BM Linx have found themselves taken under the wing of production legend Alan Moulder; unsurprisingly, “Kids on Fire” is an enormous slice of lush dancy alt-rock.

Old goth bands never die… but on the strength of live retrospective album Live & Last, The Mission should have left the lid on their patchouli-scented coffin.

Believer’s last album was released fifteen years ago to a less than rapturous reception. However, new platter Gabriel looks set to claw back some of the kudos of their early material.

Sludgy doomish riff-rock with psychedelic wig-outs, epic fretboard excess and its tongue somewhat in its cheek. Intrigued by Stinking Lizaveta’s Sacrifice & Bliss? So you should be.

Batshit but lovable post-hardcore oddballs Future Of the Left return to the fray with new single “The Hope That House Built”.

Close your eyes and let yourself go; Japan’s post-rock maestros Mono conjure the cold majesty of nature in a dingy Brighton seafront club.

My Passion’s “Thanks for Nothing” is pop-punk meeting goth-metal at the indie disco… or something like that, but not as dreadful as that might suggest.

London-based Aussie ex-pats Razor of Occam keep their thrash-death retro fierce and unadorned on their third full-length, Homage to Martyrs.

Debut single “Alfred, Light the Fires” sees Portsmouth’s The B of the Bang evoking a long-lost England; it’s very picturesque, but not so exciting.

If you thought the UK had a monopoly on banal MOR dadrock, think again – The Steepwater Band’s Grace & Melody is beautifully made but duller than dishwater.