So it’s that time of year again and, after resisting it for many years, Ash have finally succumbed to the Christmas single mania, Tim Wheeler himself is no stranger to Christmas music but this is the first time Ash as a band have dipped their toes in the water. For some reason lots of brilliant artists over the years have felt the need to release Christmas singles with various degree of success and some abject failures I’ve never fully understood the appeal myself but I am a

Tracklist: Porcelain Warrior     Major Threat     Pretty Things     Secrets     Goldmine     Part Of You     You Love It When     Oblivion  February Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls Californian duo, Izzie Clark and E Scarlett Levinson, better known as chokecherry, released their debut album on the 14 th  of November via Fearless Records, 3 Songs found out about it being out and I gave it a listen, I’m really glad I did. There is no better feeling in music than discovering a great

Tracklist: 1. That Same Place 2. Where the Flowers Never Grow 3. Everybody Knows 4. So Low 5. For You 6. All Out 7. Ritual 8. When You're Gone 9. The Sky Behind The Rain 10. The Silence 11. Eyes 12. Cure Me 13. Wave 14. My Paradise On November 14th, Metalcore stalwarts The Devil Wears Prada released their ninth album 'Flowers' via Solid State Records. First comes 'That Same Place', a minute long intro with stripped back piano and strings which are absolutely beautiful, and it

James have long been one of the best bands the UK have produced, their live performances are a joy to behold and they’ve had something of a renaissance over the last few years in term of the quality of their new output so it’s interesting timing that they have decided to release their definitive best of now, I hope this doesn’t mean no more new music! The problem with definitive best of records is that it always gives the die hard fans something to argue about, why isn’t thei

Killswitch Engage Hatebreed Fit For An Autopsy Decapitated A four band bill on a Saturday night normally means an early start and the first band playing to the room as the crowd are still filing through. Not so for tonights opener however as NX had pretty much already filled out when Decapitated took to the stage to kick off this evenings assault on the senses! I know a number of folk who’d got tickets because Poland’s death metal quartet were on the bill and they certainly w

Tracklist: The Leader of the Exploited My Immolation Call from the Void Genocide of Man Are you looking for an EP that will bludgeon you with sheer power and raw enthusiasm? Then you have come to the right place! This debut EP from Soulfracture is brain-bashing, head-banging metalcore at it’s finest. The four tracks here all sound like one cohesive whole, but unlike a lot of metalcore where one melds into the next with no specific definition, each one has its own feel and rea