The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd

Black metal pioneers Mayhem bring their most contentious album back from the cold

Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria

Black metal titans combine their forces

Norwegian BM collective fail to match adventure to their ambition

East Europe’s enigmatic BM pioneers ramp up the aggression

Doom-laden death metallers pile on some emotional weight

Extreme reissues roundup

Deathly, doomy Finns turn up the drama

Dutch miserablists continue to plough their funereal furrow

Swedish supergroup offer an inconsistentold-school tribute

The Gospel - live

The Gospel - Live

Challenging solo black metal with a dark ambient undertow

Finland’s primal force erupts through north London

Swiss death/black dreamweavers approach the event horizon

Norwegian avant-extremity with a fearless black metal pedigree

Irish death metallers scratch a seven-year itch

Former Mayhem members take an unpredictable path

Bergen-based black metallers tinker with their DNA

Heartfelt black metal for when the sun goes down