Metal Hammer UK

NEW YEARS DAY

Half Black Heart

CENTURY MEDIA

Anaheim’s alt rock icons go back to the future

line-up back together, New Years Day have risen from the ashes with a revitalised sound. Visually, their latestteased a divergence from their old-school sound –a cocktail of choppy, buoyant pop-punk-infused alt metal –is its final nail in the coffin. And the result is striking, even if it does sacrifice some of New Years Day’s charm.

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