Thrice appear to be getting better and better with every album released. Major/Minor is their seventh studio album and certainly follows that upwards trend: the follow-up to 2009’s Beggars may well be the Californian quartet’s best yet. The thing that strikes you immediately is how remarkably honest-sounding this...

Having emerged as one of the leading lights of young British Rock music over the past two years, We Are The Ocean are doing extremely well for themselves following the release of April's great "Go Now And Live" record. As the sunlight stands high over Hevy Fest's main arena the...

The Welsh post-hardcore titans have been around for almost ten years now and in the process have become an undeniably seminal band in the shaping of what the rock scene has become today, with most younger bands here this weekend, even as high up the bill as We Are The...

Having embarked on a short UK tour in March, Canadian hardcore band Silverstein revisited England to make their second appearance at Download Festival. The circle pits were in motion, the fans were in the mood for a rock show, but the quintet was reluctant to match their enthusiasm. Silverstein announced...

After a superb set opening the main stage of Download Festival 2009, it came as no surprise that the Californian rock sextet were to be invited back. Joining fellow fusers of rock and rap Linkin Park on this year's Donington bill, Hollywood Undead's appearance signified that such musical variety is...

With Avenged Sevenfold's stunning set on the Saturday evening, all eyes were on Bullet For My Valentine to prove their worth as possible future headliners of such a festival as Download in the same slot the following day. Sympathy would therefore have to go out to band with the weather...

Mark E Smith slumps on as if hooked up to an invisible hospital drip, a typical entrance, slow-mo-ing casually, choosing which segment of crowd is most deserving to share his self-administered dose - an attitude akin to a faithless priest, nipping into his local after falling asleep during confession. The...

Epic, atmospheric, post-hardcore, cerebral, searching and emo shading are the preferences for the continuingly reflective New Brunswick troupe, Thursday, with their sixth studio album. A more epic slant is deployed this time around. Their anthemic touches of old that no doubt won them slots on tour with the likes of...

It's easy to write off Hollywood Undead as a gimmick band who look like Slipknot and sound like D12, but actually there is a lot more behind the clever marketing of a bunch of mask-wearing ugly blokes who can put together a catchy tune. The band's first album 'Swan Songs'...

When they burst onto the scene in 2007 We Are the Ocean may have had their detractors; but with Go Now and Live, the Essex post-hardcore quintet have proven themselves as more than just an Alexisonfire tribute act.

While the naysayers will point to Liam Cromby’s velvety tones as still...