Dan Slessor

Bring Me The Horizon Sempiternal Bring Me The Horizon have not built up a fanbase by playing it safe, and Sempiternal marks their most striking—and fearless—evolution to date. From the skittering electronics dominating the opener “Can You Feel My Heart” to the frail croon of Oli Sykes on “And The Snakes Start To Sing,” BMTH […]

Funeral For A Friend Conduit With 2011’s Welcome Home Armageddon, Funeral For A Friend distanced themselves from the pop stylings of 2007's Tales Don’t Tell Themselves and 2008's Memory And Humanity, having gone on to altogether drop those records from their live set despite their popularity with their fans. Conduit sees them further embracing a post-hardcore […]

West End Motel Only Time Can Tell While the marketing behind West End Motel’s sophomore release is keen to draw attention to the presence of Mastodon’s Brent Hinds in the band’s ranks, Only Time Can Tell is a far cry from the metal demigod’s day job. Working with long time collaborator Tom Cheshire, rockabilly and […]

Indicator Back with their fourth full-length, Onward To Olympas continue to fly the flag for cookie-cutter metalcore, proving you don’t need so much as one original idea to capture yourself a decent fanbase these days. Indicator is not a bad record; it has its moments and should sate those wanting more of the same from […]

AxeWound Vultures Born of a desire to do something a little different to his day job, Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck enlisted Pitchshifter drummer Jason Bowld with the purpose of churning out some chunky, straight-ahead metal—and AxeWound came to be. Roping in Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats on vocals, the result pretty much […]

While She Sleeps This Is The Six Opening with the Motörhead-meets-At The Gates blast of “Dead Behind The Eyes”, While She Sleeps do not waste time in making an impression. Loud, fast and designed to instigate bar brawls, it’s a monster of a track—and perhaps the best here—but this does not mean that This Is […]

John Lefler Shout Fire EP Having played lead guitar in Dashboard Confessional since 2002, for 10 years John Lefler has imbued Chris Carrabba’s songs with texture and heart. With Shout Fire, his second solo release, he delivers six songs that prove him a good songwriter in his own right. There is a strong sense that […]

William Beckett Winds Will Change EP With his second solo release, former the Academy Is… vocalist William Beckett continues in the pop-rock direction his band were headed in while very much doing his own thing. Displaying a playful approach to songwriting and a keen ear for melody, he rewards TAI fans and those new to […]

Paper Sunbeam Best known for his work as drummer for Dashboard Confessional, Mike Marsh delivers his first solo effort with Sunbeam, writing, recording and playing all the instruments himself (under the moniker Paper) and doing a damn fine job at it. Wearing his influences on his sleeve, flavors of the Beach Boys sit alongside those […]