Things Are Different Now’ is difficult to fault, likable and never bland. You could call it cynical, clinical or maybe even calculated but this is a record feels like it was designed to be ‘Good’ – ...

From the get-go, Zeal and Ardor show they know how to create drama through their music and presence alone. Silhouetted and hooded in a line, they enter to stark drumbeats, an echoing whistle ...

‘Devoured by the Mouth of Hell’ is going to elevate Heriot’s place in heavy music, not just in the UK but everywhere. If you fall into the category mentioned earlier where you’re yet to become ...

But there’s a sense that what we’ve seen from her up until now – mostly bouncy euro power metal mixed with with piano-heavy emotional solos – is only part of the story. This is less an album and more ...

On the face of it, Burn it Down should never have worked. Little old Torquay just doesn’t host award-winning festivals – or at least, it never used to. Six iterations in, however, and the Best Micro ...

‘Yesterwynde’ is an album that you can lose yourself in, and with any luck, you’ll come out the other side with an appreciation for what Nightwish have achieved with a record constructed on scale this ...