Review by Greg MakiPhotos by Alana Lopez—If 2024 was the year of Poppy, what are we going to call 2025? After last year’s breakthrough collaborations with Bad Omens ("V.A.N.") and Knocked Loose ("Suffocate," scoring her second Grammy nomination), a headline-making performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (with Knocked Loose) and her superb sixth full-length, “Negative Spaces”... Continue Reading →
Poppy made her return to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, March 10, 2025, less than four months after appearing on the show—and frightening some unsuspecting viewers—with hardcore act Knocked Loose. This time around, she performed "The Cost of Giving Up" from her latest album, "Negative Spaces" (Live Metal's pick for the best of 2024). Poppy's... Continue Reading →
British metalcore heavyweights Architects are back with a new single, "Brain Dead," featuring boundary-pushing new duo House of Protection—the latest glimpse into their 11th studio album, "The Sky, the Earth & All Between," dropping Friday, Feb. 28, via Epitaph Records. Pre-order/pre-save the album here. Just days after surprising fans with "Everything Ends," which revealed a more vulnerable side to the band, "Brain Dead" flips the... Continue Reading →
