Metal Hammer Reviews

Finland’s schlock rockers Lordi make a tone-deaf return with Sexorcism

Lamb Of God salute their punk and hardcore heroes

Gothenburg’s prodigal pioneers At The Gates stay on a full charge

Las Vegas bruisers Five Finger Death Punch reinvent the wheel… a little

Pioneering Finns Amorphis keep delivering the stirring goods

Portland’s despondent duo The Body find a new mode of misery to share

Hungary’s avant-black explorers Thy Catafalque add some more exhilarating twists

The prodigal blackhearts Dimmu Borgir return in renewed splendour

Scando-death’s buzzsaw-wielding new breed Lik hit the jackpot

Byron Bay’s metal brutalists Parkway Drive keep pushing the limits

US arena rockers Shinedown bring the bombast… and the belly laughs

Spanish thrashers Angelus Apatrida take on the US troops at their own game

Akercocke-aligned renegades Voices take a thrilling left turn

Kobra And The Lotus complete a heroic two-part quest

LLNN take you on a harrowing journey into the darkest recesses of post-metal

Ragga-rock partiers Skindred offer a collection of safe yet fun anthems

A blistering black metal lament from the Church Of Ra's Wiegedood

Prog metal’s chief scientists Tesseract bring back the riffs

Toronto punk champions Cancer Bats deliver more attitude than hooks