Black Magic’ embraces hard rock and metal, and it’s a good choice, though perhaps not an obvious one. The overall sound is to hard rock what Avril Lavigne is to punk. It’s the kind of pop-rock record ...

Listen mate, it’s a social commentary, calm down…but it’s kinda true,” reassures vocalist Han Mee halfway through ‘Insubordinate Ingerland’, the second track on Hot Milk’s latest studio album. Her ...

Where Only the Truth Is Spoken’ roars into life with a breakdown under twenty seconds in. What’s interesting about this record is the sense of deliberate familiarity to something you can’t quite put ...

He makes it sound easy, but the decision to re-join The Ataris and present their 2004 hit album ‘So Long Astoria’ to the world again came from the kind of soul-searching that a lot of us found ...

The Hammy Nation, as Heart Attack Man’s fans term themselves, didn’t mind the delay at all, showing up in droves to the Key Club Stage, which Paduch appreciated: “I love it. I think it’s great. I feel ...

Time wasn’t kind to The Young Hearts’ dreams, but it was to their craft. ‘The Good, The Bad & The Rest Of Us’ is the sound of a band making music on their terms, in a way that works for them. It’s a ...

As London venues go, the Royal Albert Hall must be one of the most iconic. The striking red brick, terracotta façade and domed roof have hosted a multitude of performances for over 150 years. The ...

We’ve never seen a mosh pit in the morning time before,” she grins as we get in our first slam of the day to their cover of ...

Punktastic's current Editor-In-Chief. Photographer, nerd, I watch far too many horror movies and get way too attached to fictional characters ...

‘Les Maîtres Fous’ does not fit into the mould of an album. It is a sonic experience, written by French post-metal outfit Year Of No Light in 2012 to accompany an exhibition of the 1955 ethnographic ...

If you’re going to retire as a band after two and a half decades, you may as well do it in style. When Hundred Reasons announced a Royal Albert Hall spectacular last summer, we had no idea that it ...