The 50 best metal albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 26 December 22 From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The 10 best doom metal albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 15 December 22 From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
All Hail The Yeti's Within The Hollow Earth: Hollywood's metal magpies strike sludge gold By Edwin McFee published 10 December 21 All Hail The Yeti offer up more hook-laden, Southern-simmered metal from the Hollywood Hills
Draconian’s Under A Godless Veil: a glorious marriage of gothic doom and gnostic cosmology By Edwin McFee last updated 29 October 20 Sweden’s revered gloom-mongers Draconian find new depths of glory on Under A Godless Veil
Venom Prison’s Primeval: death metal iconoclasts exhume the past to move forward By Edwin McFee last updated 7 October 20 Venom Prison give fresh life to hard-to-find old songs on bulldozing new album Primeval
Heathen’s Empire Of The Blind: never write an old school Bay Area thrash band off By Edwin McFee last updated 23 September 20 Bay Area thrash originals Heathen triumph over adversity on new album Empire Of The Blind
Naglfar’s Cerecloth: slumbering black metal giants awaken By Edwin McFee published 7 May 20 Melodic black metal mythologists Naglfar return from eight-year Odin Sleep to wreak death and destruction on new album Cerecloth
Aborted – TerrorVision album review By Edwin McFee published 20 September 18 Belgium’s beloved gorehounds Aborted get their fingers dirty once more with TerrorVision
Therapy? – Cleave album review By Edwin McFee published 19 September 18 Irish icons Therapy? wring a diamond from our current grim reality with Cleave
Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins album review By Edwin McFee published 18 June 18 Ireland’s underground veterans Primordial come through a trial by fire with Exile Amongst The Ruins
Rapture - Paroxysm Of Hatred album review By Edwin McFee published 6 March 18 Greek death/thrashers keep blazing along the same path
High Priests - Spinning album review By Edwin McFee published 4 March 18 Chicago’s scabrous riff-wielders embark on a wild ride
Crescent - The Order Of Amenti album review By Edwin McFee published 4 February 18 Epic, blackened death extremity from Cairo practitioners
Accuser - The Mastery album review By Edwin McFee published 4 February 18 Veteran Teutonic thrashers keep their blades sharp
Anguis Dei - Ad Portas Serpentium album review By Edwin McFee published 4 January 18 Mystic nightmares from enigmatic Japanese cult’s new configuration
V - Pathogenisis album review By Edwin McFee published 8 December 17 Long-gestating doom unit live up to their collective pedigree
Forgotten Tomb - We Owe You Nothing album review By Edwin McFee published 8 December 17 Former depressive BM crew begin to get their groove on
zhOra - Ethos, Pathos, Logos album review By Edwin McFee published 6 November 17 A sci-fi/progressive sludge odyssey launched from the wilds of Ireland
Lo! - Vestigial album review By Edwin McFee published 6 November 17 Australian riff-wielders take aim at our insane modern age
Impureza - La Caída De Tonatiuh album review By Edwin McFee published 6 November 17 Death metal/flamenco troupe stamp their authority on their second album
Sarke - Viige Urh album review By Edwin McFee published 5 November 17 Nocturno Culto-fronted allstars make a timely return
Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black album review By Edwin McFee published 9 October 17 Death metal titans offer another surplus of gore
Shrapnel - Raised On Decay album review By Edwin McFee published 12 September 17 East Anglian thrashers turn a new page on album number two
Dyscarnate - With All Their Might album review By Edwin McFee published 8 September 17 UK death metal pack-leaders present another show of force
Cannabis Corpse - Left Hand Pass album review By Edwin McFee published 16 August 17 Municipal Waste members continue their joint enterprise