Spellbound (by Dimmu Borgir) 🔥

Spending this wet and windy Sunday spinning symphonic black metal classics, drinking freshly brewed filter coffee, and playing football manager. No complaints whatsoever.

Music industry pals! Thanks to the wild rollercoaster we're all riding called life, I've found myself with a little more time to dedicate to my music journalism side quests on a freelance basis, so if anyone's looking for a scribe or wants to chuck some music my way, let me know!

Another year, another reminder of my undying love for pancakes 🥞

Reinvention by The Veer Union is scratching a certain itch for that arena-style metalcore I like spinning in the gym or on a run. Out Friday via Arising Empire if you fancy it, which if you vibe with Bad Omens, Silent Planet, or Dayseeker, you definitely will.

I'll be honest, I almost gave up writing about music in 2025. Something told me to stick with it, and I'm glad I did, because I've just locked in a bucket list interviewee for tonight.

can't wait to spend the summer being happily sad soundtracked by LP4 🥲

ALBUM REVIEW: Purgatory by Phasma Out Friday 20th Feb via Transcending Obscurity Records. Publication: Distorted Sound This album is musical purgatory: you’ll suffer, but you’ll enjoy it. Especially if you like blackened death metal. distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-p…

Today marks the 30th anniversary of The Jester Race!! What’s your favorite song on this album?

The album 'Burnout' by Good Terms scratches such an itch it's unreal, can't believe I've only just discovered them.

Amnesia by Monosphere. Ridiculously good stuff from the German outfit, arriving in your eardrums early March. It's equal parts DVNE, Gaerea, and Meshuggah. So you know, have at it.

Springsteen gave us one of the greatest lyrics ever with "Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy & dull, & cut a 6 inch valley through the middle of my skull; at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet, & a freight train running through the middle of my head"

Bad Moons by American Football. That's it, that's the tweet.

I'm sure my neighbours won't mind waking up to the sounds of me giving my home a proper deep clean to the sound of The Menzingers.