Articles by: Kez Whelan

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

By Rich Hobson published 17 December 22

From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore 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

By Kez Whelan published 21 September 22

Album review: original Venom guitarist Mantas out-paces old foe Cronos with new album There’s Only Black

By Kez Whelan last updated 14 January 22

Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

By Kez Whelan published 4 March 21

Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered

By Kez Whelan published 7 October 20

Blackened grind doomsayers Anaal Nathrakh clean up their act on new album Endarkenment – but it can’t dispel the whiff of formula

By Kez Whelan published 14 May 20

The UK’s masters of misery Paradise Lost channel their inner Sisters Of Mercy on new album Obsidian

By Kez Whelan published 29 April 20

Melancholy British doom squad Elephant Tree present their most expansive album yet

By Kez Whelan published 28 April 19

Former punks breathe new life into post-rock...

By Kez Whelan published 6 September 18

Brazil’s longest-serving death metal band Krisiun still mean business with Scourge Of The Enthroned

By Kez Whelan published 20 July 18

Blackened sludge gang The Lion's Daughter fire up their synths and get weird on Future Cult