Fives: From Sorrow To Serenity’s 5 Favourite Scottish Bands
From Sorrow To Serenity pick out their five favourites Scottish bands; festival headliners, gloomy Glaswegians, local death metal legends and more.
16th May 2019
Fives: Knuckle’s 5 Need-To-Know Bands from Huddersfield
Garage-rock trio Knuckle put the spotlight on their hometown as they pick out five bands to check out from Huddersfield.
13th May 2019
Fives: “5 Songs We Can’t Wait to Hear at Download Festival 2019” (by Badflower)
As they prepare to make their Donington debut this summer, Southern California rockers Badflower picked out five songs they can’t wait to hear at Download Festival 2019.
4th March 2019
Fives: River Becomes Ocean’s 5 Favourite Film Scores
To mark the release of ‘A Motion Paralysed’, Brighton quartet River Becomes Ocean pick out five of their favourite pieces of classic cinema scores.
18th January 2019
Fives: 5 Hidden Gems from 2018
To round the year off, the AH team has picked out five records we’re considering as “hidden gems” that may have passed you by in 2018.
21st December 2018
Fives: All Get Out’s 5 Favourite Every Time I Die Songs
Despite All Get Out’s stirring emo/indie rock tendencies, frontman Nathan Hussey shares our love for Every Time I Die.
27th November 2018
Fives: Ice Nine Kills’ Top 5 Horror Films
With their new album, ‘The Silver Scream’, retelling some of cinema’s most iconic and frightening moments, vocalist Spencer Charnas picks out his five favourite horror films.
15th October 2018
Fives: Classified Frequency’s Top 5 Songs from 1999
Classified Frequency’s vocalist/guitarist Matthew Berry to picks out five songs that defined the year of 1999.
24th September 2018
Fives: Neshiima’s 5 Favourite “Non-Metal” Songs
When we asked Scottish electro-rap rockers Neshiima to pick out their favourite nü-metal songs, they decided to head in another direction.
19th September 2018
Fives: 5 Essential Australian Prog Bands (by Dead Letter Circus)
With their progressive tendencies, Dead Letter Circus are part of a long line of bands to emerge from the Australian prog scene. We spoke to DLC vocalist Kim Benzie about the five essential prog bands to come from Down Under.
18th September 2018
Fives: 5 Horror Films that inspired ‘Revenge’ by Taken By The Tide
Nottingham black metallers Taken By The Tide tell us about the horror classics that influenced their ‘Revenge’ EP.
9th August 2018
Fives: Sertraline’s Top 5 Bands to Watch at Bloodstock Open Air
Rising hard rockers Sertraline tell us about 5 bands they can’t wait to see at Bloodstock this weekend.
6th August 2018
Fives: Gloo’s Five Favourite Drinking Spots
As their debut album, ‘A Pathetic Youth,’ shows, rising grunge-punk trio Gloo are keen drinkers. So we asked them about their five favourite places to drink.
10th July 2018
Fives: The Walking Dead Orchestra’s 5 Bands to Watch at HellFest 2018
French technical death metal collective, The Walking Dead Orchestra, pick out 5 bands to watch at HellFest.
21st June 2018
Fives: Tigress’ Top 5 Picks for Download Festival 2018
The Download Festival showcases a wide range of acts from all corners of rock, metal, hardcore and beyond. Some are stadium-conquering legends, others are just starting out on the road to bigger things. Chelmsford rockers Tigress considerably fall somewhere in between. Formed three years ago, the quintet arrive at Donington having
4th June 2018
Fives: Deep Cuts – Jimmy Eat World
As they celebrate their 25th anniversary at the Slam Dunk Festival, we’ve picked out five of the best Jimmy Eat World deep cuts.
15th May 2018
Fives: Forever Cult’s Guide to Leeds
Fuzz-laden, grungy indie-punks Forever Cult tell us about their five favourite places to hang out and play in Leeds.
13th April 2018
Fives: Varvara’s 5 Favourite Finnish Bands
Lapland. Moomins. Saunas. These are just some of the things the country of Finland is famous for. While its musical output is perhaps best known for producing stellar metal and hard rock bands such as HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom and erm… The Rasmus. Nevertheless, on the more melodic, alt-rock
15th March 2018
Fives: Thumpermonkey’s 5 Favourite Film Soundtracks
Alt-prog-rock oddballs Thumpermonkey recently returned with their seventh release, an EP titled ‘Electricity’. Over the course of 20 minutes, the London-based quartet take you on an intriguing journey that explores a lost tale of human misadventure; the story of Victorian MP and visionary Lord James Badger. Wrapped in a sound
3rd November 2017
Fives: 5 UK Bands to Get Excited About by Gold Key
For the members of Gold Key, the imminent release of their debut album ‘Hello Phantom’ marks a new chapter for all involved. With the quartet having previously spent their time in heavier bands such as Gallows, Sikth, Spycatcher and Blackhole, Gold Key sees Laurent “Lags” Barnard, Steve Sears, Jack Kenny
26th October 2017
Fives: Movements’ 5 Favourite Albums Produced by Will Yip
This Friday, Orange County alt-rockers Movements will be releasing their debut full-length. Entitled ‘Feel Something’, it sees the quartet produce an intricate record revolving around introspective lyricism, explosive and emotive choruses. Songs such as ‘Daylily’, ‘Colorblind’ and ‘Deadly Dull’ are threaded together by a timeless psychological and spiritual bond, providing
16th October 2017
Fives: The Great Discord’s 5 Bands to Watch at Damnation Festival 2017
Next month, heavy metal fans will descend on Leeds University for the annual Damnation Festival. Now in its 13th year, the festival is set to once again deliver the best in heavy metal, doom, sludge and more. The 2017 edition sees the festival become more diverse with post-rock, progressive rock,
9th October 2017
Fives: Huxtable’s 5 Favourite Scottish Venues
They might only be a two-piece but Jordan Yates and Mark William Brown AKA Huxtable know how to make a statement. On their new EP, ‘Change Shape Future’, the Scottish alt-rockers deliver an adrenaline-fulled, riff-heavy onslaught with melodic hooks in equal measure. The Kilmarnock duo are longtime friends, having come
26th September 2017
Fives: Lights’ 5 Favourite Comic Book Characters
This week, alt-pop artist Lights returns with her fourth album; ‘Skin&Earth’. From her synthpop beginnings, this new record highlights her musical growth. ‘Savage’ is a sultry, raucous number with a fuzzy guitar riff. ‘New Fears’ highlights Lights’ vocal prowess through its atmospheric, ballad-like tone, with ‘Giants’ suitably carrying itself with
21st September 2017
Fives: 5 Life Lessons by 7 Minutes In Heaven
On their new EP, ‘Symmetry’, 7 Minutes In Heaven’s Timmy Rasmussen takes a reflective and considerate look at his life. While on the surface, the Chicago band supply an energetic set of pop-rock bangers, the EP sees Rasmussen highlight several personal and relatable issues; losing focus, the fear of failure,
20th September 2017
Fives: The Maine’s Top 5 Video Games To Bring On Tour
Since forming in Tempe, Arizona in 2007, The Maine have travelled far and wide, playing their brand of alternative/pop-rock all over the place. Sequentially, it’s safe to say the quintet have done their fair share of touring. Like a lot of bands, The Maine have spent many hours in a
14th September 2017