Latest articles by Catherine Morris
Every HIM album ranked from worst to best
With Ville Valo’s brand new solo album Neon Noir out now, we look back at his original band HIM
Beyond The Black’s Beyond The Black album: symphonic metal heroes make their grand statement of intent
Album review: Germany’s symphonic metallers Beyond The Black balance grandiosity and melody on their self-titled new album
Here are all the songs Nightwish have never played live
Symphonic metal giants Nightwish have recorded around 117 songs, with only 34 never seeing the light of day
5 new bands you need to hear this month
From Gojira-style Swiss prog metal to anti-war Ukrainian death metal, these are 5 new bands you need to hear right now
Epica’s The Alchemy Project: symphonic metallers take a turn for the unexpected with left-field friends
Album review: symphonic metal A-listers Epica get on down with some unexpected guests on The Alchemy Project
Ex-Delain vocalist Charlotte Wessels: "It doesn’t have to be a f***ing priority to look a certain way all the time"
Charlotte Wessels opens up on her solo career, the OTT reactions to her shaving her head and life after Delain
Charlotte Wessels’ Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. II is the sound of singer throwing off her own past
Album review: ex-Delain singer Charlotte Wessels goes well beyond the boundaries of symphonic metal on eclectic lockdown sequel Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. II
5 new bands you need to hear this month
From brutal new-gen thrashers to a Lamb Of God-loving ‘fairy metaller’, these are the new bands and artists that you need to check out right now
5 new bands you need to hear this month
Ethereal doom, modern nu metal and a righteous hardcore/hip hop mash-up – these are the new bands we‘re hitting hard right now
Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel: My Life In 10 Songs
From symphonic metal ballads to Lana del Rey covers, these are the Within Temptation songs that mean the most to frontwoman Sharon den Adel
Evanescence's Amy Lee: “I had to step away from being a rock star”
Speaking to Metal Hammer in 2017, Amy Lee revealed her decade-long struggle to control her own destiny – and how she eventually triumphed
36 Crazyfists at Islington Academy, London - live review
A metalcore masterclass from The Last Frontier
Visions Of Atlantis - The Deep & The Dark album review
Austria’s symphonic metallers ring the changes once more
Leaves’ Eyes - Sign Of The Dragonhead album review
Viking symphonic metallers return empty-handed
Tarja - From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas) album review
Finland’s finest warbler gets into the seasonal spirit
Evanescence - Synthesis album review
Amy Lee takes her back catalogue into a new, alternate dimension
The Dark Element - The Dark Element album review
Ex-Nightwish frontwoman finds the power metal path of least resistance
