Hawxx – The World Splits Open Release Date: 26th June 2026 Self-described as the “feral coven of queer feminist punk metal”, Hawxx delivers a sophomore album that certainly matches that Keep Reading
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Live Review & Gallery: Bowling For Soup @ Dreamland, Margate – 25/6/26
Frank Turner Facebook | Instagram As the sun shines over Margate’s vintage funfair, Dreamland, which doubles as an Instagrammable outdoor venue in the summer months, the first of tonight’s co-headliners, Frank Turner, Keep Reading
Album Review: Roman Candle – Unadulterated
Roman Candle – Unadulterated Release Date: 24th April 2026 Label: Sumerian Records In a period when hardcore music is hitting the mainstream, with giants like Turnstile and Knocked Loose taking Keep Reading
Festival Review: Download Festival – Day 3
The final day of Download Festival was laced with set clashes for many and whilst the energy levels are usually low on the last day, you wouldn’t have been able Keep Reading
Album Review: Held – Grey
Held – Grey Release Date: 15th May 2026 Label: MNRK Records Held is a supertrio made up of New York post-hardcore luminaries Douglas Robinson and Sal Mignano of The Sleeping, Keep Reading
Festival Review: Download Festival – Day 2
Saturday at Download definitely felt like a nostalgia fuelled line up sprinkled with some of our favourites from the underground scene and whilst we weren’t able to catch Guns N’ Keep Reading
Festival Review: Download Festival 2026 – Day 1
Friday at Download Festival 2026 saw many a Fred Durst wandering the fields ahead of the Limp Bizkit headline, with the day as a whole being full of highly anticipated Keep Reading
Album Review: Sparta – Cut A Silhouette
Sparta – Cut A Silhouette Release Date: 29th May 2026 Label: Rude Records Sparta, a band initially born from the break up of At the Drive-In, have spent the last Keep Reading
Festival Review: Slam Dunk Festival 2026
By this point we all know that Slam Dunk Festival is the ceremonial beginning of summer, especially for lovers of emo, pop-punk, checkerboard clothing and nostalgia. With 2026 being the Keep Reading
Album Review: Converge – Hum of Hurt
Converge – Hum of Hurt Release Date: 5th June 2026 Label: Deathwish / Epitaph Deciding there was still plenty left to say following their return to the studio this year, Keep Reading








