Latest articles by Sophie Maughan
The best metal albums of 2023 so far
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
The 50 best metal albums of 2022
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The 10 best power metal albums of 2022
From Sabaton and Blind Guardian to Wind Rose and Bridear, these are the 10 best power metal albums of 2022
Lacuna Coil’s Comalies XX: a goth metal classic reconstructed
Album review: Lacuna Coil give 2002’s landmark album Comalies an impressive 20th anniversary do-over
Worm Shepherd's Ritual Hymns: "A nightmarish wormhole of lurching slams and fervent blasts"
Massachusetts newcomers Worm Shepherd assert themselves as extreme symphonic metal's newest heavy hitters on album #2, Ritual Hymns
Bullet For My Valentine bring the heavy back on their self-titled new album
Bridgend’s metal behemoths Bullet For My Valentine cover all the bases on their seventh album, Bullet For My Valentine
Lacuna Coil’s Live From The Apocalypse is the perfect aural antidote to the pandemic
Milanese metallers Lacuna Coil make a hard copy of their COVID-busting livestream on Live From The Apocalypse
Hacktivist’s Hyperdialect: the genre-smashing soundtrack to an imaginary revolution
Grime metal insurrectionists Hacktivist add more prongs to their attack on new album Hyperdialect
Devil Sold His Soul’s new album Loss is a cinematic triumph over turmoil
Cinematic post-hardcore heroes Devil Sold His Soul put a turbulent decade behind them on new album Loss
Metal all-stars Kill The Lights nail the groove and the glory on debut album The Sinner
Ex-Bullet For My Valentine man ‘Moose’ Thomas comes out swinging with Kill The Light’s debut album The Sinner
Love And Death’s Perfectly Preserved: songs of angst and devotion
Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch’s other band Love And Death make their long-awaited second coming with new album Perfectly Preserved
10 essential Deathcore albums
Where hardcore meets death metal you’ll find these 10 throat-shredding deathcore albums
Myles Kennedy: 10 albums that changed my life
Queen, Kiss... Michael Bublé?! Myles Kennedy picks the records that have had the biggest impact on his life over the years
Jinjer’s Alive In Melbourne is a sh*t-kicking reminder of how great gigs used to be
Tech-metal marauders Jinjer are captured full pre-COVID flight on Alive In Melbourne
DevilDriver’s pulverising Dealing With Demons Vol.1 is a roar in the face of adversity
Dez Fafara soundtracks his personal struggles on DevilDriver’s new album Dealing With Demons Vol. 1
Obsidian Kingdom’s Meat Machine: mind-altering menace from post-metal shapeshifters
Barcelona voyagers Obsidian Kingdom venture into unexplored territories on new album Meat Machine
Currents’ The Way It Ends: an uncompromising yet accessible call to arms
Currents’ mix of metalcore, post-hardcore and punk dissonance has never sounded as potent as it does on new album The Way It Ends
10 essential tech metal albums
Tech metal is the very definition of order in chaos, and here are 10 albums that prove it
Theraphosa’s Transcendence album is a blackened exploration of the soul
French trio Therophosa crank up the dark progressive grooves on new album Transcendence
Lacuna Coil - Black Anima: The Milan metallers dig deeper into their dark side
Lacuna Coil's new album Black Anima elevates a band already on career-defining form
The 20 Best Lacuna Coil songs of all time
We asked, you voted and now the results are in: here, we count down the 20 best Lacuna Coil songs ever recorded
Why Cane Hill have ditched nu metal for their new EP
Elijah Witt reveals why Cane Hill have moved away from their nu metal sound for something a little different
New Band Of The Week: The Uncharted
How did a bunch of lads from the Cotswolds end up producing this?!
