Latest articles by Dom Lawson
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
How Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine used old rivalries to fuel 2009’s Endgame album
Megadeth‘s 2009 album Endgame capped a killer decade for the thrash veterans
“They sound like a prog pop band built for enormodomes”: Meer’s Wheels Within Wheels
Norwegian sibling-powered band increase the drama and bombast on perfectly-produced third album
Death metal veterans Nile have crafted their best album in nearly 20 years
No one does death metal quite like Nile. Their 10th album is a ferocious reminder of why
How Ice-T and Body Count returned to the fray to reclaim their throne with Manslaughter
Ice-T is one of metal’s most influential frontman, and 2014’s Manslaughter album proved it
The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the game-changing album that revitalised 90s metal
On the 30th anniversary of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, mainman Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut
“Energy, invention, badass musicianship”: Beardfish’s Destined Solitaire vinyl edition
Rikard Sjöblom and co mark their return with first vinyl version of breakthrough fifth album
The Tangent’s Andy Tillison wound up arguing with himself as he created To Follow Polaris
When circumstance presented the opportunity to face a challenge that had always intrigued him, the prog mastermind embraced it fully. But what will happen when his bandmates return?
“Every eight-minute Yes song could’ve been four two-minute singles!” XTC’s prog credentials
Emerging in the punk era, they were described as “too clever, “too quirky” and even as “prunk,” but Andy Partridge’s account of the band’s inspiration and motivation makes the truth crystal clear
