Ben Myers

Acid doom on a heady trip into the hinterland

Phil Collins’ lad debuts his new band in fine style.

Heavy sounds from whiplash-inducing Oslo hardcore crew

Canada’s doom-folk quartet have come for your soul

Old-school punk from Refused man and his Umeå stalwarts

New Jersey’s wrecking crew evade rational thought

Cult stoner-psyche band’s musical rituals.

Neil Fallon’s boogie-metal merchants hit a career peak on their tenth studio album.

Progressive Notts metallers return with aplomb

Diverse five-track EP from the Geordie crust creators

Pagan drones and neo-folk from BM associates

Post-punk protest anthems from Justin Sullivan’s stalwarts

Norse marauders create a crossover classic

Straight-up punk’n’roll from young Norwegian crew

Glacial‐paced, soul‐chilling doom/drone magnificence

Australian crustpunks keep it simple and destructive

High-energy baroque’n’roll from Witchcraft affiliates

Swedish Satanists gamble their souls for classic mid-tempo metal

Sixth studio collection from the Canadian rock firebrand.

Scummy Oslo punks get nasty and nihilistic

Cult sensation resurfaces on CD

Storming seventh album from the Sacramento quintet.

Blues-rock quartet return.

Post-punk originators reunite.

Epic pop and prog from the reformed five-piece.