Latest articles by Chris Chantler
Vulture - The Guillotine album review
The course of bonkers, west German speed metal runs deep
Belphegor - Totenritual album review
Austrian veterans of the perverse get back into full gear
Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis album review
London’s dapper diabolists arise with a more personal perspective
Seer - Vol. III & IV: Cult Of The Void album review
Canadian sludge crew fail to count their blessings
1991: the year that black metal blew up the world
How Mayhem, Emperor, Darkthrone and a horde of Satanic rebels changed metal forever
Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II album review
Progressive pagan metallers hold a mirror to their past
Ulver: "The idea that pop music’s easy to make is a myth"
Having dropped suddenly out of nowhere, Ulver’s new album represents another brilliantly beguiling left turn for the most mercurial band to have emerged from Norway’s black metal scene
Gravetemple - Impassable Fears album review
Deafening Sunn O))) duo offer a new glimpse of the void
Maria Ja Marsialaiset - Pysy Hereilla album review
Experimental antics from Finnish garage rock polymaths
Dragonforce - Reaching Into Infinity album review
UK’s power metal juggernaut refills its tanks
Avatarium are taking their dramatic vintage rock into rich new pastures
Founded by two giants of Swedish metal, Avatarium are taking their deliriously dramatic rock music into whole new worlds
Memoriam are back with a new and mighty battleplan
Forged from the ashes of Bolt Thrower, and in tribute to their late drummer, Martin Kearns, Memoriam have arisen and are ready to take over the world...
Brothers in qualms: How Pallbearer are taking over the world
A closely-knit four-piece, Arkansas’ Pallbearer have taken their soulful strain of doom beyond the normal enclaves and directly into the hearts of music lovers worldwide
Sanctuary - Inception album review
Seattle’s first-wave power metallers find gold in their vault
Lord Vigo - Blackborne Souls album review
Germany’s epic doom magicians paint a portrait of despair
Every Type O Negative album ranked from worst to best
New York icons Type O Negative created some absolute gold in their 20+ years as a band, but which album rules them all?
Why I love Led Zeppelin by Corrosion Of Conformity's Pepper Keenan
The Corrosion Of Conformity and Down guitarist on why Led Zeppelin were the ultimate rock gods
