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Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
By Matt Mills published
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
By Stephen Hill published
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
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Holly Wright published
Lacuna Coil go heavier than ever with help from Randy Blythe and Ash Costello

Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s Wembley Arena
By Merlin Alderslade published
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
By Matt Mills published
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
By Dannii Leivers published
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”?
By Matt Mills published
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
By Emily Swingle published
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
By Alex Deller published
As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna

"If this album had been released 25 years ago, it would have been a revelation." New Tremonti record The End Will Show Us How is just about what you'd expect, but it's pretty damn good all the same
By Metal Hammer published
Tremonti's latest album mixes his well documented love of metal with the post-grunge and balladry he made his name with

The Halo Effect have crafted the first great melodic death metal album of 2025 with March Of The Unheard
By Adam Brennan published
Former In Flames men unite once more to create another blistering set of classic-sounding melodeath anthems

"The whole thing is still as sick as ever." Slipknot put on 2024's biggest heavy metal nostalgia party in Manchester
By Emily Swingle published
Slipknot celebrating their iconic debut album with a visceral - if sometimes slightly too clean - show at the Co Op Live

Hold those end of year lists: Múr just put out one of the best metal debut albums of 2024
By Dom Lawson published
Another uniquely mesmerising metal band from Iceland has entered the chat

While She Sleeps reiterate their place among the metalcore elite with dazzling London show
By Matt Mills published
While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but what’s lacking in size is made up for in killer songs and blinding lights

Sleep Token show London why they've become metal's biggest success story in over two decades
By Merlin Alderslade published
The mysterious masked metallers put on a dazzling second show at a packed-out London O2

Sylosis and Fit For An Autopsy lead four hours of moshpit mayhem in London
By Matt Mills published
Supported by Darkest Hour and Heriot, the co-headliners host a night of wall-to-wall adrenaline at Electric Brixton

“The most psychedelic trip you’ll ever have sober”: Baroness, Graveyard and Pallbearer conquer adversity to give London a heavy metal high
By Matt Mills published
Overcoming technical troubles and an initially thin crowd, the three bands offer unique approaches to mind-expanding music
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