Anette Olzon's Strong: ex-Nightwish singer addresses her past
Former Nightwish frontwoman Anette Olzon harks back to her heavier side on Strong
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Rap/metal provocateur Dana Dentata takes on her demons for second album, pantychrist
The Wildhearts' 21st Century Love Songs: the rock mavericks' renaissance continues
Ginger's The Wildhearts find optimism amongst the fury on 21st Century Love Songs
Iron Maiden's Senjutsu: an electrifying, cinematic masterpiece
Metal’s most travelled champions Iron Maiden reach new states of grandeur with Senjutsu
Turnstile's Glow On: melodic hardcore punk expansionists' most eclectic statement yet
Baltimore genre-hoppers Turnstile get ready to rhumba with Glow On
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Progressive voyagers Leprous find light and liberation at the end of a dark tunnel
Jinjer's Wallflowers: the angriest album of 2021?
Ukraine’s progressive metal hotshots Jinjer hit the bullseye with Wallflowers
Between The Buried And Me's Colors II: reaffirming the band as once-in-a-lifetime masterminds
North Carolina’s progressive extremists Between The Buried And Me rekindle a radiant classic with Colors II
Deafheaven's Infinite Granite: fifth album struggles to hold up
San Francisco’s blackgaze champions Deafheaven attempt a leap into the big leagues with Infinite Granite
Sepultura's SepulQuarta: fans craving reimaginings risk disappointment
South America’s metal standard-bearers Sepultura bring out the big guns with live album SepulQuarta – and misfire
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GosT goes further into post-punk on killer new album Rites Of Love And Reverence
Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready: haunting, intricate and wonderfully complex
The underground’s most electrifying artist Lingua Ignota unleashes a folk horror masterwork with Sinner Get Ready
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King Woman's Celestial Blues: from understated elegance to skull-rattling thunderclap
San Francisco’s atmospheric doom voyagers King Woman extend their singular vision with second album Celestial Blues
Dee Snider's Leave A Scar: fist-pumping fun set to a soundtrack of heavy metal thunder
Dee Snider's fifth solo album Leave A Scar is a healthy dose of PMA from the PMRC-bashing metal legend
Powerwolf's Call Of The Wild: Germany’s high-powered lycanthropes claw their way to world domination
Powerwolf's eighth album Call Of The Wild is chock-full of epic trademark tales and long-toothed fiends
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