Currents’ The Way It Ends: an uncompromising yet accessible call to arms By Sophie Maughan 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 By Sophie Maughan 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 By Sophie Maughan French trio Therophosa crank up the dark progressive grooves on new album Transcendence
10 essential Deathcore albums By Sophie Maughan Where hardcore meets death metal you’ll find these 10 throat-shredding deathcore albums
Lacuna Coil - Black Anima: The Milan metallers dig deeper into their dark side By Sophie Maughan Lacuna Coil's new album Black Anima elevates a band already on career-defining form
The 20 Best Lacuna Coil songs of all time By Sophie Maughan 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 By Sophie Maughan 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 By Sophie Maughan How did a bunch of lads from the Cotswolds end up producing this?!
The Algorithm: Compiler Optimization Techniques album review By Sophie Maughan Gallic electro-metaller The Algorithm pushes the dial towards technical ecstasy with Compiler Optimization Techniques
New Band Of The Week: Walking Dead On Broadway By Sophie Maughan Inverting deathcore hallmarks on their heads, Walking Dead On Broadway are injecting some freshness into the formula
The Black Queen – Infinite Games album review By Sophie Maughan Greg Puciato’s synth-driven venture The Black Queen enters a dystopian realm with Infinite Games
Lovebites – Battle Against Damnation album review By Sophie Maughan Japan’s enthralling power metal five-piece Lovebites fire their way to elite status with Battle Against Damnation
Kobra And The Lotus – Prevail II album review By Sophie Maughan Kobra And The Lotus complete a heroic two-part quest
Shields – Life In Exile album review By Sophie Maughan Tech-metalcore upstarts Shields find themselves in the wake of a tragedy
Lacuna Coil at O2 Forum Kentish Town, London - live review By Sophie Maughan Milanese metallers celebrate two decades in style
Letters From The Colony - Vignette album review By Sophie Maughan Expansive Swedes stick their flag in the heavy end of tech
Of Mice & Men - Defy album review By Sophie Maughan SoCal’s melodic metallers embark on a new chapter
Ulver at Islington Assembly Hall, London - live review By Sophie Maughan Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Fozzy and Hardcore Superstar at O2 Academy 2, Birmingham - live review By Sophie Maughan Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Toothgrinder - Phantom Amour album review By Sophie Maughan New Jersey’s progressive metallers expand their palette
Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss album review By Sophie Maughan Japanese power metal five-piece pile on the drama
Of Allies - Night Sky album review By Sophie Maughan Multi-textured British metallers cut a clear and distinctive path
Entheos - Dark Future album review By Sophie Maughan US tech metallers dine out on their dystopian world
Skarlett Riot - Regenerate album review By Sophie Maughan Melodic modern metal with a gothic undercurent
