1.MØL – Diorama Where MØL’s debut sat stirring melodies alongside harrowing black metal, Diorama instead marries the two together. The end result is a landmark album in blackgaze; its lush Keep Reading
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Albums of the Year 2021: Kaine Crilley
As we wave goodbye to 2021, the Hardbeat team have been busy working hard racking our way though our favourite releases of the year to provide you with the customary Keep Reading
Trivium: No Way Back Just Through
Since 2017 Trivium have been arguably the most on-form band in heavy metal. In addition to releasing what many consider career-best records in The Sin And The Sentence, and 2020’s Keep Reading
Feature: Every Time I Die – Still Slayin’ with the Boys
Every Time I Die are at the top of their game. Having just released one of the best albums of their career, an accolade also awarded to their previous record, Keep Reading
Top 10 Songs by LLNN
Ever wanted to know what kinds of sounds and influences go into creating some of the most unbearably heavy and abrasive music in the world? Of course you do! Read Keep Reading
The Velveteers: Making the Past New Again
Imagine you’re laying around one day, not really doing much. The phone rings: An unrecognized number. You answer anyway. Dan Auerbach is on the other end. He wants to fly Keep Reading
Feature: Sentinels – An Invitation to the Big League
For just about anyone vaguely interested in the arts, being plucked from obscurity and thrust into stardom would be a miraculous dream come true. It’s even the premise of the Keep Reading
Carnifex: What’s Wrong With Deathcore?
Deathcore. Is this still a dirty word? For what seems like forever, learning that a new band was categorised as ‘deathcore’ was enough reason to instantly dismiss them. Due in Keep Reading
Hardbeat’s Guide To Slam Dunk 2021
Before we even get started on this, despite being just days away from the first Slam Dunk Festival for almost two and a half years, Covid does mean that all Keep Reading
Hardbeat’s Guide To The Sometimes Festival
There’s no need to pinch yourself: Festivals really are happening again! Next up for Hardbeat is a trip to Eastbourne for The Sometimes Festival on Sunday 22nd August. Not only Keep Reading