Swallow the Sun – 20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki: Album Review
Swallow The Sun release an incredible career spanning live album, covering all musical sides of this towering metal band from Finland.
At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being: Album Review
At the Gates unleash their new album, The Nightmare Of Being. It stakes out new musical ground for the Swedish metal legends.
Hacktivist on Björk: Why I Love
Jot Maxi from Hacktivist joins us to share his love of the quite unique artist Björk. Hacktivist have recently released their new album, Hyperdialect.
Mission Jupiter – Talk To Me: Album Review
Mission Jupiter are a Belarusian quintet out of Minsk who have just released their stunning new album, Talk To Me.
Gojira – Fortitude: Album Review
Gojira unleash their new album Fortitude which shows a band at the peak of their creative powers, combining full on metal, with an extraordinary range of other musical influences.
WODE – Burn In Many Mirrors: Album Review
Manchester black-metallers WODE return and show the step up that they have made. Burn In Many Mirrors is a huge album, with the one of the most dynamic metal sounds you are likely to hear this year.
1971-2021: A Classic Golden Jubilee Year!
At The Barrier takes a look back at 1971 and celebrates a seminal year for the Rock Album. Happy Birthday to these classics!
Dawnwalker – Ages: Album Review
Dawnwalker release Ages. Experimental metal that moves into longer form pieces as the Earth dies a slow death.
Empress – Wait ‘Til Night: Album Review
Empress blur the lines of many musical genres. Their music is full of depth and emotion and is soothing and haunting in equal measure.
Why I Love: Possessor on Judas Priest
Possessor are set to release their new album on 30th October 2020. Damn The Light will be released through APF Records on various formats.
Ben Greenberg of Uniform: Interview
Uniform guitarist Ben Greenberg joins us for an in-depth chat about the new Uniform album, the importance of music videos and the New York scene.
Uniform – Shame: Album Review
Uniform, New York noise merchants, return with their fourth full length LP; Shame. This is a suffocating and essential listen.
Phil Weller of Prognosis: Interview
Prognosis guitarist Phil Weller joins us for a chat about the bands latest single, what the future holds and the definitive prog metal album.
Why I Love: Shrapnel on Megadeth
Shrapnel continue to blaze a trail with their thrash sound. We welcome the band to At The Barrier as they share their love of the music of Megadeth.
Opinion: Top 10 bands to watch in Manchester
Manchester has always been a hotbed of great bands. We take a look at which bands to keep an eye on as Manchester continues to thrive.