How Indonesia built the world’s most exciting underground metal scene By Dom Lawson In 2019, we spent a week deep in Indonesia’s vibrant metal scene with grindcore icons Burgerkill. This is what we found
10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great By Fraser Lewry, Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jon Hotten, Sleazegrinder, Stephen Hill, Rob Hughes, Dave Ling, Alec Chillingworth Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great
10 essential jazz metal albums By Dom Lawson Mind-expanding transmissions from the fringes where metal and jazz collide
Wino's Forever Gone: a reassuring voice in troubled times By Dom Lawson The king of American doom Wino goes soulfully solo on Forever Gone
10 cult 80s thrash albums every metal fan should know about By Dom Lawson, Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing, Dave Ling Forget Metallica, Slayer and the rest – we drill down into the depths of the 80s thrash scene to uncover some lost treasures
Cro-Mags: In The Beginning - a monstrous comeback rich in sonic beef By Dom Lawson NYHC legends Cro-Mags kick-start a new age of quarrel on In The Beginning
Lamb Of God's Lamb Of God: self-titled, hook-powered thunder-crunch By Dom Lawson American metal titans Lamb Of God get all fired-up and definitive
Chilean maestros Target stake a claim as tech-death's new champions with Inverted Gloaming By Dom Lawson Exclusive Watch Target's new video for brutal new song Inverted Gloaming
10 essential Synthwave albums By Dom Lawson Synthwave is dragging metalheads onto the dancefloor. From GosT to Carpenter Brut, here are the 10 albums you need to own
The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant bands By Dom Lawson, Paul Elliott, Dave Everley, Stephen Hill Step into a world of WTF, as we round up the biggest turkeys from metal’s greatest bands
Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir: My Life Story By Dom Lawson The life and times of Suicidal Tendencies frontman and hardcore icon Mike Muir
FM's Synchronized: another superlative show of strength By Dom Lawson London’s adult-oriented figureheads FM keep it classy on 12th album Synchronized
Reissues round up: Hellhammer, Witchery, Diamanda Galas and more By Dom Lawson Not yet rated The finest reissues you may have missed recently
The Top 10 best Megadeth songs featuring Nick Menza By Dom Lawson The 10 best Megadeth songs to feature the late, great Nick Menza
Green Carnation’s Leaves Of Yesteryear is the comeback album prog metal is waiting for By Dom Lawson Norwegian prog kings Green Carnation return with new album Leaves Of Yesteryear
Demons & Wizards: return of the power metal kings By Dom Lawson Power metal supergroup Demons & Wizards are back after 15 years away – and epic just got even bigger
Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy: My Life Story By Dom Lawson From tragedy to triumph – these are the life and times of Alter Bridge and Slash ringmaster Myles Kennedy
Triptykon’s monumental Requiem is a live album like you’ve never heard before By Dom Lawson Ex-Celtic Frost mastermind Thomas Gabriel Fischer’s grand vision comes to life on stellar live album Requiem
The 10 best metal bands from Germany By Dom Lawson Germany's love of all things metal is legendary. Here are the top 10 German metal bands that have kept heads banging over the years
We joined Testament the first time they played Nepal and this is what happened By Dom Lawson Thrash icons Testament hit the Nepalese capital Kathmandu for the first time in 2019. And we were there with them
Testament’s Titans Of Creation album is state-of-the-art Bay Area thrash By Dom Lawson Old school attitude meets new school brutality on Testament’s new album Titans Of Creation
The Top 10 Metal Bands From Florida By Dom Lawson These bands bring a little darkness to the Sunshine State
The top 10 best Behemoth songs By Dom Lawson From underground infamy to becoming one of metal's most revered bands, Behemoth have one of the most interesting back catalogues in metal. Here are 10 of their best infernal gems
The story behind Angel Witch by Angel Witch By Dom Lawson It was one of the great anthems of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal – so why didn’t it carry Angel Witch to world domination?
Body Count's Carnivore: raucous riffage, ferocious rants and... Amy Lee? By Dom Lawson Ice-T, the original gangsta, is back with Body Count's latest record, Carnivore – and he's hungry as f**k
