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“I’ve got to credit Slipknot because they referenced Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse in interviews. I went out and bought all those records”: How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for his teenage self

The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to

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“You can have a great amp but if the speaker sucks it won’t sound good”: Sylosis' Josh Middleton on the most important link in your signal chain – and how a remarkable find from Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood helped him nail Andy Sneap’s tone

The secret to great tone? Don't forget the speaker cabinet matters, too

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

New year, new metal tunes from Alter Bridge, Hanabie, Lord Of The Lost and more!

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Listen to some fresh noises from Alissa, Sylosis, Girlschool and more, then vote for your favourite

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Metal’s hardest-working band just played the biggest show of their lives – naturally, they pulled out all the stops

Bleed From Within hit a new apex at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum, where they were backed up by special guests, bagpipe players and an uber-passionate audience

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“They asked Kate Bush, ‘Why do you write about this stuff?’ She said, ‘Well, I’m not very interesting!’ It’s the same with us”: What Sylosis learned from prog stars including Opeth, Tool and Rush

Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers

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The busiest band in metal? One day before Slipknot support tour, Bleed From Within announce next album Zenith, release single In Place Of Your Halo

The prolific aggressors have also remixed recent track Hands Of Sin, now featuring Sylosis frontman Josh Middleton

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“The most exciting underground metal lineup of 2024”: Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy lead four hours of moshpit mayhem in London

Supported by Darkest Hour and Heriot, the co-headliners host a night of wall-to-wall adrenaline at Electric Brixton

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“Another declaration that this band are UK metal’s uncrowned kings”: Sylosis reaffirm themselves as overlooked greats on surprise EP The Path

Across five blistering songs, Reading bruisers Sylosis summarise everything that makes them one of Britain’s best metal bands

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“While creating our last album, we amassed a lot of our best material to date”: Sylosis surprise-release new EP The Path, featuring rising metalcore stars Heriot

Sylosis and Heriot have tag-teamed for a new song on a surprise EP, ahead of the pair touring Europe together in November and December

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“It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out!” Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine add North American dates to Poisoned Ascendancy world tour; August Burns Red, Sylosis and Bleed From Within supporting

One of 2025’s most exciting tour packages is going stateside, with some stellar support acts added in

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“It’s been one of our favourite unreleased tracks to perform live”: Up-and-coming metalcore heroes Heriot get groovy on new single At The Fortress Gate

The Bristol rabble release debut album Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell next month

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“Our most dynamic and powerful album to date”: Deathcore heroes Fit For An Autopsy announce new album The Nothing That Is

The New Jersey aggressors will tour the US with Bodysnatcher, Distant, Sylosis and Judiciary in autumn

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Metalcore upstarts Heriot announce debut album Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell, release eviscerating new track Foul Void

Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell was produced by Josh Middleton (Sylosis, ex-Architects), and the only thing more metal than its title is its latest single

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Every Sylosis album ranked from worst to best

From thrash revivalists to modern metal supergroup, this is Sylosis’ spotless back-catalogue in reverse-order of excellence

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Please allow British metallers Heriot to turn your bowels inside out with their savagely heavy new single, Siege Lord

Just Heriot showing once again why they're one of the best young bands in the UK metal scene right now

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Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy announce UK and European tour with Darkest Hour and Heriot in support

One of the metal tours of the year just landed and is coming to Europe!

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The 10 best Metallica songs not by Metallica

From Avenged Sevenfold to Evile, many have used the Four Horsemen’s influence to pen some similar yet still-incredible anthems

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Bloodstock festival adds Carcass, Sylosis, Satyricon and more to 2024 lineup

11 new bands have been added to the extreme metal festival, which will take place at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, in August

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“String skipping can mimic sweep picking and cover a lot of ground”: Learn how to make your shred solos sound a whole lot more evil with this exclusive Josh Middleton video lesson

The Sylosis virtuoso teaches you five approaches to improve your metal guitar solos – and make them that bit more sinister

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“If you want to be a well-rounded metal player, alternate picking is something you cannot skip out on”: Josh Middleton on the essential techniques and discipline of metal guitar

The Sylosis riff master unpacks some of his metal approaches and explains why practice makes perfect, even if it makes you the last person in the world anyone would want to watch TV with

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10 metal riffs that look easy but are incredibly difficult to play

From Metallica to Slipknot, Sylosis frontman and guitar virtuoso Josh Middleton picks 10 heavy riffs that are far harder than they sound

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

In This Moment, Beartooth and Code Orange are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Bring Me The Horizon, Lacuna Coil and Fever 333 are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Architects announce departure of guitarist Josh Middleton

The ESP signature artist leaves the band after six years and three studio albums, and turns his attention to his other metal group, Sylosis

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