The very nature of the modern web means that the way we promote our brands online never remains static. From the foundation of our websites to our inbound marketing strategies, there’s a continual evolution at play that means businesses like ours can quickly find themselves playing catch up. One minute…

As a business owner, you love what IT can do for you. Helping you to work faster, produce better results and increase productivity across your workforce, you’d be lost without the IT infrastructure you have in place. Yet as much money as you’re making thanks to IT, when things go…

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They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, but with new EP Injection, Heartlay certainly take no chances. From the moment an Eastern-tinged guitar begins weaving it way through whiplash samples reminiscent of fellow Frenchmen Pleymo, this five-track powerhouse swoops into life, making a bold introductory…

Spring has well and truly sprung, ladies and gentlemen. With it, comes a renewed sense of hope, of vitality, of things beginning anew, crawling out of the darkness, grabbing life by the balls, and boldly marching forward into the light. Or at least, it should. If looking out the window…

If the test of any truly good album lies in how much it demands to be played on repeat, then Milwaukee-based doom merchants Arctic Sleep are onto something pretty special with their latest offering, Passage of Gaia. Spread out over eight epic, sprawling tracks of somber atmospherics, crunching guitars, and…

There comes a time in the career of any long-tenured band when an inevitable crossroads no longer lingers on the horizon like some watery mirage on a desert but confronts them head-on in all its demanding, unavoidable glory. Head one route, and you’ll find a road well-traveled by journeymen musicians…

I have to stop and pinch myself when I realise that I’m now into my second year as a freelance copywriter*. [*This is an old post that I originally published on a now-defunct personal blog. …

Over the past forty years, Metallica have carved out a reputation as one of the biggest bands in the world. Along the way, they’ve been met with both critical acclaim and absolute disdain in equal measure. Sure, the band still has a loyal hardcore following the size of which most…