Black metal’s doyen of despair is not alone

Irish epic metal veterans finally make their break

Gallic extreme metal to take your head off

Montreal symphonic metallers with more style than substance

Post-black duo break free of limitations

Unexpected return of Devil’s Blood figurehead

A psychedelic cacophony rises from the ashes of Ramesses

Finnish melodic metallers with far more sheen than soul

Dynamic black metal direct from the Finnish underground

Canadian occult malevolence with an added groove

Death metal legends break from the past

Dimmu-styled blackened doom, but without the dress sense

Nachtmystium mainman enters murky waters with new project

Gruelling, atmospheric darkness from French fanatics

Death metal institution serve up a mauling

Heroic doom bellowed from the Lancaster/Hyboria border

A turbulent melting pot that takes you to the edge

Swedish veterans exhume their country’s death metal glory

South coast doomsters focus on the abyss

Mechanised brutality direct from the Underverse

Sunn O))) and Boris members get down to Earth

Hungarian pagan metallers come up a little too clean

A welcome shot of progressive thrash energy