Articles by: Adam Brennan

Slipknot: The ultimate timeline of new album We Are Not Your Kind

By Adam Rees, Alice Pattillo published 23 July 19

Updated Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is nearly upon us – here's what the 18-legged Iowan juggernaut have been doing since they last hung up their masks

The greatest metal records that never were

By Alex Chillingworth, Adam Brennan, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers last updated 21 September 22

Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time

The first reaction to Slipknot's new single Solway Firth

By Adam Brennan last updated 21 September 22

Slipknot have just released new single Solway Firth, and here's what we make of it

A photograph of Cannibal Corpse holding knives

Every Cannibal Corpse album ranked from worst to best

By Adam Rees published 11 March 19

We cast a fearful eye over the career of death metal's most revered sickos

Rotting Christ’s The Heretics is a contender for extreme metal album of the year

By Adam Rees published 15 February 19

Greek masters Rotting Christ dive into the ancient mysteries and deliver unto us an extreme metal classic

The 20 greatest metal power ballads in history

By Adam Rees published 7 February 19

Metal power ballads are some of the best power ballads of them all – get your lighters out, it's time for the slow one!

10 things we want from the final season of Game Of Thrones

By Adam Rees published 14 January 19

The new season of GoT will be the TV event of the year. But this is what we want to see from it

Cattle Decapitation: Medium Rarities album review

By Adam Rees published 3 December 18

Choice offcuts from San Diego’s deathgrind visionaries Cattle Decapitation

All That Remains: Victim Of The New Disease album review

By Adam Rees published 30 November 18

US metalcore stalwarts All That Remains return with a heavier sound, and heavy hearts

The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime US

By Adam Rees published 26 November 18

From Kurt Cobain to Tupac, thee are the best music docs available to watch on Amazon Prime US

Gama Bomb – Speed Between The Lines album cover

Gama Bomb – Speed Between The Lines album review

By Adam Rees published 12 October 18

Northern Irish thrashers Gama Bomb rustle up more killer riffs on Speed Between The Lines

Anaal Nathrakh – A New Kind Of Horror album review

By Adam Rees published 28 September 18

Brummie hellblazers Anaal Nathrakh conjure anthems for doomed youth on A New Kind Of Horror

How Nita Strauss became a 21st century guitar hero

By Adam Rees published 24 September 18

From playing with Alice Cooper to slaying WrestleMania, Nita Strauss has become one of the most talked-about guitar players of recent years

Metal Allegiance – Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty album review

By Adam Rees published 6 September 18

Another meeting of minds from Metal Allegiance with Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

Circles – The Last One album review

By Adam Rees published 30 August 18

Artful Australians Circles attempt to bend tech metal into a new shape with The Last One

Arch Enemy: Alissa White-Gluz's Guide To Life

By Adam Rees published 31 July 18

Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz airs her thoughts on feminism, activism, music and religion

The Agony Scene – Tormentor album review

By Adam Rees published 19 July 18

Returning metalcore bruisers The Agony Scene skip an evolutionary step with Tormentor

Between The Buried And Me Automata II cover

Between The Buried And Me – Automata II album review

By Adam Rees published 18 July 18

Prog metal posterboys Between The Buried And Me kick convention into the long grass on Automata II

Burgerkill – Adamantine album review

By Adam Rees published 20 June 18

Indonesia’s metal kings Burgerkill set out to build their empire with Adamantine

Thorium – Blasphemy Awakes album review

By Adam Rees published 31 May 18

Blasphemy Awakes is a rare outing from Danish death metal merchants Thorium

At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself album cover

At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself album review

By Adam Rees published 18 May 18

Gothenburg’s prodigal pioneers At The Gates stay on a full charge

Cover art for Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart album

Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart album review

By Adam Rees published 4 March 18

Emotionally devastating, progressive doom from the Lone Star State

Cover art for Desdemonia - Anguish album

Desdemonia - Anguish album review

By Adam Rees published 4 March 18

Big-sounding, Fredrik Nordström-infused melodeath from a tiny country

Cover art for Amid The Barren And Lost - Shadow Self Psalms album

Amid The Barren And Lost - Shadow Self Psalms album review

By Adam Rees published 27 February 18

Boston hardcore crew return with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it third album

Cover art for Amethyst - From The Fire album

Amethyst - From The Fire album review

By Adam Rees published 4 February 18

Groove-laden modern thrash get prepped by the pits