10 songs you should hear now
ARCH ENEMY, BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS
Holy shit, this is even scarier live than on record! Sweden’s finest exporters of savage yet somehow catchy death are out for blood. Yours!
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TAPROOT, WHEREVER I STAND
Looking for a little nu metal to supplement your diet? Then point your ears in Taproot’s direction, who deal in only the finest flavoured angst!
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THE BRONX, YOUNG BLOODS
It’s ragged! It’s messy! It’s fucking brilliant! Boy oh boy, The Bronx know how to press our buttons when it comes to awesome hard rockin’ sounds!
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LINKIN PARK, BREAKING THE HABIT
From their triumphant Milton Keynes Bowl set this past summer, Chester Bennington’s boys send energy levels waaay up into the red with this melodic beast!
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OPETH, BURDEN
Dramatic, gorgeous, enormous, and probably a whole bunch of other words that suggest this is huge and wonderful, Opeth once again prove themselves the prog-metal daddies.
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MUDVAYNE, DO WHAT YOU DO
With a loping, post-grunge feel to proceedings, the Los Angeles-based serve up a damn fine meaty nugget of catchy nastiness to go nuts to.
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PELICAN, LOST IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Doing what they do best, Pelican unleash another torrent of instrumental awesomeness that rumbles along like a brontosaurus looking for something to leg-hump.
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WHITECHAPEL, POSSESSION
There’s nasty and then there’s really nasty – and then there’s Whitechapel, who are determined to rupture your eardrums with their evil racket.
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THE ANSWER, NEVER TOO LATE
Justifying their current support slot with AC/DC, the Irish boys give everyone a damn fine old-school hard rockin’ workout. Makes you want to grow your hair.
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NIGHTWISH, BYE BYE BEAUTIFUL
Ah yes, another magnificent slab of enormous symphonic metal, this time caught live in South America. Awesome!
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BELFAST PLEASE!
