On Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25, the quintessentially known pop punk festival, Slam Dunk, opened its horizons to one of its heaviest lineups to date. In celebration of its mammoth 20th anniversary, the festival welcomed an obliterating headline performance from hardcore champions Knocked Loose.In smaller print, other metal supergroups, Malevolence, Currents, Bury Tomorrow, to name a few all dominated the festival grounds, as they summoned circle pits, crowd surfers, and walls of death at...

This year, Brighton’s biggest city festival, The Great Escape (TGE), celebrated its 20th anniversary. Over the years, the four-day concert has become a crucial platform for emerging artists, often launching them to commercial success. Past alumni include established acts like Vampire Weekend, SBTRKT, The XX and many others. Today, TGE remains one of the most important festival showcases out there. And each year it only gets bigger and better,  championing all warps of music.
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Welsh metal bands are acts often lost on. Yet some of the biggest projects in the alternative and hardcore scene hail from the southwest of Wales. From Bullet For My Valentine, to Funeral For A Friend and Skindred. These are just a few of the major artists who continue to sell out arenas. Situated in Wrexham, Focus Wales is a festival showcase prioritising independent music from artists around the world. At its heart is a space to champion emerging artists and grassroots venues. For smaller...

This glamourised gambling site is making the rich richer, as they bank huge stakes on the bets of political warfare.

When you search for ‘Polymarket’, Google hits you with a slightly deceptive description. In simple terms, Polymarket is coined as a ‘prediction market.’ Though we all know that’s just a playful way of saying a ‘gambling association.’

Founded by Shayne Coplan in 2020, Polymarket is a successful cryptocurrency trading platform operating in the United States. It’s often down...

Discriminatory, unlawful, and unjust: just three ways of describing the inhumane alterations made towards the latest Nationality and Boarders Bill. Adapted by the British Nationality Act in 1981, The Nationality and Boarders Bill was originally referred to as an act of last resort, in protection against terrorists, extremists and spies entering the UK, with asylum seekers somehow finding themselves wrongfully falling into this category. As it stands The Nationality and Borders Bill is currently...

Lauded as one of the first groups within metal to fuse hip-hop with nu-metal, (not that they need the introduction), Korn are a notorious asset to the evolution of metal. Set to unleash their fourteenth studio album Requiem via independent label Loma Vista this Friday (4 February), Requiem welcomes honourable mentions from producer Chris Collier, mixer Rich Costey and an audio-visual playback experience in central London. 
Three years since their obliterating, introspective offering, The Nothing...

Everything, I’ve fought for my freedom, my independence, I fight to see my kids, I fight to put out music. The bottom line is, life is nothing but a fight and this vibration is nothing but test after test after test. The real thing is to see how you’re going to react to certain things, and when you’re willing to compromise. We’re currently in a hurricane zone, but I’m going to have fun. We’ve been so productive in this hurricane you know; we’ve been able to do things. There’s a positive to find...

“The guitar has a bit more drive in this album, the band has always been based around a very heavy distorted guitar sound,” says Abe Cunningham, discussing Deftones mammoth ninth studio album ‘Ohms’.
Today (September 25th) marks the release of Deftones, ‘Ohms’ and boy does it erupt – driving you through ten alt-metal tunes ‘Ohms’ exposes heavier drops, raw lyricism, and addictive hooks.
Returning four years after their last instalment ‘Gore,’ in a lot of ways ‘Ohms’ is a new direction for the co...