KAI HANSEN – ‘BORN WITH A HAMMER’ REVIEW: HEAVY METAL WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
When your CV basically consists of being the man who helped shape the sound of European power metal by co-founding Helloween and founding Gamma Ray, heads tend to turn when…
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – ‘LEGACY’ REVIEW: TWENTY YEARS IN, THE PUNCH STILL LANDS
After two decades of bruising riffs, arena-sized choruses and enough middle-finger defiance to supply a small army, Five Finger Death Punch achieve la decima with a title that invites an…
GIG REVIEW: SPIRITBOX / JINJER / DYING WISH – SECC HALL 3 – 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
The announcement of Spiritbox, Jinjer and Dying Wish on the same bill was always going to attract attention. Three of modern heavy music’s most formidable acts under one roof is…
GIG REVIEW: SOULFLY / NAILBOMB / LO RAYS – SWG3 GALVANIZERS – 6 SEPTEMBER 2026
There are few combinations capable of creating quite as much chaos as Nailbomb and Soulfly sharing the same bill. With Max Cavalera at the centre of both, Glasgow was effectively…
AIRBOURNE – ‘AIRBOURNE’ REVIEW: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WITH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR
Airbourne have taken their time to get their new album to us, but when you tour as much as they do, you get a pass, especially when you are trying…
Gig Review: Slaughter To Prevail / Crypta / Chained Saint – SWG3 – Galvanizers , Glasgow (10th August 2026)
Three bands, three different takes on heavy music and a packed SWG3 made for a night that covered a fair amount of metal’s heavier end. From the old-school thrash of…