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Malevolence have put together another absolute crusher of a record with Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
By Stephen Hill published
Lacking big, fat riffs in your diet? The new Malevolence album has you covered

"This is so beautiful." Turnstile fly high in the summer rain with superb headline performance at Outbreak London
By Paul Brannigan published
Turnstile Summer is officially go, as the Baltimore hardcore crew smash it at Outbreak festival in east London

Korn have finally headlined Download - and it was an absolute triumph
By Rich Hobson published
Metal legends Korn have finally taken the spot they deserve - and to the surprise of no one, they absolutely smashed it

Orbit Culture might have just given Download a taste of metal's next major breakout band
By Stephen Hill published
Orbit Culture follow in the footsteps of Trivium and Five Finger Death Punch at Download festival

Sleep Token prove their doubters wrong during spellbinding Download headline set
By Rich Hobson published
Sleep Token confirm their status as the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation

"This is a band reaching the apex of their powers."
By Rich Hobson published
Within Temptation have a hard task trying to draw Weezer's crowd away, but those who have turned up have been treated to something special

Does a new-look Katatonia mean a bold new era? Of course not, but Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State is a gloomily gorgeous listen all the same
By Rich Hobson published
The first Katatonia album without Anders Nyström is just about what you'd expect, but it's still very, very good

"Hardcore's answer to Nirvana's Nevermind." Turnstile's Never Enough is a landmark record for alternative music and an instant, undeniable classic
By Stephen Hill published
With their fourth album, Turnstile have confirmed themselves as the most important and daring band to have emerged from the hardcore scene in decades

"Future festival headliners without a doubt."
By Rich Hobson published
Babymetal celebrated 15 years with a massive metal celebration in front of 20,000 fans at London's O2 Arena.

"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
By Merlin Alderslade published
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style

The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie's most vital and inventive album in years
By Emma Johnston published
Where many bands coast on past glories thirty years in, Skunk Anansie have served up something special

British metalcore is getting its moment in the sun
By Adam Brennan published
Bury Tomorrow's Will You Haunt Me With That Same Patience reaffirms Bury Tomorrow as modern metalcore heavyweights

If you're after some catchy as hell nu metal brimming with angst, you need the new Tetrarch album in your life
By Merlin Alderslade published
Atlanta nu metal revivalists Tetrarch stick to the fundamentals

Sleep Token's new album Even In Arcadia is ambitious, intense and painfully honest
By Holly Wright published
Sleep Token's fourth album takes a stark look at Vessel's fame while dabbling in the kind of genre-mashing that will delight some fans and shock others

Propagandhi are as confused about the state of things as everyone else on vital new album At Peace
By Matt Mills published
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same

Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition
By Dom Lawson published
Machine Head's epic bounce back continues with the brilliant Unatoned

I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era
By Merlin Alderslade published
Alt Blk Era had a packed-out Camden Underworld moshing and raving its ass off last night - and you can't help but feel this is just the start
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