Mutation hit the road for the first time and leave a trail of sonic destruction in their wake. Brutally impressive.

Sikth deliver on exactly what they always have done - pulverising levels of brilliance that cements their place ahead of the game. What a band.

Akercocke continue to push musical boundaries and give their all playing live.

We headed down to Kentish Town for the annual event that's heavy enough to challenge any venue's foundations.

Another strong live showing from one of our favourites here at Room Thirteen. Strong set-list compiling of largely new music!

Evanescence's Synthesis Live tour kicked off in the UK with two sold out nights at the Royal Festival Hall on March 30th and 31st.

Winterfylleth take Glasgow by storm with their magnificent acoustic tour

Voivod continue to be a touring powerhouse right up to and through their 35th anniversary as a band.

It has been three years away from the limelight of the stage but they are back and just as entertaining!

Although it has been ten years since this album was released they played it like it was created yesterday.

Kvelertak hit the capital as part of the Mastodon tour with a new vocalist in the ranks and a performance that struck surprisingly mixed results.

Mastodon's tour rolls in to London with Scott Kelly in tow as well. Characteristically gigantic live performance from Atlanta Georgia's finest.

We headed to Lisbon for the mighty TOOL. This is a band for whom everyone ran out of superlatives many many years ago.

Mark Morton trades the ferocity of Lamb Of God for an intimate acoustic setting delivering an enjoyable evening!

Fit For An Autopsy deliver a thirty minute wave of chaos that seemingly flashed by in no time at all. Strong set.

Californian unit deliver a huge level of energy in their support slot for Thy Art Is Murder!

Thy Art Is Murder return to the UK capital to unleash all manner of bedlam at their sold out show at Electric Brixton. Punishing.

Megadeth join 5FDP on their arena run of shows bringing the momentous return of Dave Mustaine to the fold after lengthy illness.

The 5FDP train continues to rumble onwards with another huge headline show at London's Wembley Arena. Here's how it all went down.

As the current crisis continues to severely impact the live industry we're throwing our support behind the demand for heightened Gov support.

As the current crisis continues to severely impact the live industry we're throwing our support behind the demand for heightened Government support.

As the current crisis continues to severely impact the live industry we're throwing our support behind the demand for heightened Government support.

As the current crisis continues to severely impact the live industry we're throwing our support behind the demand for heightened Government support.

With the site under construction we bring you some live review coverage from the archives! First up Gojira/Code Orange in Leeds 2017!

With some sections of the site under construction we bring you more live review coverage from the archives! Gojira in Leeds 2017.

Continuing to pull from the archives whilst parts of the site are under construction here we go back to 2014 for some Biohazard!

Lets delve back in to the archives for a live review of Avenged Sevenfold's set at Download Festival in 2011.

The year is 2010 and Machine Head are wrapping up a tour supporting the now legendary studio record The Blackening...

Heading back to 2008 now (woah!) to a headline Fall Out Boy set at Wembley Arena. Early arena days how they've grown!

Looking back to 2010 now and a review of what proved to be a truly brilliant set by QOTSA at Reading Festival.

The first major release in heavy music this year veers quite wide of the mark providing very few highlights.

We headed down to the Bring Me The Horizon day at All Points East. Here's who we checked out across the two main stages!

Rain mud and riffs. Download 2019 boasted one of the strongest ever line-ups - here's who we checked out across the Friday and Saturday!

Onwards to the Sunday night and one of the most impressive days at Download for many years. Here's who we checked out!!

Another BIG year in heavy music! We run through the festival highlights the goodbye's the returns and the albums of the year! BIG we said!

Short update statement giving you an update on where we're at.

Short update statement giving you an update on where we're at.

Short update statement giving you an update on where we're at.

Our very first Under The House Lights feature focuses on Icelandic Technical Death Metal group CULT OF LILITH

In our second UTHL feature we head for Sheffield to revel in the gloomy blackened racket spawned from the almighty BA'AL.

Our Download 2022 coverage kicks off with our HUGE festival playlist created to get you pumped up and ready to roll.

We give you a run down of all of our picks across the stages on Friday at this year's festival. Riffs and fun aplenty!

As the weekend hits we've rounded off our Download Preview coverage with all of our picks across the Saturday/Sunday. RIIIFFFSS.

We review all things FRIDAY from this year's Download Festival. The good the bad and everything in between!

We close out our Download Festival 2022 coverage with a review of all the acts we checked out across the Saturday and Sunday!

We're digging through the archives to re-spotlight features from over the years. First up an interview with Jon Davis from Conan back in 2014!

Next up from the archives an excellent interview with Travis Stever from the imperious Coheed and Cambria from back in 2012!

We roll back to 2013 to bring an interview with the legendary Brant Bjork (of Vista Chino back then). From their headline show at The Roundhouse.

Not long to go! It's time to ramp up that excitement for Download Festival and start planning out your days - here's a good starting point.

The biggest Download Festival ever is on the horizon. Here's some of our band choices to get you all geared up to go and groove!