While She Sleeps’ Sleeps Society is a beacon of hope in troubled times
While She Sleeps tweak the formula with impressive results on new album Sleeps Society
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Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined: death metal legends gouge out a new classic
They may have been around since the dawn of time, but Cannibal Corpse’s new album Violence Unimagined is perilously addictive
Sex, death, isolation and art-rock weirdness? Årabrot’s Norwegian Gothic has them covered
Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Blaze Bayley’s War Within Me: British metal’s great survivor brings the thunder
Ex-Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley hits new heights of power on new album War Within Me
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen‘s Smith/Kotzen: where Iron Maiden meets The Winery Dogs
Two unlikely worlds come together on the self-titled debut album from Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and guitar hero Richie Kotzen
Devin Townsend’s Devolution Series #1: Acoustically Inclined: prog metal’s mad scientist up close and personal
Devin Townsend is in intimate mode on new lockdown-busting live album Acoustically Inclined
Lamb Of God’s Live In Richmond, VA is the sound of a band raging in the face of the pandemic
Lamb Of God capture their onstage glory on COVID-busting live-in-lockdown album
La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio’s Trivial Visions: cosmic space rock from interstellar travellers
Italian psych-heads La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio travel way beyond the final frontier on new album Trivial Visions
Raucous noise, epic tunes and maximum weirdness? Tomahawk‘s Tonic Immobility has got it covered
Mike Patton’s deranged provocateurs Tomahawk are in prime form on their first album in eight years, Tonic Immobility
Liquid Tension Experiment’s LTE3: instrumental prog metal masturbation – and proud of it
Dream Theater fans rejoice! Mike Portnoy reunites with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess for Liquid Tension Experiment’s gleefully self-indulgent comeback
Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth: an emotive and empowered rock album for our times
Amy Lee releases her most empowered, emotional, politically charged album yet with Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth
Pupil Slicer’s Mirrors: grind meets mathcore on one of 2021’s most exciting debut albums
Grind meets mathcore meets doom on Pupil Slicer’s savage debut album Mirrors
The Crown’s Royal Destroyer: Sweden’s hardest declare all-out death metal war
If it’s subtlety you’re after look elsewhere – The Crown’s Royal Destroyer is death metal the way it should be: bloody, brutal and hard as f**k
White Void’s Anti’s is a whirlwind ride around metal, occult rock and psychedelia
Norwegian oddballs White Void find new ways to get psyched on debut album Anti
Eyehateod’s A History Of Nomadic Behaviour is the sick and twisted soundtrack for our times
NOLA sludge kings Eyehategod return with their first album in seven years – and their timing couldn’t better
Death metal maniacs Baest take a swim in the grim on new album Necro Sapiens
Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered
The Hyena Kill’s A Disconnect: razor-sharp riffs meet enigmatic atmospherics
If Tool jammed with Helmet, it would sound like the second album from UK’s hypno-metallers The Hyena Kill
Mason Hill’s Against The Wall: arena-ready rock that proves the power of peristence
Scottish rockers Mason Hill finally release their assured debut album. Fans of Alter Bridge and Shinedown apply here
Architects’ For Those That Wish To Exist: modern metal with the grandest of ambitions
Modern metal heroes Architects continue their upward swing with new album For Those That Wish To Exist
