10 essential proto-black metal albums By Dayal Patterson published 3 August 20 Diving back to the birth of black metal and the records that have stood the test of time.
Meshuggah’s Destroy Erase Improve: the tech-metal masterpiece that reinvented noise By Dayal Patterson published 4 May 20 How Meshuggah’s second album Destroy Erase Improve changed the face of extreme metal
Darkthrone's Fenriz: 2016's most surprising metal celebrity? By Dayal Patterson published 28 November 19 We look back at when Darkthrone's Fenriz had fifteen minutes of mainstream fame as a politician and his band continued to confound expectations, not least their own, with 2016's Arctic Thunder
Hellfire and black metal: The story of 1349 By Dayal Patterson published 16 October 19 An exclusive excerpt from Black Metal: Into The Abyss on Norwegian black metallers 1349
Gaahl steps away from his black metal roots in new album GastiR - Ghosts Invited By Dayal Patterson published 5 June 19 The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd
Why Behemoth’s The Satanist is the greatest extreme metal album of the 21st century By Dayal Patterson published 3 February 19 Behemoth's masterpiece not only marked Nergal's return from the brink, it served as extreme metal's crowning achievement
Mayhem: Grand Declaration Of War (2018) album review By Dayal Patterson published 13 December 18 Black metal pioneers Mayhem bring their most contentious album back from the cold
Rotting Christ: Their journey from anarchist punks to black metal pioneers By Dayal Patterson published 20 November 18 The story of Rotting Christ's beginnings in the Greek punk scene, taken from Dayal Patterson's new book Non Serviam: The Official Story Of Rotting Christ
The 40 best black metal albums ever By Dayal Patterson published 22 August 18 We celebrate over three decades of extreme music with an epic count down of the all-time best black metal albums
Marduk – Viktoria album review By Dayal Patterson published 22 June 18 Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria
Septicflesh/Inquisition/Stalsarg at Underworld, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 7 March 18 Not yet rated Black metal titans combine their forces
Horizon Ablaze - The Weight Of A Thousand Suns album review By Dayal Patterson published 6 March 18 Norwegian BM collective fail to match adventure to their ambition
Drudkh - They Often See Dreams About The Spring album review By Dayal Patterson published 6 March 18 East Europe’s enigmatic BM pioneers ramp up the aggression
Ataraxy - Where All Hope Fades album review By Dayal Patterson published 6 March 18 Doom-laden death metallers pile on some emotional weight
Resurrections - Unearthing the latest extreme reissues By Dayal Patterson published 5 February 18 Not yet rated Extreme reissues roundup
Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed album review By Dayal Patterson published 4 February 18 Deathly, doomy Finns turn up the drama
Faal - Desolate Grief album review By Dayal Patterson published 4 February 18 Dutch miserablists continue to plough their funereal furrow
Crucifyre - Post Vulcanic Black album review By Dayal Patterson published 4 February 18 Swedish supergroup offer an inconsistentold-school tribute
Quicksand at Islington Academy, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 4 January 18 The Gospel - live
Master/Dehuman/Damim at The Lounge, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 8 December 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - Live
Nekrasov - The Mirror Void album reviews By Dayal Patterson published 8 December 17 Challenging solo black metal with a dark ambient undertow
Archgoat/Svartidaudi/Bölzer at Underworld, London - live review By Dayal Patterson published 6 November 17 Not yet rated Finland’s primal force erupts through north London
Antiversum - Cosmos Comedenti album review By Dayal Patterson published 10 October 17 Swiss death/black dreamweavers approach the event horizon
Urarv - Aurum album review By Dayal Patterson published 13 September 17 Norwegian avant-extremity with a fearless black metal pedigree
Overoth - The Forgotten Tome album review By Dayal Patterson published 12 September 17 Irish death metallers scratch a seven-year itch