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"A band who could contend with Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token as the next zeitgeist-setting metal act."
Spiritbox's second album doesn't just match the instant-classic status of their debut: it surpasses it
"Someone get Papa Emeritus on the phone."
Green Lung's mix of Black Sabbath dread and Ghost theatricality makes them perfectly suited for massive venues
Opeth bring a career-spanning setlist, staggering visuals and more than a little self-confidence to sell-out London show
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
