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.

To be 26 odd years into a career and adding an album this good to a stacked back catalogue is utterly ridiculous. Why are they not huge?

This is another collection of breathtaking, unique tracks from a truly special band.

Post-metal’s most vital and unique voice delivers a flawless second album that will be a favourite for decades to come.

Earthtone9 has just lost its UK metal crown, it will have to better The Scorching Gaze to try and win it back!

This mix of minimalist post-rock and neo-classical is best enjoyed when you stop the world and sink into the music. A stunning release which will richly reward the sacrifice of time.

One of the finest post-black metal bands in the UK continues to deliver with a devastatingly cohesive and diverse EP.

Two tracks in 22 minutes covering brilliant post-metal and doom shows there is a bountiful future in front of both bands.

Big|Brave steps into new depths of weight and heaviness with great success and whatever they choose to do next, the evidence suggests they will master that too.

If blackened post-hardcore is your thing then this may very well be your album of the year!

II: Aging & Formless is a tremendous post-metal release and it doesn’t even feel like the band has hit its peak yet.

Take the best of 90’s Sacramento emo and mix it with the finest in stoner rock and you get close to what Sons of Alpha Centauri has achieved again.

Mastiff has made one of the grimmest albums of recent times, a dense sludgy atmosphere of hopelessness and pain and it is absolutely glorious.