Tagli/Talee oozes a screamo creativity, passion and energy that really deserves attention.

Kodok is a true expansion and a beautiful execution of the, mainly, instrumental genre.

Over the six tracks the band never goes wrong and K L P S has put a real marker down in the Swedish post-metal sound.

Four long months ago Gary Davidson caught up with Fraser and Jack of UK blackened post-hardcore trio Still. We went deep on the roots of the band, the progress to the second album, A Theft, and our collective love of Joe Clayton.

The UK’s finest purveyors of sludged up post-metal return with another extraordinary album which manages to step up from a previous point of perfection.

Post-metal that is atmospheric enough to relax to but also heavy enough to headbang to. The songs, sounds and textures are flawless.

If I have to wait another four or five years for the next Hidden Mothers album, I will be absolutely delighted if it is as varied, vibrant and flawless as the debut.

This is a miserably beautiful piece of work which puts the band high in the ranks of the finest blackened post-hardcore available today.

Codespeaker put the metal into post-metal and create a unique sound for a phenomenal second album.

Instrumental metal has a world of possibilities and if you allow yourself, then Ghosts of Glaciers will take you there and then some.

This single track 40 minute album needs to be consumed whole and when done so it shows off some of the finest post-black metal to be released this year.

Eunoia is full of the beauty, energy and passion that only envy can produce.

With The Grand Scheme Of Things, Sugar Horse continue to sound peerless and it’s another majestic release in a growing catalogue of perfection.

I am fairly sure this post-rock album has a beatdown and there is plenty more here that differentiates Solars from the rest of the post-rock crowd.

If there is an ounce of you that likes shoegaze then New Ghost will serve you something you will want to return to with A Dagger In Every Tide.

On the eve of the release of In Resonance Nexus, the band’s first album in over a decade, Gary Davidson caught up with Karl Middleton to discuss the second break up, the freedom in writing the new album, Twinzero and plans for the bands performance at ArcTanGent.

Gary Davidson caught up with Ripcord Records to talk all things label and distro as well as the thinking behind the massive 100+ band compilations.

True Spilt Milk Designs has been ever present in the UK heavy scene over the years with some stunning designs. Gary Davidson sat down with award winning artists and designer Paul Phillips to talk through his creative process, self-employment and the impact of AI.

If you miss Neurosis then you will do more than just satisfy the itch here.

In places this is a tough chew but ultimately it is rewarding for patience and understanding of the magnitude of accomplishment here.

One of the finest examples of organic and original heavy post-rock I have heard in quite some time.