It’s been a great year to become a Creeper fan. After not one, but TWO spectacular performances at Download Festival this year, the band are back with the ‘Off With Their Heads’ tour. We went along to the Manchester show to see if they could top what we’ve seen so far this year, and spoiler alert… our expectations were exceeded.

Last weekend, I Prevail brought not one, but two shows to the heavy metal capital that is Birmingham. “You sold out the first show so quick, we had to add a second,” the band remarked, and after a major show at the iconic Alexandra Palace, the Birmingham dates marked the first overseas back-to-back shows of their Violent Nature tour. Naturally, we were there for night one…

Everybody had a Murderdolls phase that never really went away, right? If you say you didn’t, you are definitely lying, or have tragically never been (Un-)alive! (See what I did there?) If, for some strange reason, you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Wednesday 13 perform live, now you have the chance to hear what you’ve been missing. This new release from Wednesday 13, Un-Alive from Pol'and'Rock, is the full snarling 15-track set recorded at Czaplinek-Broczyno Airfield, Pol

With Black Sabbath now sadly done and dusted, there's been a noticeable void in heavy music. Plenty of bands have tried to capture that same dark, riff-driven magic, but few have done it as convincingly as Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats.

For the last few years, SCENE QUEEN has been breaking the mould of what most people expect from metal. In a male-dominated industry where subgenres are taken incredibly seriously, and with the constant questioning of “what or who is metal enough?”, Hannah Collins has kicked the door down and introduced us to “bimbocore”. Yes, there’s pink. Yes, there’s glitter and rhinestones. But on METALICIOUS, there are also some of the heaviest, most guttural vocals you’ll hear.

For those who have ever felt alone in this world, or at the lowest of lows, RØRY’s music has brought comfort to many. It shows that there is, in fact, light at the end of the tunnel; that things can turn around for the better; and that no matter what stage of life you are at, it is never too late. Her first full release RESTORATION proved that last year, and now she is set to release her second album BLOODLETTING on 11th September.

When Ghost announced Skeletour back in October 2024, it was proclaimed as their biggest tour ever, with hopes of taking the new live show all over the globe. Skeletour kicked off in Manchester on 15 April 2025. Fast-forward to 2026, and after just two US legs and one UK/EU leg, the plug was pulled. So, what happened? Global economics? The current hardships facing the touring industry? Those things are very likely factors, but there’s also a much simpler explanation: the show

Swedish black metal heavyweights Dark Funeral have officially released their new live album, A Beast To Praise, through Century Media Records.

The date was 22 March 2007, and 12-year-old me was about to witness one of the most life-changing shows of my life. That night, I walked out of Birmingham’s NIA (as it was known back then) no longer a casual My Chemical Romance fan. Instead, a full-fledged obsession began, one that would last for years, right up until their heartbreaking “break up” in 2013. This was the night of the original Black Parade tour. This was my band.

It's not easy to talk about At The Gates's new album, ' The Ghost of a Future Dead' . Not when it's the last album with Tomas Lindberg on vocals, who tragically passed away in September 2025, and definitely not when you can feel that weight in almost every second of it. At The Gates hasn't changed much, and that's kind of the point. This is them focusing on what they do best and doing it with a goal in mind. It's sharp, melodic, and aggressive when it needs to be, and it has

Roll up! Sweden's best metal circus is in town! Avatar, known for their blend of theatrics and heavy riffs.