Latest articles by Dannii Leivers
The class of 2020: the bands you need in your life this year
As 2020 kicks into gear, we give you a run-down of the essential bands you need to acquaint yourselves with this year
Babymetal - Metal Galaxy: Japan’s Fox God emissaries chart a new sonic course
Babymetal's new album Metal Galaxy deftly proves that the band's whole existence is one massive curveball
1994: The albums that changed the world
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
Children Of Bodom’s blackened Hexed album is the sound of a band back on track
Finland’s melodeath favourites Children Of Bodom regain their bearings on new album Hexed
Album review: Lovebites’ Clockwork Immortality is the sound of power metal’s future
Japan’s new power metal queens scale the heights on their second album
The story behind Disease by Beartooth
When Caleb Shomo’s demons returned, he confronted them by travelling, leaving the comfort of his Ohio basement for a life-changing journey. The result is scathing new Beartooth record Disease
Shvpes: Greater Than album review
Midlands electro-laced genre-mashers Shvpes expand on the formula with Greater Than
Atreyu – In Our Wake album review
OC metalcore stalwarts Atreyu seek a new chorus of approval with In Our Wake
Black Peaks – All That Divides album review
Brightons’ progressive metallers Black Peaks raise the bar with All That Divides
New Band Of The Week: Taken By The Tide
Sometimes, the only way to find solace in humanity’s horrors is to channel them into the a pummelling, death-tinged racket. Say hello to Taken By The Tide...
The Amity Affliction: If this doesn't work, we're f*cked
Exclusive The Amity Affliction are throwing caution to the wind for album six – and it could cost them everything
Skyharbor – Sunshine Dust album review
Continent-spanning progressive metallers Skyharbor open up a new front with Sunshine Dust
New Band Of The Week: Lotus Eater
Disgustingly brutal tech metal crew Lotus Eater are writing the soundtrack to your nightmares
New Band Of The Week: Groundculture
How did Groundculture – an unknown band from Newcastle – end up landing their first gig supporting Every Time I Die?!
Epica – Epica Vs Attack On Titan EP review
Symphonic metal high-risers Epica get in an animated mood with Epica Vs Attack On Titan
Benji Webbe: Old fans think we've lost our buzz
The ever-excitable Benji Webbe waxes lyrical on Skindred's controversial latest album Big Tings, longevity and, er, Phil Campbell from Motörhead’s shoes
Bullet For My Valentine – Gravity album review
Bridgend’s metal juggernaut Bullet For My Valentine switch gears for Gravity
New Band Of The Week: Valis Ablaze
Valis Ablaze are shrugging off the djent scene for a whole new breed of technicality
Lovebites - Battle Against Damnation album reviewed
Japan’s Iron Maidens put their foot on the gas
New Band Of The Week: Bad Wolves
Bad Wolves' Cranberries-approved cover of Zombie blew up the internet, but its success was bittersweet…
Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All album review
Resurrected metalcore mavens Bleeding Through restock their top drawer with Love Will Kill All
The story behind Through The Fire And Flames by Dragonforce
Dragonforce's Herman Li on the power metal videogame-slaying classic
Tesseract: "We’re never going to be a radio band"
What does the future hold for Tesseract? We sit down with guitarist James Monteith to find out
