Under the needle

The phrase “life-affirming” is tossed out all too rarely these days, but Boss Keloid can comfortably claim this appellation. A band whose...

If humankind’s consistently mindless, self-serving and hatefully bigoted behaviour during these continually troubled times has taught us...

The pandemic has seen music choked in so many ways, especially live, and more than a few bands have certainly suffered and even...

Probably the most progressive and interesting horror film of the ’90s. Fact is, if you have Philip Glass doing the soundtrack, you are...

For the first time in many long and arduous months, our dreary little isle is finally approaching something resembling normality, with...

When it comes to accepting or (God forbid) perhaps even actively embracing a band’s natural sonic evolution, our beloved extreme metal...

Formerly known as Blinders, this neat little film feels like a Netflix special. It started with the dreaded ‘found footage’ style, but...

Whether shielding child sex offenders, seizing control of women’s reproductive rights or being used to legitimise a host of bloodthirsty...

There’s something about the sight of a burning church that’s always guaranteed to leave us black metal fanatics feeling all warm and...

Sometimes, underground music, for all its rejection of the mainstream and outcast mojo, can be quite conservative. We might sneer at the...