Kataklysm’s Unconquered: massive hooks and seismic power courtesy of death metal warhorses By Adam Rees Time and a global pandemic cannot wither Canadian veterans Kataklysm on their 14th album Unconquered
Cult Of Lilith open up a new tech-death frontier on stellar debut album Mara By Adam Rees Icelandic debutants Cult Of Lilith rip up the tech death rulebook with debut album Mara
10 essential nu core bands you need to hear right now By Adam Rees Call it nu core, call it The New Wave Of Nu Metal, but this is the most exciting sound of 2020. From Guerrilla Warfare to Tallah these are the bands you need to hear
The best Metallica merch 2020: amazing gifts for the Metallica fan in your life By Adam Rees The best Metallica merch you can buy in 2020, from S&M2 box sets and whiskey to Hetfield guitars and luxury watches
10 times metal hit the headlines for the wrong reasons By Adam Rees The mainstream media doesn’t bother with metal very often. And when it does, it’s usually for a really crazy reason
Septicflesh’s Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX: orchestral death metal gets its own S&M2 By Adam Rees Epic death metallers Septicflesh get the orchestral treatment on new live album Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX
The Top 20 best Corey Taylor cover versions By Adam Rees Metal, rock, country, kids’ cartoon themes – there’s literally nothing Corey Taylor won’t cover
Destruction’s Born To Thrash: German titans live and feral By Adam Rees Euro thrash warhorses Destruction show no sign of slowing on new live album Born To Thrash
The Best Funko Pop! Rocks figures 2020: Collect your musical heroes By Adam Rees UPDATED Funko figures always make a great gift or personal treat – and rock and metal are well catered for in their Pop! Rocks range. Here are some of our favourites
Aversions Crown conjure apocalyptic fury on new album Hell Will Come For Us All By Adam Rees Aussie bruisers Aversions Crown raise their game even further on fourth album Hell Will Come For Us All
The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal: where are they now? By Adam Rees Shadows Fall? Bleeding Through? Unearth? Whatever happened to the bands behind the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal?
End’s Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face: the best kind of sonic nightmare By Adam Rees Undeground metal supergroup End find a collective passion for pain on new album Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face
The best Slipknot merch 2020: Show your Slipknot love with our essential gear guide By Adam Rees UPDATED Slipknot are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet - and that means there’s a load of merch out there. To help you choose what to get hold of, we’ve picked out some of our favourites
The tragic story of Eros – the great lost Deftones album By Adam Rees Eros was set to be Deftones’ sixth album until bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a horrific accident that would cost him his life and see the album shelved
The best Babymetal merch 2020: Fox God masks, t-shirts, Blu-rays and more By Adam Rees Attention Fox God worshippers! Looking for the very best Babymetal merch? Then look no further - we've selected some of the very best items currently on the market
The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime UK right now By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards From The Stooges to Boston hardcore: these are the best music documentaries you can watch on Amazon Prime UK
The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime US right now By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards From Rammstein to Iggy Pop, these are the best music docs available to watch on Amazon Prime US
The best music documentaries on Netflix US right now By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards From Bob Dylan to Keith Richards: these are best music documentaries on Netflix US
The best music documentaries on Netflix UK right now By Adam Rees, Briony Edwards From Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan to Lemmy, there's a ton of brilliant stories and must-see music documentaries on Netflix right now
The Class Of 2000: Where Are They Now? By Paul Brannigan, Adam Rees It's been twenty years since the year 2000, whatever happened to the millennium's next big things?
The best gifts for music lovers: killer present ideas for rock fans and metalheads By Adam Rees We've got you covered: from AC/DC bedding and Guns N' Roses swag, to turntables, wireless headphones and ace electric guitars
The 20 greatest horror movie themed metal anthems By Merlin Alderslade, Chris Chantler, Joe Daly, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Metal’s history with horror movies goes back decades. We count down the 20 greatest anthems inspired by the screen, from the gruesome, to the grizzly, to the straight-up glorious
Have Steel Panther taken the joke too far? By Adam Rees Sunset Strip revivalists Steel Panther bring more swears than songs with fifth album Heavy Metal Rules
10 Rock and metal tours that went to sh*t By Chris Chantler, Eleanor Goodman, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Meltdowns. Accidents. Implosions. Bomb threats?! We dig inside some of the most chaotic tours in metal history
