I know it was a couple of weeks ago, but I’m still buzzing about Architects getting a Number One album. When a metal band achieves something like that, it feels like a win for us all. It’s like a collective ‘fuck you’ to the world; we are powerful when we want to be. That positivity was what we needed when the news has been pretty grim. So, anyway, here is some new music that has been tickling my fancy. The thing it all has in common is I found every band on TikTok – don’t knock it until you try it. Once you get into the right algorithm you can find some pretty awesome stuff – it’s like the new Myspace. Jeris Johnson Jeris divided metal fans big time. Most rock fans first heard him when he did a reloaded version of Last Resort with Papa Roach,...
