Articles by Connie Gordon

Review: Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Puciato digs deep into his psych on Mirrorcell

By Connie Gordon published 16 June 22

Greg Puciato takes a dizzying tour through his interior world on his second solo album, Mirrorcell

Voivod's Synchro Anarchy: "another essential listen in the long line of essential listens Voivod have delivered since 1983"

By Connie Gordon last updated 11 February 22

Prog thrashers Voivod continue to unearth new elements on their 15th studio album, Synchro Anarchy

The Story Behind The Song: Melvins' Honey Bucket

By Connie Gordon published 2 January 22

“If Captain Beefheart was a metal band, it’d sound like this” - how endorsement by Kurt Cobain helped Melvins' Honey Bucket become an unlikely mainstream hit

The 25 best symphonic metal albums

By Hywel Davies, Malcolm Dome, Eleanor Goodman, Chris Chantler, Connie Gordon, Spencer Grady, Adam Rees, Jonathan Selzer published 17 November 21

From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side

Filth Is Eternal: "We lost a tour because people objected to our old name"

By Connie Gordon published 22 September 21

Filth is Eternal: caustic hardcore from the band formerly known as F***ed and Bound

10 obscure post-metal bands that should be huge

By Connie Gordon published 2 July 21

We dig out the obscure but brilliant post-metal bands lurking in the shadows

Sex, death, isolation and art-rock weirdness? Årabrot’s Norwegian Gothic has them covered

By Connie Gordon published 8 April 21

Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic

Melvins’ Working With God: more sonic insanity from rock’s kings of absurdism

By Connie Gordon published 24 February 21

Surf rock, twisted pop, unhinged doo wop – it’s business as usual in the demented world of Melvins

Aspyhx’s Necroceros album: cult death metal overlords in world-eating form

By Connie Gordon published 21 January 21

Dutch veterans Asphyx serve up a tour de force of speed, sludge, riffs and sly humour with first album in five years

Sodom’s Genesis XIX: thrash veterans strip away the fuss – and the thrills

By Connie Gordon published 25 November 20

Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results

Macabre’s Carnival Of Killers: the kings of murder-metal reclaim their crown

By Connie Gordon published 12 November 20

Serial killer-obsessed sickos Macabre return from their slumber on new album Carnival Of Killers

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou: May Our Chambers Be Full album cover

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou’s May Our Chambers Be Full is the perfect marriage of the grime and the sublime

By Connie Gordon published 7 October 20

Post-rock chameleon Emma Ruth Rundle and sludge metal boundary-pushers Thou team up on brilliant left-field collaboration

Old Man Gloom’s Seminar VIII: Light Of Meaning: a towering tribute to a fallen comrade

By Connie Gordon published 3 June 20

Sludge metal supergroup Old Man Gloom return from the shadows

1994: The albums that changed the world

By Chris Chantler, Alex Chillingworth, Ali Cooper, Connie Gordon, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Dayal Paterson, Jonathan Selzer, Jon Wiederhorn published 24 August 19

1994 was the year when metal came of age, bands twisting heavy music into new forms that would echo through the ages. We take a look back at the year's essential releases