Latest articles by Kez Whelan
Imperial Triumphant's Goldstar is their most accessible record yet - but still weirder than a box of frogs
From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
Eight years and more than a few band members since their last record, Nails are back and brutal as ever
US underground darlings Thou prove there's so much more to them than just sludge on expansive sixth album Umbilical
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore albums of 2022
From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
Album review: original Venom guitarist Mantas out-paces old foe Cronos with new album There’s Only Black
Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road
Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered
Blackened grind doomsayers Anaal Nathrakh clean up their act on new album Endarkenment – but it can’t dispel the whiff of formula
The UK’s masters of misery Paradise Lost channel their inner Sisters Of Mercy on new album Obsidian
Melancholy British doom squad Elephant Tree present their most expansive album yet
Former punks breathe new life into post-rock...
