Theraphosa’s Transcendence album is a blackened exploration of the soul
French trio Theraphosa crank up the dark progressive grooves on new album Transcendence
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Ex-doomsters Witchcraft swap amps for acoustic guitars on misfiring new album Black Metal
Nu-thrashers Shrapnel mix it up with the old masters on Palace For The Insane
British thrashers Shrapnel pick up the pace on new album Palace For The Insane
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1000mods: Greek stoner kings go global on new album Youth Of Dissent
Greek stoner rockers 1000mods channel Soundgarden and Alice In Chains on new album Youth Of Dissent
Green Carnation’s Leaves Of Yesteryear is the comeback album prog metal is waiting for
Norwegian prog kings Green Carnation return with new album Leaves Of Yesteryear
Horisont party like it’s 1975 on joyous new album Sudden Death
Retro-rock linchpins Horisont channel 70s soft rock and classic prog on glorious new album Sudden Death
Asking Alexandria’s Like A House On Fire: metalcore out, pop-rock in
Asking Alexandria smooth out the turbulence along with their sound on new album Like A House On Fire
Paradise Lost’s Obsidian: doom majesty meets old school goth bangers
The UK’s masters of misery Paradise Lost channel their inner Sisters Of Mercy on new album Obsidian
Triptykon’s monumental Requiem is a live album like you’ve never heard before
Ex-Celtic Frost mastermind Thomas Gabriel Fischer’s grand vision comes to life on stellar live album Requiem
Occult black metallers Secrets Of The Moon embrace their inner goth on Black House
German occultists Secrets Of The Moon’s new album Black House is more Bauhaus than black metal
Naglfar’s Cerecloth: slumbering black metal giants awaken
Melodic black metal mythologists Naglfar return from eight-year Odin Sleep to wreak death and destruction on new album Cerecloth
Winterfylleth go full-force UKBM on new album The Reckoning Dawn
New album The Reckoning Dawn finds UK black metal standard-bearers Winterfylleth raising their flag high once more on
Havok have nailed 21st century thrash with new album V
Denver thrashers Havok’s new album V is where old school thrash speed meets new school thrash attitude
Vader’s Solitude In Madness: the fire burns stronger than ever
Polish death metal veterans Vader reconnect with their thrash roots on new album Solitude In Madness
Elephant Tree’s Habits album: the Smashing Pumpkins go doom
Melancholy British doom squad Elephant Tree present their most expansive album yet
Testament’s Titans Of Creation album is state-of-the-art Bay Area thrash
Old school attitude meets new school brutality on Testament’s new album Titans Of Creation
Katatonia have just made their best album in 20 years with City Burials
Swedish gloom-masters Katatonia hit cinematic gold on their 11th album
Trivium’s What The Dead Men Say: no cheese, just heavy f**king metal
Trivium’s hot streak continues with new album What The Dead Men Say