Olivier Badin

Even with his voice failing, Tobias Forge managed to conjure up a triumphant headline set at Hellfest 2022

The dynamic duo's new project, described as "ambient psych doom metal", release their debut record Celestial Mechanics

The noisiest, biggest grindcore boxset ever?

German Bolt Thower enthusiasts find their own horrific groove

Indianapolis doom crew go awry in search of alchemy

Parisian funeral doom explorers go in search of seventh heaven

Sweden’s black/death overlords return to reclaim their throne

Washington DC hardcore/punk crew join the cult of death

Middle Earth-immersed Austrians amble blithely into Mordor

Sweden’s gothic metallers sink their teeth in slowly

Proto-black metal warriors leave little room to manoeuvre

Former Reverend Bizarre frontman goes alone in drone

Bergen’s man of the mountains continues to cut his own path

Best listened to with a VHS of Tales From The Crypt and a bong

War-mongering Greeks bring their own armaments to the battlefield

Sweden’s classic doom diehards finally prove their worth

Sweden’s heavy metal firebrands prove a law unto themselves

Madrid’s goremongers get a boost from some new blood

San Jose death/grind veterans come back up for air

Cult NWOBHM crew offer up a stunning epitaph

West Coast, death-devoted crustpunks head back to the Grave

King Diamond devotees ensure that nuns have no fun

Lee Dorrian and Leo Smee reunite for a tower of spite

A love letter to the former Bolt Thrower/Benediction frontman

A hair-raising display of technical power