Joseph Stannard

Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death

Finnish mystics Dark Buddha Rising match the immensity of the endtimes on new album Mathreyata

German post-black metallers Toadeater rip up the rulebook on new album Bit To Ewigen Daogen

Underground icons Napalm Death rise and grind for the 16th time on new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

British thrash icons Onslaught’s seventh album Generation Antichrist finds them rejuvenated and ready for the fight once more

London electronica collective Archive’s bleak but bold return.

Impressively conceptual, Yes-assisted fourth album from late-blooming US progger Leon Alvarado

Angular Oxfordians’ perplexing but rewarding third outing

Swedish prog-metal quintet Wolverine’s stuttering return.

Swindon jazz rock project Karda Estra keep watching the skies.

Norway and the highway.

Second new work in a month from a true maverick and friends.

Triple-disc reissue of the Genesis man’s 1977 debut.

Teutonic twosome’s improvised adventure in rhythm and texture.

Glaswegian veterans return with subliminal surprises.

Swedish miserablists revisit their mopey modern classic.