Latest articles by Alex Deller
Messa mix jazz, doom, goth and so much more on The Spin
Italian doom metallers Messa are probably the coolest band you'll hear this week
How Dave and Paula Lombardo traded thrash for sultry alternative in Venamoris
Venamoris' second album To Cross Or To Burn explores the darker side of the human psyche
How Divide And Dissolve went from doom-drone to classical
Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed has made the leap to composing symphonies – with some help from the BBC
Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk
As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024
From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
How Blood Incantation made death metal nerdier and cooler than ever
Mixing death metal, prog, krautrock and a dozen other ingredients besides, Blood Incantation made one of 2024's most essential records with Absolute Elsewhere
Oranssi Pazuzu's Muuntautuja is the weirdest and most wonderful black metal record you'll hear this year
The Finnish blackened psychonauts dive to new depths of sonic depravity on album six
Heilung's Lifa Iotungard shows off one of the best shows in music at one of the world's most magical venues
Heilung's awe-inspiring live show is captured marvellously on this latest release
Nu metal up-and-comers Vended announce debut album and US headline tour
As Vended announce their self-titled debut, read our exclusive interview with singer Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan
Julie Christmas Ridiculous And Full Of Blood album review
Former Made Out Of Babies and Battle Of Mice vocalist Julie Christmas offers a bizarre, bold new vision on new album Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
4 brilliant new bands you need to hear this month
From sword'n'sorcery loving power metallers All For Metal to Will Putney's all-star metalcore mob END, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2024
Doom champions Pallbearer branch out on emotionally devastating new album Mind Burns Alive
After dipping their toes in the prog pool with 2020's Forgotten Days, Arkansas doom-mongers Pallbearer embrace experimental sounds with new album Mind Burns Alive
"An enveloping paean to grabbing for one’s own future with both hands." Chelsea Wolfe proves she is one of music's most distinctive forces with She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
After working on movie soundtracks, Chelsea Wolfe returns to the wellspring for a bold new vision on She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
From Middle Eastern black metallers Trivax to crusty death metal from Fuming Mouth, Dundee post-hardcore troupe To Kill Achilles and Canadian thrashers Hyperia, these are the new bands you need to hear in February 2024
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them)
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer
From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
“My whole motive was to open the door for kids who look like me." UnityTX are fighting for metal to be a scene for everyone. As it happens, their blend of hardcore, rap, nu metal and industrial absolutely slaps, too
Growing up in a "not-so-good neighbourhood" and even being homeless at one point, it's safe to say Jay Webster has fought hard to get UnityTX off the ground
“We didn't emulate Mudhoney's behaviour because we might not be alive if we had!" Superchunk look back on the decade that helped birth and destroy US alt rock
Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur talk us through a life spent on the fringes of alt rock – and being inadvertent godparents of mainstream emo
Ten times massive bands covered punk songs (and didn’t ruin them)
The rock and metal titans who managed the tricky task of paying homage to their punk roots without messing it up
Grizzly death metal, electrifying hardcore, sludgy thrash and extreme weirdness...here are the best new bands you need to hear this month
Gagging for some brilliant new metal to wrap your ears around? We have you covered
Baroness may have dropped the colour-coded albums, but Stone sees them on as vibrant and glowing form as ever
Baroness' sixth studio album is another wonderful journey through myriad emotions
Kvelertak's Endling is another thrilling reminder of why they're one of modern metal's most unique and riotously entertaining bands
Though not every wild swing on Endling quite lands, it's hard not to get swept up in Kvelertak's brilliant chaos
“You could hear real outsider music easily - mix all that up with working class attitude and you've got the essence of the stew”: How Ohio became the unofficial home of the world's weirdest music
Ohio might not be but the world's most obvious hub of outlier rock'n'roll, but the sounds spawned by its underground music scenes shaped the darkest corners of indie, punk and grunge as we know them – and the world's biggest cult band
