Ten tracks you should hear now!
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES, EASY TIGER
You know that summer’s on the way when choruses as big as the one the Welsh boys are brandishing on this catchy beauty turn up. Party-tastic.
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ENJOY DESTROY, CITIES
With 80s-style guitar leads reminiscent of The Cure and a whole load of super melodic catchiness there’s a lot more enjoy than destroy to this rock nugget.
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, HEARTS BURST INTO FIRE
Try not to set your hair on fire when the irresistible urge to hold a lighter aloft and bang your head simultaneously kicks in.
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MOSS, DRAGGED TO THE ROOTS
Fucking hell this is a dark one! The new track from UK extreme-doom lot Moss is the aural equivalent of a flesh-starved Neanderthal beast crawling from a swamp of tar. Slowly...
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STONE SOUR, ZZYXX ROAD
Corey Taylor comes over all soulful on this piano-led ballad. Who’da thunk the man who once screamed ‘People = shit’ at us could be so mournful?
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DREAM THEATER, FORSAKEN
Not known for their tendency to rein things in, the epic proggers get all kinds of soaring on this one. Sing that chorus loud!
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AIRBOURNE, RUNNIN’ WILD
Who needs AC/DC when you’ve got this mob? Armed with so much swagger chances are they’ll all need hip replacements before they hit thirty…
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GRAND MAGUS, LIKE THE OAR STRIKES THE WATER
Ah, we do like some folk mixed in with our metal sometimes – especially when the metal is as utterly clobbering as that delivered by Grand Magus!
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WALLS OF JERICHO, EMBER DRIVE
Featuring guest vocals from none other than Corey Taylor, the Detroit hardcore bruisers show us their softer side. And a fucking fine side it is too!
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BRIGADE, SHORT CUTS
An anthem for pogoing, coming at you with a ton of hefty riffs and the kind of chorus that Feeder wield as a deadly weapon.
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