Blood Dynasty might be Arch Enemy's boldest album yet - even if they didn't totally burn the rulebook
Mixing some bold experimentation with the kind of full-throttle heavy metal thunder you'd expect, Blood Dynasty continues Arch Enemy's hot streak
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"It’s peak Cradle." British black metal institution Cradle Of Filth continue to soar
After plunging the depths of darkness in recent years, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their gothic romantic roots on album fourteen
Wardruna just led a Nordic ritual in London’s most beautiful venue, and I’ve never seen anything like it before
Supported by cellist extraordinaire Jo Quail, the shaman dazzle with their powerful voices and mystical production
"Those sultry licks get weirder and weirder, until they resemble the sound of a UFO taking off."
Death metal riffs meet jazz skronk as New York's weirdest draft in Dave Lombardo and Thomas Haake for their most accessible album to date
India's biggest metal sensations have produced another iron-clad rager
Indian nu metal machine Bloodywood are packing nothing but bangers
The Father Of Make Believe is Coheed And Cambria's midlife crisis album. Luckily, it's also a layered, thoughtful and rich new entry in the Amory Wars Saga
Claudio Sanchez has suggested this album came from a musical midlife crisis. Luckily for us, he pushed through and the results were well worth it
Whitechapel just made one of this year's most brutally intense metal albums
Whitechapel might not be the poster boys of deathcore anymore, but they remain the genre's most consistently brilliant band
"A band who could contend with Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token as the next zeitgeist-setting metal act."
Spiritbox's second album doesn't just match the instant-classic status of their debut: it surpasses it
"Someone get Papa Emeritus on the phone."
Green Lung's mix of Black Sabbath dread and Ghost theatricality makes them perfectly suited for massive venues
Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
Rejuvenated after latest album The Last Will And Testament, the prog/death metal masters honour both sides of their sound with cinematic accoutrements
This Consequence is the heaviest Killswitch Engage album in over a decade. And it absolutely slaps
Killswitch Engage go rawer and heavier than they have in some time, led by an impassioned Jesse Leach
Spiritbox's Alexandra Palace show is the end of an era - and the start of their reign as new metal stars
With live debuts, old favourites and stunning visuals, Spiritbox's headline show at Alexandra Palace is nothing short of magic
Lacuna Coil go heavier than ever on Sleepless Empire with help from guests Ash Costello and Randy Blythe
After rediscovering their spark on 2019's Black Anima, Lacuna Coil are going harder and heavier than ever
Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s Wembley Arena
Papa Roach prove why they’re one of their era’s most enduring and celebrated bands
Mike Portnoy is back with Dream Theater, and he's helped them make a banger of an album in Parasomnia
Dream Theater needed something special to justify the hype following Portnoy's return, and they've delivered
Jinjer have made their darkest, angriest album yet with Duél
Thought Jinjer might have used their growing popularity to write an album of big, catchy bangers? Nah. No chance
Was Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s Poisoned Ascendancy really “the metal tour of 2025”?
Playing their classic 2005 albums at the O2 in London, the metalcore icons indulge everyone’s nostalgia while proving themselves as arena headliners
Alt Blk era's debut album has officially announced one of the most exciting new bands in alternative music
Formed of sisters Nyrobi and Chaya Beckett-Messam, Alt Blk Era are spinning metal, hip hop and EDM into irresistibly fun new shapes
Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk
As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna
