16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (462+ words) Spread Eagle have channelled years of touring into ‘The Brutal Divine’, a 10-song blast of hard rock, metal and punk led by the snarling guitar attack of “Flat Earth Vultures.” The band’s fourth studio album is out now, with “Flat…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (388+ words) Judas Priest have spent more than five decades helping define what heavy metal sounds and looks like, and 16 songs from that enormous catalogue have been brought together on ‘The Best Of Judas Priest’. The career-spanning collection is out now, moving…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago   (460+ words) Lydia May ends “PURGER” by stripping everything away until only her voice remains. The Melbourne-born, London-based singer wrote and produced the closing bedroom harmony choir herself, bringing one of her most personal songs to an appropriately intimate conclusion. “PURGER” is…...

19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (364+ words) Sepultura arrived at Pinkpop Festival in 1996 with ‘Roots’ changing the shape of heavy music and one of metal’s most celebrated lineups still intact. The full performance is available to watch now through the official Pinkpop Archive, capturing Max Cavalera on…...

22+ hour, 5+ min ago   (429+ words) The Ordinary Boys have returned with “Peer Pressure,” reconnecting with the indie-ska sound that helped define their rise in the 2000s while taking aim at some very current anxieties. The track is out now and marks the Worthing band’s first new…...

21+ hour, 59+ min ago   (364+ words) Brazilian band Mad Sneaks turn the numbing repetition of everyday life into something visual on “Coma,” pairing their alternative-rock intensity with a dark video centred on routine, emotional disconnection and the feeling of moving through life without really being present....

21+ hour, 56+ min ago   (376+ words) Southall have spent a decade turning Oklahoma country, rock ’n’ roll muscle and a fiercely loyal grassroots following into their own musical family. On ‘Kinfolk’, the band makes that sense of belonging the centre of the record. The nine-song album…...

22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (425+ words) Abbie Ozard tackles the exhausting cost of keeping the peace on “Backbone,” a fuzz-drenched indie-pop song about apologizing too much, avoiding confrontation and eventually realizing how much of yourself can disappear in the process. “Backbone” is out now and marks…...

22+ hour, 7+ min ago   (367+ words) Amongst Liars are pushing into a different phase of the band with “Repair Myself,” an explosive alt-hard-rock single that also introduces guitarist Leo Burdett as their new lead vocalist. “Repair Myself” is out now alongside an official video, giving the…...

23+ hour, 1+ min ago   (520+ words) M.I.A. has built her seventh studio album around one number and an enormous idea. ‘M.I.7’ contains seven songs created across seven locations, with its structure inspired by the seven Trumpets of Revelation and a spiritual framework that stretches from biblical judgment…...