Poppy: What Does the Online Popstar’s Break into Metal Mean for Rock’s Future?
The Youtuber-turned-musician is making waves in the heavy music scene, but is her genre-hopping music a hint at rock’s future?
Mammifer / The Brilliant Tabernacle – radiant atmospherics abound on spiritual fifth album
An empowering listen, supportive in its vulnerability and optimistic in its message of love.
Death Before Disco: Mourning the Loss of Pagan
We say farewell to a band gone long before their time.
A Clockwork Angel: Remembering Neil Peart
Ourselves and a host of figures from the scene pay tribute to a legend.
Astral Noize’s Ones to Watch 2020
We look ahead to another year of brilliant music.
Albums of the Decade: Black Peaks – Statues
Black Peaks have done much to prove that artistic, classy and fearless modern music is capable of making a huge impact beyond the underground.
Albums of the Decade: Batushka – Litourgiya
Heavy with melody, and making good use of dynamics and contrast, Litourgiya possesses something which only the best black metal has…
Mizmor: Seeking Significance in a World Devoid of Meaning
We dive deep into the latest album from blackened doom enigma Mizmor.
Albums of the Decade: Thou – Magus
The Summer of Thou may now be in the past, but we won’t be forgetting Magus anytime soon.
Albums of the Decade: Primitive Man – Caustic
The heaviest album of the decade? Quite possibly.
Albums of the Decade: Body Void – I Live Inside A Burning House
A monument to pain, but also a manual for survival.
Albums of the Decade: Imperial Triumphant – Vile Luxury
Vile Luxury may be rooted in the brass-clad ruins of some fictional 1920s version of New York; but it also feels like a prediction of what the 2020s may bring.
Albums of the Decade: Marissa Nadler – Strangers
Marissa Nadler finds nuggets of poetry in the humdrum of everyday life, turning doom and gloom into something ethereal.
Albums of the Decade: Indian – From All Purity
If you crave brutal songwriting and claustrophobic soundscapes, this album is definitely a must have in your collection.
Albums of the Decade: Elder – Reflections Of A Floating World
Not only Elder’s crowning achievement but also one of the most innovative, memorable and impressive albums of the past decade.
Albums of the Decade: Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Any of the Californian’s six albums could feature in this AOTD series, but Hiss Spun takes the crown for sheer ambition.
