Latest articles by Connie Gordon
Greg Puciato takes a dizzying tour through his interior world on his second solo album, Mirrorcell
Prog thrashers Voivod continue to unearth new elements on their 15th studio album, Synchro Anarchy
“If Captain Beefheart was a metal band, it’d sound like this” - how endorsement by Kurt Cobain helped Melvins' Honey Bucket become an unlikely mainstream hit
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: caustic hardcore from the band formerly known as F***ed and Bound
We dig out the obscure but brilliant post-metal bands lurking in the shadows
Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Surf rock, twisted pop, unhinged doo wop – it’s business as usual in the demented world of Melvins
Dutch veterans Asphyx serve up a tour de force of speed, sludge, riffs and sly humour with first album in five years
Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results
Serial killer-obsessed sickos Macabre return from their slumber on new album Carnival Of Killers
Post-rock chameleon Emma Ruth Rundle and sludge metal boundary-pushers Thou team up on brilliant left-field collaboration
Sludge metal supergroup Old Man Gloom return from the shadows
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
German duo Mantar add more oxygen to the flames with The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze
UK crustpunks Axegrinder dust themselves down after a 30-year hiatus with Satori
Lee Dorrian rounds up a crew of 80s hardcore punk obsessives for Septic Tank
Mad Uncle Al Jourgensen resurrects his outlaw industrial harbingers
Ephel Duath frontman leads a roll call of experimental extremity
Bay Area crossover crew battle against the knobs
Belgian grind crew keep churning up the beaten track
