Alice Pattillo
Latest articles by Alice Pattillo

Grand Magus' guide to heavy metal: A true heavy metal playlist
By Alice Pattillo published
Grand Magus vocalist JB Christoffersson picks 10 bands he deems the "truest metal bands" of all time. Do you agree?

Watch the video for Trivium's explosive new track Catastrophist
By Alice Pattillo published
Trivium announce new album What The Dead Men Say and drop an eerie video for the crushingly heavy first single, Catastrophist

Incite's Richie Cavalera: "The day I was born Rob Halford blessed me with the horns"
By Alice Pattillo published
Growing up in the ultimate heavy metal family, Richie Cavalera was destined to be a 'metal rager'

10 incredible Hungarian metal bands you might not have heard
By Alice Pattillo published
Apocalyptic prog metallers Perihelion pick the greatest metal from their Central European homeland

The 10 most incredible tech-metal/djent riffs
By Alice Pattillo published
Italian progressive metalcore quintet Prospective pick out the 10 most flawless tech/djent riffs

Metal's 10 most brutal breakdowns
By Alice Pattillo published
UK slammers Monasteries pick their top 10 most brutal metal breakdowns, ever!

Witness Venom Prison obliterating Damnation festival with Uterine Industrialisation
By Alice Pattillo published
Exclusive Venom Prison killed it at last year's Damnation Festival. If you weren't there to witness the carnage, you're in luck – check out this explosive live video

First look at Mayhem's limited edition 25th Anniversary De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas box set
By Alice Pattillo published
Black metal pioneers Mayhem's seminal album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas deluxe 25th anniversary box set is available to pre-order now

Teens react to Rage Against The Machine headlining Reading and Leeds – and it's hilarious
By Alice Pattillo published
Generation Z are up in arms with the announcement that Rage Against The Machine would be playing this year's Reading and Leeds festivals – here are some of the best teenage responses

Code Orange release video for new track Swallowing The Rabbit Whole
By Alice Pattillo published
Code Orange have released a new video for second track Swallowing The Rabbit Whole taken off their forthcoming LP Underneath

Five Finger Death Punch drop lyric video for new track Living The Dream
By Alice Pattillo published
Watch 5FDP's lyric video for Living The Dream, the third single taken from their forthcoming album F8

Watch: Life on the road with Misery Index, one of metal's most industrious bands
By Alice Pattillo published
Exclusive From leaving Dying Fetus to touring with Napalm Death: Watch the first instalment of deathgrinders Misery Index's new mini docu-series

10 greatest black metal live shows of the 2010s
By Alice Pattillo published
We got the UK's answer to Watain, Master's Call, to reveal the best black metal live performances of the past decade

Lamb Of God release video for new single Checkmate
By Alice Pattillo published
Watch Lamb Of God's video for Checkmate – their first new music in five years – taken from forthcoming self-titled album

BMG to reissue Hellhammer's highly influential Apocalyptic Raids EP
By Alice Pattillo published
Swiss extreme metal forefathers Hellhammer's seminal EP Apocalyptic Raids to be reissued on deluxe gatefold LP and mediabook CD

Ulver, Godflesh, Venetian Snares and more to perform at legendary nightclub
By Alice Pattillo published
Old Empire announce Vøid, a new series of musical performances to take place in the iconic setting of Fabric London's live room

Lindemann release actual porn video for new single Platz Ein
By Alice Pattillo published
Lindemann – AKA Till Lindemann and Peter Tagtgren – have released an extremely NSFW video for new single Platz Ein on an actual porn site

The best sleaze metal bands as chosen by Davey Suicide
By Alice Pattillo published
We chat to the industrial sleaze rocker Davey Suicide to count down the crème de la crème of sleaze metal

10 of the most blasphemous metal songs in existence
By Alice Pattillo published
We got the aptly named death metallers Blasphemer to pick their top 10 most God-defying tracks

10 Reasons why 70,000 Tons Of Metal is the ultimate metalhead vacation
By Alice Pattillo published
If you think 70k tons is just the metalhead version of the 18-30 club, think again – it might just turn out to be your dream holiday

What on earth is 'extreme void metal'?
By Alice Pattillo published
Premiere Omega Infinity, the new black metal inspired project from Xen of Ne Obliviscaris and Todtgelichter's Tentakel, is not of this world

Top 10 greatest At The Gates songs as chosen by Deserted Fear
By Alice Pattillo published
German Death Metallers Deserted Fear count down their all time favourite tunes from the trail-blazing Swedes

Mark Morton interview: going acoustic, Chris Adler's exit, and plans for Lamb Of God
By Alice Pattillo published
Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton talks us through his upcoming tour dates, the decision to go acoustic and stepping into the Ether
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