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Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Review: the MCU goes full Sam Raimi
The visionary director has cooked up an entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe unlike any other
Beatdown kings Terror’s Pain Into Power is a tough record for tough times
Not yet ratedAlbum review: veteran bruisers Terror serve up authentic hardcore noise on new album Pain Into Power
Puppy’s Pure Evil: riffalicious glory with a side order of earworms
Album review: UK alt-metal heroes Puppy rise to new heights on second album Pure Evil
Matt Heafy’s black metal passion project Ibaraki hits hard with debut album Rashomon
Album review: Trivium’s Matt Heafy teams up with Emperor man Ihsahn and MCR’s Gerard Way on Ibaraki’s stellar debut Rashomon
Halestorm’s Back From The Dead: what doesn’t kill Lzzy Hale and co makes them stronger
Album review: Lzzy Hale’s arena rockers get a post-Covid power surge on new album Back From The Dead
Fozzy’s Boombox: bona fide bangers cut through the cheese
Album review: Chris Jericho’s buffed-up rockers Fozzy land a few body slams on new album Boombox
Watain’s The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain: savage, brutal and… catchy?!
Album review: Watain take black metal into stellar new realms on The Agony And The Ecstasy of Watain
Rammstein Zeit review: album number eight peels back emotional new layers
Rammstein's new album is equal parts candid and explosive
Kirk Hammett steps away from Metallica and metal on epic new Portals EP
Review: Kirk Hammett flexes his prog and soundtrack-influenced muscles with new EP Portals
Bob Vylan's The Price Of Life: an incisive, furious, electric wake-up call
The Price Of Life sees Britain’s social ills slammed in your face by London’s visceral grime-punk duo Bob Vylan
Cancer Bats’ Psychic Jailbreak: hardcore kingpins as reliably awesome as ever
Not yet ratedAlbum review: they may be down a member, but Cancer Bats haven’t let up the pace on new album Psychic Jailbreak
Health’s Disco4 :: Part II: future-metal visionaries continue to taunt the gatekeepers on all-star sequel
Album review: Health team up with Trent Reznor, Poppy and Lamb Of God on new album Disco4 :: Part II with stellar results
Metal Lords review: Hollywood finally gets heavy metal right
Netflix's new heavy metal film, produced by Game Of Thrones' D.B. Weiss, is a true love letter to the genre
Papa Roach’s Ego Trip: Class of 2000 survivors continue to banish the ghost of nu metal
Album review: Nu metal? What nu metal? Papa Roach build on their late-career remodelling on new album Ego Trip
Euro-thrash legends Destruction channel the fury of youth on new album Diabolical
Album review: Destruction’s Diabolical album ticks every vintage thrash box you want it to tick with venomous results
Carpenter Brut’s Leather Terror: murder on the dancefloor
Album review: Synthwave’s shadowy maestro Carpenter Brut goes dancing in the dark on new album Leather Terror
Meshuggah’s Immutable: still running rings around every other metal band on the planet
Album review: prog-metal emperors Meshuggah deliver another head-spinning classic with new album Immutable
