The 25 best symphonic metal albums By Hywel Davies, Malcolm Dome, Eleanor Goodman, Chris Chantler, Connie Gordon, Spencer Grady, Adam Rees, Jonathan Selzer 17 November 2021 From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side
Filth Is Eternal: "We lost a tour because people objected to our old name" By Connie Gordon 22 September 2021 Filth is Eternal: caustic hardcore from the band formerly known as F***ed and Bound
10 obscure post-metal bands that should be huge By Connie Gordon 02 July 2021 We dig out the obscure but brilliant post-metal bands lurking in the shadows
Sex, death, isolation and art-rock weirdness? Årabrot’s Norwegian Gothic has them covered By Connie Gordon 08 April 2021 Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Melvins’ Working With God: more sonic insanity from rock’s kings of absurdism By Connie Gordon 24 February 2021 Surf rock, twisted pop, unhinged doo wop – it’s business as usual in the demented world of Melvins
Aspyhx’s Necroceros album: cult death metal overlords in world-eating form By Connie Gordon 21 January 2021 Dutch veterans Asphyx serve up a tour de force of speed, sludge, riffs and sly humour with first album in five years
Sodom’s Genesis XIX: thrash veterans strip away the fuss – and the thrills By Connie Gordon 25 November 2020 Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results
Macabre’s Carnival Of Killers: the kings of murder-metal reclaim their crown By Connie Gordon 12 November 2020 Serial killer-obsessed sickos Macabre return from their slumber on new album Carnival Of Killers
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou’s May Our Chambers Be Full is the perfect marriage of the grime and the sublime By Connie Gordon 07 October 2020 Post-rock chameleon Emma Ruth Rundle and sludge metal boundary-pushers Thou team up on brilliant left-field collaboration
Old Man Gloom’s Seminar VIII: Light Of Meaning: a towering tribute to a fallen comrade By Connie Gordon 03 June 2020 Sludge metal supergroup Old Man Gloom return from the shadows
1994: The albums that changed the world By Chris Chantler, Alex Chillingworth, Ali Cooper, Connie Gordon, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Dayal Paterson, Jonathan Selzer, Jon Wiederhorn 24 August 2019 1994 was the year when metal came of age, bands twisting heavy music into new forms that would echo through the ages. We take a look back at the year's essential releases
Mantar – The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze album review By Connie Gordon 28 August 2018 German duo Mantar add more oxygen to the flames with The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze
Axegrinder – Satori album review By Connie Gordon 10 August 2018 UK crustpunks Axegrinder dust themselves down after a 30-year hiatus with Satori
Septic Tank – Rotting Civilisation By Connie Gordon 13 April 2018 Lee Dorrian rounds up a crew of 80s hardcore punk obsessives for Septic Tank
Ministry - AmeriKKKant album review By Connie Gordon 04 March 2018 Mad Uncle Al Jourgensen resurrects his outlaw industrial harbingers
Howling Sycamore - Howling Sycamore album review By Connie Gordon 04 February 2018 Ephel Duath frontman leads a roll call of experimental extremity
Primal Rite - Dirge Of Escapism album review By Connie Gordon 04 February 2018 Bay Area crossover crew battle against the knobs
Marginal - Total Destruction album review By Connie Gordon 04 January 2018 Belgian grind crew keep churning up the beaten track
Autopsy - Puncturing The Grotesque album review By Connie Gordon 04 January 2018 Classic death metal battery from Bay Area veterans
Gnaw - Cutting Pieces album review By Connie Gordon 08 December 2017 Seasoned sonic assaulters reveal more madness than method
Friendship - Hatred album review By Connie Gordon 08 December 2017 Japan’s shadowy noise outfit find multiple ways to mangle
Nuisance Of Majority - Savage Ritual album review By Connie Gordon 06 November 2017 German noise-makers kick several shades of shit out of the speakers
Complete Failure - Crossburner album review By Connie Gordon 05 November 2017 Grind steelers start to wield their own power tools
Usnea - Portals Into Futility album review By Connie Gordon 10 October 2017 Glacial, cinematic suffering from Portland’s funeral doom crew
All Pigs Must Die - Hostage Animal album review By Connie Gordon 10 October 2017 Hardcore punk crew widen their radius of destruction
