Kreator’s Hate Uber Alles: spite and triumph from Germany’s undying kings of thrash By Dom Lawson published 28 May 22 Album review: age cannot wither Teutonic thrash titans Kreator, as fearsome new album Hate Über Alles proves
Anvil's Impact Is Imminent is thunderous, goofy, and impishly diverse By Dom Lawson published 20 May 22 Celluloid’s speed-metal kings Anvil keep ’em coming on 19th studio album Impact Is Imminent
Michael 'Danny' Francis, bodyguard to the stars: my stories of Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Bon Jovi and more By Dom Lawson published 17 May 22 When the going gets tough, bodyguard-to-the-stars Michael Francis – who's spent time with Elvis, lived with Cher and saved Paul Rodgers from several beatings – is the man you’d want on your side
"This is not background music": the story of Storm Corrosion By Dom Lawson published 7 May 22 The 2012 collaboration between Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt wasn't the prog metal supergroup many thought it might be, but something more experimental altogether
Matt Heafy’s black metal passion project Ibaraki hits hard with debut album Rashomon By Dom Lawson published 2 May 22 Album review: Trivium’s Matt Heafy teams up with Emperor man Ihsahn and MCR’s Gerard Way on Ibaraki’s stellar debut Rashomon
Every Porcupine Tree album ranked from worst to best By Dom Lawson published 22 April 22 Art-metal skronk-outs? Pink Floyd-inspired anthems? Epic trance workouts? This is where to start with Steven Wilson’s reunited prog visionaries
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful: "adventurous and mind-bending" By Dom Lawson published 22 April 22 Not yet rated British psych veterans overdose on the overblown.
Dave Brock's space rock roundup is mind-expanding and spectacularly unhinged By Dom Lawson published 22 April 22 Wild experimentation is the norm on This Was Your Future: Space Rock And Other Psychedelics (1978-1998), curated by Hawkwind spacelord Dave Brock
20 stoner albums that make a blazing soundtrack for 4/20 By Dom Lawson published 20 April 22 From Dopesmoker to Sweet Leaf, these 20 stoner-friendly records make the perfect 4/20 soundtrack
Euro-thrash legends Destruction channel the fury of youth on new album Diabolical By Dom Lawson published 2 April 22 Album review: Destruction’s Diabolical album ticks every vintage thrash box you want it to tick with venomous results
Ian Anderson and Thick As A Brick II By Dom Lawson published 2 April 22 "I didn't want to go back there," says Ian Anderson of revisiting Tull's 1971 masterpiece. But in 2012 that's exactly what he did!
The Top 20 best Meshuggah songs By Dom Lawson published 1 April 22 How Meshuggah changed modern metal in 20 songs
Loop's new album is designed to pin your psyche to the wall at maximum volume By Dom Lawson published 25 March 22 Brit-psych pioneers Loop defy time and blow minds on magnificent comeback album Sonancy
Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast: the album that changed metal forever By Dom Lawson published 18 March 22 Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in time for the landmark third album The Number Of The Beast. Things would never be the same again
Every Kreator album ranked from worst to best By Dom Lawson published 18 March 22 German thrash pioneers Kreator's albums ranked in order of greatness
Melodic rock veterans FM deliver hooks galore on ageless album Thirteen By Dom Lawson published 18 March 22 Steve Overland’s overlords FM casually batter the competition on cleverly titled thirteenth album Thirteen
Eric Wagner’s In The Lonely Light Of Mourning is a fitting epitaph for the voice of doom By Dom Lawson published 15 March 22 Album review: Trouble frontman and doom icon Eric Wagner’s posthumous In The Lonely Light Of Morning is a fitting goodbye to a legend
Napalm Death explode with absurd levels of aggression and intensity on Resentment Is Always Seismic By Dom Lawson published 12 February 22 Veteran noisy bastards Napalm Death keep the grind-bombs coming throughout Resentment Is Always Seismic
Every Carcass album ranked from worst to best By Dom Lawson, Rich Hobson published 11 February 22 Hold on to your stomach and watch out for the bloody spray - this is the best (and worst) of innards-obssessed extreme metal icons Carcass
Amorphis - Halo: "rarely sounded so inspired" By Dom Lawson published 11 February 22 Not yet rated Finland’s prog metal pioneers continue to be brilliant
Saxon's Carpe Diem: "great songs, giant choruses, gritty musicianship and absolutely no mucking about" By Dom Lawson published 3 February 22 NWOBHM heroes Saxon ride again on triumphant 23rd studio outing Carpe Diem
Lawnmower Deth's Blunt Cutters: "Still bouncing on Satan's Trampoline and spreading joy" By Dom Lawson published 28 January 22 Mansfield's masters of metal mischief Lawnmower Deth return with Blunt Cutters - their first album in 28 years and a glorious reminder of why we loved them in the first place
The story behind the song: Warlock's Touch Of Evil By Dom Lawson published 26 December 21 How spooky run-ins with Ouija boards and supernatural happenings in the studio helped Doro Pesch tap into the darkside on Warlock's heavy metal masterpiece Touch Of Evil
Wolftooth's mighty Blood & Iron conjures up heavy metal’s illustrious past By Dom Lawson published 3 December 21 Midwestern metal mavens Wolftooth channel the greats on third album Blood & Iron
Every Judas Priest album ranked from worst to best By Dom Lawson, Rich Hobson published 16 November 21 Judas Priest are the ultimate defenders of the faith: here, we rank the band's colossal back catalogue in order of greatness...