Metal Hammer

If you're looking for a band that sounds like Bonnie Tyler fronting Dragonforce and feels like a power metal take on Eye Of The Tiger, Battle Beast's Circus Of Doom has you covered

Massachusetts newcomers Worm Shepherd assert themselves as extreme symphonic metal's newest heavy hitters on album #2, Ritual Hymns

Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

All Hail The Yeti offer up more hook-laden, Southern-simmered metal from the Hollywood Hills

Thrash masters Exodus channel their volatile history on 11th album, Persona Non Grata

Converge and Chelsea Wolfe create a transcendental coalition on their new album, Bloodmoon: I

Las Vegas rockers Spiritworld take a bloody dive into the Wild West with new album, Pagan Rhythms

Denmark’s blackgaze upstarts Møl set an entirely new bar with new album, Diorama

Sweden’s swing metal circus, Diablo Swing Orchestra, hit peak bonkers with Swagger And Stroll Down The Rabbit Hole

Every Time I Die continue to prove themselves the kings of hardcore/metalcore crossover on their ninth record Radical

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello drafts in Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Oli Sykes for The Atlas Underground Fire