Crank up We Are Above You and get ready to ride, as Cave In spin-offs Clouds take you on a whistlestop tour of all that’s blitzed, silly, raucous and fun about retro stoner metal.

Legendary progenitor of dark industrial ambient Lustmord returns with Other – a collection of moody post-apocalyptic soundscapes with some stellar guest guitarists.

Think British metal all sounds the same? The Miramar Disaster would like to plead the exception to the rule with their inventive new album Volumes.

Young Scots emo hopefuls To Catch A Thief have got the chops, but the Your Eyes Will Burn EP stays too close to the formula to stand out from the crowd.

Hi-twiddle-di-dee – Falconer transfix classic power metal cheese with medieval folk on Among Beggars And Thieves. Squire – fetch my broadsword!

Apparently, HiFi Handgrenades come with the Dave Grohl stamp of approval – so Carry On for nineties-style melodic punk in bite-sized form.

When the multimedia dictionaries of the future are compiled, the entry for “misplaced confidence” will be linked to Silent Shadows by Redemption Unnamed.

The return of much-loved alt-metal trio Kerbdog is equal parts tuneful triumph and nineties nostalgia at the Camden Barfly.

Wade McNeil takes time off from Alexisonfire to put together Black Lungs and, in the form of Send Flowers, produces one of the most authentic and honest punk albums in years.

Slaves To Gravity frontman Tommy Gleeson takes the TDP interview hotseat ahead of the band’s support slot with the recently-reformed Kerbdog.