Latest articles by Dom Lawson
The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
If it's big, boisterous, melodic metal anthems you're after, Elegant Weapons may be just what you need
Judas Priest man Richie Faulkner returns, backed by Rex Brown, Ronnie Romero and Scott Travis, on Elegant Weapons' debut Horns For A Halo
7 brilliant metal albums you might have missed last month
Grave Pleasures, As Everything Unfolds and Dodheimsgard are among the albums that might have flown under the radar in April
How Iron Maiden created their definitive masterpiece with Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
The epic concept album was more than just Iron Maiden’s most successful album of the 1980s – it took them to heavy metal immortality
Last In Line looser and grittier than before on the classy Jericho
Former Dio men Vivian Campbell and Vinnie Appice return with third album of thunderous hard rock, Jericho
7 killer metal albums you might have missed this month
From Kruelty and Demonstealer to Ad Infinitum, nothing,nowhere. and Lana Del Rabies, don't sleep on these brilliant new metal albums
Five cool new prog acts you need to hear this March
Check out Moundrag, EBB, Cabiria, Wizrd and Shell Beach – five great new up and coming prog artists
Uriah Heep's Mick Box: "I feel like I’ve done ten rounds with Mike Tyson and not got a punch in"
Uriah Heep have lost a few friends but are enjoying a golden era, and new album Chaos & Colour is defiantly upbeat and inspirational
New singer, new attitude, new era: how Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast changed metal forever
Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in time for the band's iconic third album, The Number Of The Beast. Things would never be the same again
"I’ve never made a deadline in my life. They’re finished when they’re finished.” Spiritualized and the story of their first four albums
Jason Pierce guides us through those first four groundbreaking Spiritualized albums
20 killer metal albums turning 10 in 2023
From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers
Uriah Heep: still fully in touch with what made them great 50 years ago
Another Box-fresh hard-rock bull’s eye as Uriah Heep release album number 25 Chaos And Colour
The making of Riverside's Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
Following a Number One album in their home country, Poland's Riverside hit new heights with 2013's Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
Dark-prog magi Katatonia deliver more epic gloom on Sky Void Of Stars
Album review: Katatonia’s 12th album Sky Void O Stars proves that they’re the masters of sumptuous sullenness
“I realised quite early that this album would deal a lot with growing up." Beardfish's 2015 album +4626-COMFORTZONE would also be their last until they reformed last year
Released in 2015, +4626-COMFORTZONE was Swedish prog rockers Beardfish's eighth studio album. It also would also be the band's last for nine years...
The 50 best metal albums of 2022
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
5 new bands you need to hear this month
From Gojira-style Swiss prog metal to anti-war Ukrainian death metal, these are 5 new bands you need to hear right now
The 10 best black metal albums of 2022
From Abbath and Blackbraid to Gaerea and Zeal & Ardor - these are the 10 best black metal albums of 2022
The 10 best doom metal albums of 2022
From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
The 10 best death metal albums of 2022
From Aborted and Immolation to Venom Prison and Lorna Shore, these are the 10 best death metal records of 2022
The 10 best power metal albums of 2022
From Sabaton and Blind Guardian to Wind Rose and Bridear, these are the 10 best power metal albums of 2022
The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2022
From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022
Every Porcupine Tree album ranked from worst to best
Updated Art-metal skronk-outs? Pink Floyd-inspired anthems? Epic trance workouts? A journey through the masterworks of defiant prog pioneers Porcupine Tree
