Killswitch Engage: Incarnate review – melodic metalcore veterans still fiery

Nearly 14 years after the release of their hugely influential Alive Or Just Breathing, Killswitch Engage are still gracefully schooling the vast number of bands that have since hijacked and diluted their sound. Their second album since the return of … Continue reading →

Anthrax: For All Kings review – crowd-pleasing destruction from thrash masters

The veterans’ 11th studio album is a fine blend of radio-friendly hard-rock and the speed metal with which the band made their name

Wolfmother: Victorious review – retro, but they wear it well

Andrew Stockdale and co take a walk on the retro-styled wild side

The Cult: Hidden City review – ever-changing rock veterans still on the move

Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy and co present some of their strongest songs in years on an album that forges yet another new path

Megadeth: Dystopia review – a fired-up and furious return to form

After the disappointment of their 2012 album, Megadeth’s latest is a return to their angry, thrashy best

Sunn O))): Kannon review – back to their drone metal roots

Play it loud enough and the Seattle-based duo’s latest album offers thrills with the disorientation

Sunn O))): Kannon review – daunting but oddly relaxing drone-metal

The titans of abstract metal return with a new exercise in heavy meditation

Baroness: Purple review – metallers lunge for mainstream glory

Back in force after their 2012 bus crash, the Georgians return with more giant hooks and elegant guitar interplay than ever

Slayer review – vital, vicious and loud

With a reconfigured lineup and renewed commitment to the infernal cause, the LA metallers reclaimed their crown as the masters of darkness

Autopsy: Skull Grinder review – death metal veterans sounding more depraved than ever

With almost 30 years of breakneck extremity under their belts, Autopsy sound as gruesomely great as ever on their latest EP

Judas Priest review – a fans-only affair picks up in the final act

They’re on their eighth drummer, the inventor of hair metal is now bald, and despite a massive farewell tour, the Priest keep rocking

Fuzz: II review – mountainous second album from Ty Segall’s Sabbathian supergroup

A bigger sound, proggier riffs and more of pretty much everything make Fuzz’s second album feel truly huge

Deafheaven: New Bermuda review – cinematic mainstream-friendly metal

Those who like the loud bits of Mogwai and the more melodic moments of Dillinger Escape Plan will have found the metal band for them.

Trivium: Silence in the Snow review – metal contenders take a step forward

The sense of indecision that hung over Trivium’s previous albums is replaced by focused, refined, heavy-metal power on their latest

Bring Me the Horizon: That’s the Spirit review – nu-metal reanimators

Sheffield’s Bring Me the Horizon seem to be on a mission to revive the corpse of nu-metal, and it might just work