Five Finger Death Punch’s AfterLife: hater-proof modern metal titans get experimental
Album review: Five Finger Death Punch tweak the chest-beating metal formula on ninth album AfterLife
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Soilwork’s Overgivenheten album review: melodeath meets AOR from Swedish masters
Album review: melodeath veterans Soilwork keep pace with the Swedish renaissance on Övergivenheten
Heilung’s otherworldly new album Drif is powerful, hypnotic and unifying
Album review: pagan shamans Heilung host a gathering of the tribes on new album Drif
Norma Jean’s Deathrattle Sing For Me: pure anguished poetry from metalcore lifers
Album review: metalcore vets Norma Jean step out of their comfort zone on new album Deathrattle Sing For Me
Hollywood Undead’s Hotel Kalifornia: rap-metal party starters get serious
Album review: rap-rockers Hollywood Undead fight the trials of modern life on new album Hotel Kalifornia
The Halo Effect’s Days Of The Lost: melodeath all-stars salute the Gothenburg Sound on debut album
Album review: ex-In Flames members assemble to relive the old days on The Halo Effect’s debut album Days Of The Lost
Prey review: Predator prequel doesn't quite do enough to rescue the franchise
While Prey's intentions are honourable, it's a prequel that spins its wheels too much to leave a lasting impact
Dub War’s Westgate Under Fire: metal’s original soundclash kings return to reclaim their crown
Album review: Skindred’s Benji Webbe returns to his dub/punk roots on original band Dub War’s new album Westgate Under Fire
Soulfly’s new album Totem has one mission – to bring the fury. And it succeeds
Album review: Max Cavalera gets with the times and ramps up the aggro on Soulfly’s new album Totem
Viking metal chieftains Amon Amarth go back to brutal basics on new album The Great Heathen Army
Album review: Amon Amarth’s The Great Heathen Army piles on the blood, gore and Biff Byford guest spots
Arch Enemy’s Deceivers: melodeath monarchs deliver the goods on 11th album
Album review: anger, anthems and a few surprises on Arch Enemy’s new album Deceivers
Ithaca’s They Fear Us: metallic hardcore firebrands stake their claim to greatness with stellar second album
Album review: Ithaca’s new album They Fire us is a raging, ever-changing triumph
The Prodigy in Birmingham: a powerful, cathartic show that did Keith Flint proud
From freshening up old favourites to paying an emotional tribute to Keith Flint, this was a special night in Brum
Mikael Akerfeldt’s Clark soundtrack is an epic love letter to the history of music
Album review: Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt puts on his 70s disco pants for genre-defying soundtrack to hit Netflix series, now on shiny vinyl
Imperial Triumphant’s Spirit Of Ecstasy: an exhilarating journey across a jazz-blasted landscape of noise
Album review: masked avant-metallers Imperial Triumphant head deeper into the ultraverse with new album Spirit Of Ecstasy
Oceans Of Slumber’s Starlight And Ash: an elegant tapestry of mournful heaviness and gothic Americana
Album review: Texan doom maestros Oceans Of Slumber broaden their horizons on epic new album Starlight And Ash with stellar results
Anthrax’s XL live album is a dive into one of metal’s greatest back catalogues
Album review: Anthrax serve up the hits and deep cuts on killer livestream album
Thor Love And Thunder review: an uproariously funny, satisfying hero's journey
In Thor: Love And Thunder, director Taika Waititi attempts a tricky balancing act - and pulls it off with aplomb
Turnstile’s incendiary set steals the weekend at Glastonbury
While some waited for a Green Day set that never happened, Turnstile showed Glasto why they’re the present and future of punk rock
