Latest articles by Sophie Maughan
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
From Sabaton and Blind Guardian to Wind Rose and Bridear, these are the 10 best power metal albums of 2022
Album review: Lacuna Coil give 2002’s landmark album Comalies an impressive 20th anniversary do-over
Massachusetts newcomers Worm Shepherd assert themselves as extreme symphonic metal's newest heavy hitters on album #2, Ritual Hymns
Bridgend’s metal behemoths Bullet For My Valentine cover all the bases on their seventh album, Bullet For My Valentine
Milanese metallers Lacuna Coil make a hard copy of their COVID-busting livestream on Live From The Apocalypse
Grime metal insurrectionists Hacktivist add more prongs to their attack on new album Hyperdialect
Cinematic post-hardcore heroes Devil Sold His Soul put a turbulent decade behind them on new album Loss
Ex-Bullet For My Valentine man ‘Moose’ Thomas comes out swinging with Kill The Light’s debut album The Sinner
Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch’s other band Love And Death make their long-awaited second coming with new album Perfectly Preserved
Where hardcore meets death metal you’ll find these 10 throat-shredding deathcore albums
Queen, Kiss... Michael Bublé?! Myles Kennedy picks the records that have had the biggest impact on his life over the years
Tech-metal marauders Jinjer are captured full pre-COVID flight on Alive In Melbourne
Dez Fafara soundtracks his personal struggles on DevilDriver’s new album Dealing With Demons Vol. 1
Barcelona voyagers Obsidian Kingdom venture into unexplored territories on new album Meat Machine
Currents’ mix of metalcore, post-hardcore and punk dissonance has never sounded as potent as it does on new album The Way It Ends
Tech metal is the very definition of order in chaos, and here are 10 albums that prove it
French trio Therophosa crank up the dark progressive grooves on new album Transcendence
Lacuna Coil's new album Black Anima elevates a band already on career-defining form
We asked, you voted and now the results are in: here, we count down the 20 best Lacuna Coil songs ever recorded
Elijah Witt reveals why Cane Hill have moved away from their nu metal sound for something a little different
How did a bunch of lads from the Cotswolds end up producing this?!
