10 songs you should hear now!
Kingdom Of Sorrow, Lead Into Demise
As the riffmaster general behind New Orleans sluggers Crobar and Down, KoS six-stringer Kirk Weinstein certainly knows about heavy riffs. And with Hatebreed bloke Jamey Jasta yelling over them, it’s the heaviest matter in the universe.
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Ghostlines, Acid
When he’s not pounding the skins in Funeral For A Friend, it seems Ryan Richards likes nothing more than zoning out with some experimental ambient niceness. Which is cool, but not recommended for driving to.
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Biffy Clyro, Who’s Got A Match
It’s stuff like this that gets you awarded K!’s album of the year. Thoughtful, brilliantly constructed, and an absolute bastard to shake out of your head once it’s got its hooks in you.
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From First To Last, We All Turn Back To Dust
Sonny Moore may be gone, but one spin of this new track is enough to deduce that there’s still life in these Sacramento Screamo kids yet.
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Cavalera Conspiracy, Sanctuary
Twelve years since he split from Sepultura, Max Cavalera is <> back to bringing the metal with his brother Igor. The results, predictably, are super-heavy, super-metal, and super-awesome.
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Hate Eternal, Bringer Of Storms
The name Hate Eternal has been a byword for the absolute final word in overpowering death metal aggression for ages now, but it’s still surprising at just how <> ex-Morbid Angel bloke Erik Rutan’s riffs are on this pummeling new tune.
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Fightstar, Floods
Taken from the soundtrack to the forthcoming movie Flood, Floods marks one of the highlights from last year’s stonking One Day Son… album, and sees Simpson and co really striking alt-rock gold.
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Galllows, Just Because You Sleep Next To Me Doesn’t Mean You’re Safe
There’s a clean and a rude version of this. But because we, like Gallows, but unlike Disney who refused to let the Watford punks play one of their venues, think swearing is cool, we recommend you listen to the naughty one.
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Dillinger Escape Plan, Milk Lizard
Among the spazzy mathcore freakouts and forays into weird pissing about, from time to time Dillinger kick out a jam that sounds almost normal by comparison, boasting a rockabilly-esque riff and enormous, anthemic chorus. Brilliant.
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Children Of Bodom, Banned From Heaven
Banned From Heaven? So’s Lucifer, so CoB are in good company. Mind you, he’d probably appreciate their metal thrashing madness a lot more than the man upstairs.
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