautiful Monument
The Beautiful Monument have created what can only be described as a revival to the alt emo sound that they have amassed over the past 10 or so years. This in turn has allowed themselves to experiment with every intention of creating a record that feels familiar but isn't afraid to throw a few punches along the way
Album Review: Break The Ice by Negative Frame
It’s clear from the start that they mean something different. The title alone shows the statement of intent. Breaking the ice to a new audience, a new domain. Stepping out from the underground and marching headstrong toward bigger stages, bigger rooms.
Album Review: Tell Me Your Dream by Ceremony
Ceremony continue to do what they do best by refusing the confinements of the white lines of their lane, throwing caution to the wind and making it look effortless.
Album Review: Do You Feel Guilty Being Ok? by Framing Hanley
When you take into account how long Framing Hanley have been together, it’s not far fetched to have some sort of expectation that their sound will have evolved in ways that will not be favoured by all fans.
EP Review: A Whispered Promise Of Failure by Long Goodbye
Long Goodbye’s effort into their new release is a grand mutation of their past work, emulsifying its chaos, causing it to bleed through all of their past work into one EP.
EP Review: If I Lose Everything, You All Lose Everything by Mouthbreather
“If I Love Everything, You All Lose Everything” is antagonising, and it means serious business.
Album Review: Bloom by Disfiguring the Goddess
It isn't just heavy for the sake of being heavy; it's creative, unpredictable and genuinely fun from start to finish, reminding you that sometimes the best music comes from artists who completely ignore the rules.
Album Review: The Standard by Southpaw FLHC
Think Lionheart with less talent and more 30-something guys in matching windbreakers.
Album Review: With Love Comes Loss by Current Solace
"With Love Comes Loss" comes at the perfect time, where genres are fused and bands are praised for taking a new direction in their sound.
Album Review: Not Your Kingdom by Madball
Not Your Kingdom can easily become one of the more notable Madball releases for those who don’t fall into the trap of saying a band's first records are their best work, and a record that could be shown to a new jack to show them just what hardcore has to offer them.
EP Review: The Sun Reflects the Colour of Your Eyes by Instrument Of God
The final breakdown feels like almost a ‘thank you’ to everybody, it’s a real heavy hitter and a calculated attempt at making everybody rush to the dancefloor and it worked! It does exactly that.
EP Review: Why Are You Still Dreaming? by Heaving.
On paper, it looks ambitious and something new, but in execution it's a gimmicky, fusion mess of a band.
Album Review: Cycles in the Infinite Dream by REZN
Blending beauty with grandeur, there are moments within this record that feel undeniably magical. With a vocal performance that would be the envy of emo bands across the globe, the melodies Rob McWilliams conjures juxtapose the crushing weight found beneath it all from start to finish.
EP Review: Lost In Maine by Stab
Missing the summer nights with a redbull, on a skateboard, just finishing your school exams and looking out into the sunset. The feeling all of us oldheads have yearned to feel for a long time
Album Review: A Stranger To You by Loathe
Every sound feels purposeful, every layer meticulously placed, allowing moments of chaos and clarity to exist side by side. It is an album that rewards patience, revealing new details with each successive listen.
Album Review: The Ringing Bell by Fuming Mouth
Fuming Mouth has always conveyed a sense of evil. It comes with their nature and is, by now, to be expected. But the added sense of vitality, of a need to be stronger, to prove themselves against the odds, has only made them better. This record is a shining beacon in a sky of desolate stars.
EP Review: To Live And Die In The American South by Riley!
This new release from Riley! is their most accessible yet, with that really coming through in the polished production, but that hasn’t come at the expense of any loss of energy or emotion to the tracks, it instead exemplifies the quality of songwriting throughout. This is a fantastic entry point for the band, and feels like an opportunity to take stock of what got them here, as what’s next will be massive.
EP Review: It’s Harder Now To Breathe by Rozemary
The Merseyside quartet has excelled itself with this release. Building upon the groundwork laid before them with their debut EP and creating something that surpasses expectations, Rozemary is assuredly carving their name into the UK metalcore sphere. With hooks for days and stellar craftsmanship, there is plenty for you to bite into. With “It’s Harder Now To Breathe”, the path is set: from the Wirral to the stars.