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Broadside: “This Is Our Fifth Album. You’d Think You’d Just Go In And Be Open-Minded. But You Have To Be Afraid Of It.”

Broadside: “This Is Our Fifth Album. You’d Think You’d Just Go In And Be Open-Minded. But You Have To Be Afraid Of It.”

Nothing, Live @ Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast | What Went Down

Nothing, Live @ Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast | What Went Down

Wargasm: “If it comes out, it’ll be a miracle”

Wargasm: “If it comes out, it’ll be a miracle”

The Hara: “We could be influenced by the waves”

The Hara: “We could be influenced by the waves”

Vexed: “I can just be a bit of an asshole, and it’s quite liberating”

Vexed: “I can just be a bit of an asshole, and it’s quite liberating”

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FEATURES

Amped Magazine’s 2026 Ones To Watch

Shake off that New Year’s hangover, lace up your Docs, and get ready to discover the bands that are about to take over 2026. Hand-picked by the team at Amped, here are the acts you need on your radar right now.
NEWS

Bring Me The Horizon to resurrect ‘Count Your Blessings’ with savage re-recording and full live playthrough at Outbreak

Celebrating two decades of ‘Count Your Blessings’, Bring Me The Horizon have reworked the album from the ground up, and will take it to the stage in full this July

Kid Bookie teams up with Corey Taylor for powerful new single Blame

Kid Bookie teams up with Corey Taylor for powerful new single Blame

THE HOWLING unveil The Murder Capital ahead of debut EP Salvo

THE HOWLING unveil The Murder Capital ahead of debut EP Salvo

Melrose Avenue unleash fiery new single Bad Guy

Melrose Avenue unleash fiery new single Bad Guy

Graphic Nature launch new era with explosive single Faceless

Graphic Nature launch new era with explosive single Faceless

Holding Absence return with new single Whisper Of A Dream

Holding Absence return with new single Whisper Of A Dream

Mimi Barks returns with blistering new single Dreamstate Of Hell

Mimi Barks returns with blistering new single Dreamstate Of Hell

Ray Noir kicks off ‘Gothstar’ era with chaotic new single ‘Label Whxre’

Ray Noir kicks off ‘Gothstar’ era with chaotic new single ‘Label Whxre’

Static Dress announce second album injury episode, share ferocious single ‘Nostalgia Kills’ ft. Underoath

Static Dress announce second album injury episode, share ferocious single ‘Nostalgia Kills’ ft. Underoath

Converge announce second new album of 2026, Hum Of Hurt

Converge announce second new album of 2026, Hum Of Hurt

Basement drop hazy new single ‘The Way I Feel’

Basement drop hazy new single ‘The Way I Feel’

REVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

PAVE: “We never want to be a metal band or a rock band”

PAVE: “We never want to be a metal band or a rock band”

The Maine on Joy Next Door: “Happiness Isn’t a Destination”

The Maine on Joy Next Door: “Happiness Isn’t a Destination”

The Requiem: I want to be a gateway band – introduce people to everything that inspired us. We’re not reinventing anything, just giving flowers to what came before us. The same way those bands did that for me, I hope we can do it for the next generation.”

The Requiem: I want to be a gateway band – introduce people to everything that inspired us. We’re not reinventing anything, just giving flowers to what came before us. The same way those bands did that for me, I hope we can do it for the next generation.”

Memphis May Fire: “At first it’s all fun, then it’s fun with problems, then it’s all problems”

Memphis May Fire: “At first it’s all fun, then it’s fun with problems, then it’s all problems”

Beyond Extinction On The Debut Album That Crossed Every Boundary & The Dark Essex History Coming Next | Interview

Beyond Extinction On The Debut Album That Crossed Every Boundary & The Dark Essex History Coming Next | Interview

“This album is a sequel”: 156/Silence on their UK debut, dreamy new horizons, and why Pittsburgh made them fight for everything

“This album is a sequel”: 156/Silence on their UK debut, dreamy new horizons, and why Pittsburgh made them fight for everything

“Art can try and communicate something that’s inexpressible through words”: Inside Tigercub’s cinematic rebirth

“Art can try and communicate something that’s inexpressible through words”: Inside Tigercub’s cinematic rebirth

The Overjoyed: “It’s got the thing. I don’t know how to explain it – it just has something.”

“England is our first home away from home”: Less Than Jake’s Chris DeMakes on 28 years of UK love, unforgettable chaos, and the Uncharted EP

“England is our first home away from home”: Less Than Jake’s Chris DeMakes on 28 years of UK love, unforgettable chaos, and the Uncharted EP

TX2: “I don’t care what happens to me as long as I know I went down fighting for what I believed in”

TX2: “I don’t care what happens to me as long as I know I went down fighting for what I believed in”