2016 was a year of polarising highs and lows for the Architects, they released the extremely well received All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, and sadly just three months later, one of the founding members and main songwriter, Tom Searle, passed away of skin cancer. No one would have blamed the Brighton crew for calling it a day and going their separate ways. But in a case of ‘when life gives you lemons’ the boys persevered and dropped a fitting tribute to their fallen brother and bandmate.
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Two years ago, my musical world was turned on its head by Beartooth and their  amazing album Aggressive and the gig I saw in December in support of said release. They also had an honourable mention on my  Top Albums of 2016 (which in hindsight should have made the list). The point is, they came out of nowhere and instantly became a favourite band of mine in the space of a few days.
But the question remains, how can they follow this up?
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​Just under two years ago, I first started listening to Bury Tomorrow when I discovered their album Earthbound through Spotify. Fast forward to now and they’ve just released their 5th record, Black Flame. I’m going to get straight to the

Even though Parkway Drive never left the scene, I still feel the need to say: they’re back better than ever and prove why they are the Australian kings of Metalcore, despite the fact Winston McCall claims they have outgrown the genre. But after listening to Reverence for a week I have to disagree. Why you ask? Read on and find out...

A few months ago I reported on the Ronon’s Reviews FB page that Metallica had promised their fans that the new record, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct would take a massive step towards their thrash sound of yesteryear.

​After a whole week of being my album of choice I can finally say, yes it does and the best way I can sum it up is, while it's not as awesome as Master Of Puppets (what I consider the greatest release from Metallica) it's definitely nowhere as shit as St Anger (we all know it's a piece of crap).
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