The Mirimar Disaster - Volumes (9)
Intelligent alternative metal from Sheffield? You’d better believe it! This barbed, brutal and downright burly...

Vessels - White Fields And Open Devices (8)
To be brutally honest, Vessels have never been anything like the genre-hopping curio that...

Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (9)
It’s all over. No really, it’s all over and nothing can ever be the same. Slipknot know it, they’ve resigned. Resigned themselves...

The Automatic - This Is A Fix (8)
The Automatic’s ex-shrieker, Alex Pennie, probably realised the writing was on the wall...

Walls Of Jericho - The American Dream (8)
fter an EP of meandering rock songs, produced by Slipknot frontman and Rock Sound columnist Corey Taylor...

Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown (6)
First thing’s first, this is Dragonforce, so you already know if you’re the type to give this a shot...

The Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound (7)
On the cusp of their long-overdue debut UK shows, New Jersey’s finest export since The Sopranos may...

Norma Jean - The Anti Mother (8)
Norma Jean are one of those bands that have been on the radar for a while, but until now...

Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies (6)
These Swedes have to be commended for their longevity and continued determination. Never really reaching...