Catherine Morris

US space lords reactivate the time machine

Psychedelia runs deep on a trippy second album

Germany’s epic a cappella crew fly close to the wind

Reconfigured French metallers blend delicacy and devastation

The Helsinki Vampires return, minus some of their sheen

Magickal German/British alliance spreads its wings

Max Cavalera unites the metal generations

Multi-national gothic metallers head for their next phase

Norways’s symphonic metallers throw their weight

Scandic power metallers strip away the sheen

Slick Kiwi rockers add an Aboriginal twist

The kings of strings narrow their options

Metal’s chameleon queen wrings the changes

Conspiracies from N Carolina’s master of the macabre

Symphonic Dutch crew span the ages

If Vikings celebrated Xmas, it probably wouldn’t sound like this

Ambitious Texan rockers add a new layer of polish

Germany’s gothic metal forerunner raises the stakes

Support: Trollfest

Genre-mashing Swedes forget to stir the pot

Switzerland’s folk metallers reach a natural high

Theater close the second stage on the final day of Sonisphere