Reviews

Metalcore mainstays Bury Tomorrow return with their sights set high on Black Flame

Post-black scene leaders Deafheaven let go of their ballast on Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

In which Rush head to Wales, where reader Ian Pritchard spots Geddy and Alex out sight-seeing, looking down the Brecon Valley toward Llangynidr

Goth-tinged Icelandic rockers Kontinuum refine their sensibilities on No Need To Reason

Batman and Robin. Chocolate and peanut butter. Metal and country? Devildriver think so!

Immortal's Demonaz and Horgh get back on the frostbitten track with Northern Chaos Gods

Greek metallers Raw In Sect marry the modern and the traditional on Kitro

Berlin’s mystic-minded rockers Lucifer realign their forces with Lucifer II

Pennsylvania’s progressive extremists Rivers Of Nihil hit an all-new apex with Where Owls Know My Name

Radio-friendly pop-rock with the charts in its sights from Welshy Arms

Exhaustive (and occasionally exhausting) reissue of Guns N' Roses classic debut

Temperamental Swedish black metallers Vanhelga lose sight of the plot with Fredagsmys

Highlights from the NWOBHM in a 3-CD boxset

Bridgend’s metal juggernaut Bullet For My Valentine switch gears for Gravity

Bombast and big ideas from neo-proggers on top form

Power couple Richie Sambora and Orianthi cast their net beyond the guitar crowd

The definitive voice of British soul and blues, Paul Rodgers, free to do what he wants

Straight outta Littlehampton