Latest articles by Dom Lawson
For Faust, music has always been just a part of the art
Progressive in word and deed, the German group have never achieved the acclaim they deserve – but that’s never stopped them
Inside Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s lifelong love of horror
When it comes to horror Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is the man
How Whitesnake shed their skin and made a solid gold hard rock classic with the 1987 album
David Coverdale looks back on the making of Whitesnake’s hair metal-era classic 1987
Hold those end of year lists: Múr just put out one of the best metal debut albums of 2024
Another uniquely mesmerising metal band from Iceland has entered the chat
How Fear Factory predicted the apocalypse with industrial-metal masterpiece Demanufacture
The story of Fear Factory’s Demanufacture, the album that rewired metal forever
Crippled Black Phoenix: The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature / Horrific Honorifics No.2
Dark proggers revisit their past and banish memories of bad blood in a collection of re-recordings that could easily have been so much less, plus a set of impressive covers
How Satyricon faced the darkness with The Age Of Nero
Satyricon may have recorded their 2008 album The Age Of Nero in sunny LA, but it was steeped in bleakness and doom
From that Pink Floyd cover to collabs with Corpsegrinder, Max Cavalera and more, new Body Count album Merciless is an ice-cold knock-out
Body Count only seem to improve with age courtesy of their heaviest album yet
How Geddy Lee geeked up for his Big Beautiful Book of Bass
Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the expense by writing a 600-page book (of which 408 were published)
High Parasite are destined to be your new favourite goth metal band
With some true underground metal royalty in their ranks and a tour with Cradle Of Filth under their belts, High Parasite are the goth metal fix you've been looking for
Peter Hammill's Incoherence offers a unique glimpse into the febrile mind of a restless genius
An ambitious peak from a prog maverick revisited
The story of Love And Rockets, the former Bauhaus members who helped sell goth to America
Love And Rockets emerged from the ashes of Bauhaus – but unlike their old band, they hit big in the States
"They’ve never sounded as elegant or assured as they do here”: Klone’s The Unseen
Continuing the melodic explorations they began in 2019, French prog metallers’ 10th full-length album is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of work
Rosalie Cunningham's innate theatricality and clever songwriting shine on To Shoot Another Day
Glittering prog-psych indulgence for all
Why Trivium enlisted some superstar help to make Vengeance Falls
Trivium’s career has been a whirlwind of highs and lows – but with 2013’s Vengeance Falls, they finally learned to follow their own instincts...
How Rob Zombie brought the shlock back with killer metal sequel Hellbilly Deluxe 2
Most sequels suck – but Rob Zombie’s 2010 album Hellbilly Deluxe 2 put modern metal’s favourite boogie-man back on top
“This is very strange music!" Lunatic Soul and the making of Walking On A Flashlight Beam
With 2014's fourth album Walking On A Flashlight Beam Lunatic Soul found themselves travelling down a far deeper and darker path
How Metallica tried to reinvent the rock movie with Through The Never
2013 was a banner year for Metallica – a brand new record label, their first gigs in China and the ambitious but divisive 3D movie Through The Never
Tony Iommi unveils new skills on Fused and The DEP Sessions
The solo adventures of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, revisited
Blood Incantation's new album is only two songs long. It's also one of the best metal albums of 2024
Blood Incantation confirm themselves as one of the most innovative and interesting bands in modern death metal
How Machine Head followed a 21st century metal classic with Unto The Locust
Machine Head’s Unto The Locust was the follow-up to career high-point The Blackening – but Robb Flynn wasn’t feeling the presssure
When Marillion defied expectations (again) with Sounds That Can’t Be Made
The band deliberately – but doubtfully – pushed boundaries with the subjects they explored on their 17th studio album
Black metal maverick Gaahl returns to the well of weirdness on Trelldom's ...By The Shadows...
Trelldom only return when they have something to say, and new album ...By The Shadows... proves well worth the 17 year wait
