Ensiferum: The Warriors By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Against all odds, folk metal has risen to become one of metal's most popular subgenres. And Ensiferum are up for the fight.
Welcome Back: Enslaved By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Enslaved return with another mind-boggling blackened-prog knockout.
Primordial, Live in London By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Not yet rated Ireland’s incensed metallers raise the spirits
Psycroptic: Psycroptic By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Tasmanian death metal devils misplace their aggression
Árstíðir Lífsins: Aldafoðr Ok Munka Dróttinn By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Pagan black metallers find themselves in the element
Syn Ze Sase Tri: Stăpîn Peste Stăpîni By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Blackened symphonic Romanians prove slightly out of key
Enslaved: In Times By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Bergen’s prog heroes chart another new course
Battle Beast: Unholy Saviour By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Eighties-obsessed Finns still showing off their patches
Why I Love... Danzig by Dani Filth, Cradle Of Filth/Devilment By Tom Dare published 27 February 15 Metal's filthiest figurehead salutes Evil Elvis, the original Misfit...
Bölzer, live in London By Tom Dare published 23 February 15 Not yet rated Support: Ascension, Deströyer 666, Vassafor, Dysangelium
Periphery on their love/hate relationship with djent By Tom Dare published 6 February 15 The Periphery frontman on the band's early influences and how it led them to new proggy ground
Krakow: Amaran By Tom Dare published 3 February 15 Bergen’s post-metallers take a new turn off the map
Call Of The Void: Ageless By Tom Dare published 3 February 15 Flavoursome grind outfit forget to stir the pot
Ingested, live in London By Tom Dare published 28 January 15 Not yet rated Support: Unfathomable Ruination, Sentenced
Melechesh: Towards Babylon By Tom Dare published 2 January 15 A band forged in conflict, both external and internal, Jerusalem exiles Melechesh look set to become the next underground band to resonate on a far wider level.
There’s more to folk metal than warpaint and the hurdy gurdy By Tom Dare published 28 December 14 Dig deeper into the world of folk metal
The bluffer’s guide to Folk Metal By Tom Dare published 15 December 14 There’s more to folk metal than bagpipes, flagons of ale and hey-nonny-nos.
At The Gates, live in London By Tom Dare published 8 December 14 Not yet rated Support: Triptykon, Morbus Chron, Code Orange
Dimmu Borgir: Two Decades Triumphant By Tom Dare published 1 December 14 Celebrating 20 years of Dimmu Borgir
Shade Empire: Omega Arcane By Tom Dare published 28 May 13 Epic death/black metal, with an epic running time too
The Resistance: Scars By Tom Dare published 28 May 13 In Flames exiles wash up on Stockholm’s crusty shores
My Dying Bride: The Manuscript By Tom Dare published 28 May 13 Northern gloomsters eke out more misery
The Monolith Deathcult: Tetragrammaton By Tom Dare published 30 April 13 Demented Dutch deathsters hijack the 90s