Latest articles by Adam Brennan
German metalcore veterans Heaven Shall Burn deserve to be far bigger outside of their homeland. Is this the album that will make that happen?
Bury Tomorrow's Will You Haunt Me With That Same Patience reaffirms Bury Tomorrow as modern metalcore heavyweights
The deathcore veterans have released their heaviest record since This Is Exile
Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of Ascendancy
Former In Flames men unite once more to create another blistering set of classic-sounding melodeath anthems
From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
Rearranging Testament's back catalogue into order of greatness
Swallow The Sun's ninth studio album is a subtle wade into lighter waters
The newest offering from prog metal veterans Oceans Of Slumber is more than worthy of their impressive catalogue
Happy birthday to iconic metal drummer Gene ‘The Atomic Clock’ Hoglan – born on this day in 1967
Norway's Leprous might be ditching some of their heaviness, but Melodies Of Atonement is a prog metal masterclass nonetheless
Recorded during Within Temptation's co-headline tour with Evanescence, Worlds Collide shows a band at the apex of their powers
We've all had enough of people chucking beer, chatting throughout the headliner or filming the show right in front of our faces, haven't we?
David Vincent, Rune ‘Blasphemer’ Eriksen and Flo Mounier live up to their reputation as extreme metal's leading lights
Metal has produced some world class power ballads across the decades. Here are the 10 very finest
From Metallica to Poison, Korn are kings of the unexpected cover version – and here are their best
Album review: Animals As Leaders continue to push djent into bold new realms on new album Parrhesia
For every Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage, there were hundreds of 2000s bands the world has forgotten. Here are 10 who should have been massive
Finnish melodeath veterans Amorphis play to their progressively minded strengths with album #14, Halo
From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side
Belgium's death/grind gorehounds Aborted go all in on the grandiosity on Maniacult
Finland’s revered miserablists Swallow The Sun hold a majestic commemoration with 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live In Helsinki
