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Deftones: Ohms review – fighting time and tide with undimmed ferocity

The Sacramento band’s ninth album streamlines their experimentalism and adds a hit of 90s nu-metal

Duma: Duma review – extreme Kenyan metalheads bring doom to the dancefloor

From Nairobi’s metal scene, Martin Kanja and Sam Karugu add techno to doom-laden guitars and distorted vocals on this exciting album

Sightless Pit: Grave of a Dog review – witchy trio unleash hell

The underground supergroup bin their guitars in favour of obscure sound-making – and conjure a gloriously hellish mood

Ozzy Osbourne: Ordinary Man review – his final statement?

The elegiac lyrics on Osbourne’s 12th solo album stand in contrast with the off-the-cuff vibe of its music

Slipknot review – a haven of euphoric noise in a world gone mad

Blending thrilling theatricality with skilled musicianship, the metal megastars unite their ‘maggot’ followers against the forces of darkness

Poppy: I Disagree review – online pop-bot embraces IRL nu-metal

Breaking free of her rigidly controlled persona, the former YouTube sensation’s new album is repetitive but sincere

Alter Bridge review – holy mountain of noise from hard rock’s nice guys

The band who rose from the ashes of Creed pack a bombastic, bludgeoning noise – but are best when they allow their songs space to breathe

Amon Amarth review – berserkers, sea serpents and catchy death metal

Over heavy riffs and double kick drums, the folklore-obsessed Swedish band deliver a thundering theatrical spectacle

Ghost review – satanic Barry Manilow leads magnificent metal pantomime

The flamboyant Swedish band fuse rock bombast with pop classicism on their most ambitious tour to date

Lightning Bolt review – noise-punk duo remain one of the great live acts

Still triumphantly unhinged after 25 years, the US duo break all the rules of what punk and, indeed, live music should be

Sunn O))) review – gods of noise build a colossal drone henge

Anyone can play loud, but the Seattle masters of slow metal turn noise into an overwhelming physical experience

Babymetal: Metal Galaxy review – kawaii metal originators deliver clashy opus

The band’s third, and possibly best, album combines their familiar sugary pop melodies mashed with thrashing metal

Tool: Fear Inoculum review – primordial riffage to pull you under

Every track is an epic on this almighty fifth album from a band intent on securing their status as masters of metal

Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind review – Iowan behemoths’ most brutal, gentle album

Mixing their trademark raging riffola and tribal drumming with everything from krautrock to acoustic elements, Slipknot push their own limits

Volbeat: Rewind, Replay, Rebound review – chugging metal-meets-rockabilly

It may be their seventh album but on this evidence the eclectic Danish metal four-piece are not prepared to go quietly

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