Vreid set off on a unique, commemorative tour By Dayal Patterson published 17 September 14 Folk/black visionaries celebrate their shared roots with Windir and Ulcus
Winterfylleth: The Divination Of Antiquity By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 UK black metal leaders veer towards the light
New Filth, New Fury: Devilment Are Coming... By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 Dani Filth's Devilment ready their demonic debut.
United: Changing Attitudes Toward Homophobia In Metal By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 As much as we’d like to think the metal church is a place for all to worship, homophobia sadly exists. We chat to Cynic’s Paul Masvidal about how attitudes are changing.
The Principles Of Pandemonium: 1349's Black Metal Odyssey By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 Despite the curveball of 2009’s Revelations Of The Black Flame, 1349 are back to stake their place as Norwegian black metal’s standard bearers.
Khold: Til Endes By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 Curiously corpsepainted metallers get back into their groove
Sanctuary: The Year The Sun Died By Dayal Patterson published 16 September 14 More revolution than evolution for Seattle cult heroes’ return
EXCLUSIVE: In The Studio With Devilment By Dayal Patterson published 22 August 14 What a Filthy studio...
Eastern Front: Descent Into Genocide By Dayal Patterson published 19 August 14 War-ready Brit black metallers rally some more troops
Dark Roots: Earth's Sonic Journey By Dayal Patterson published 19 August 14 From drone metal pioneers to esoteric folk renegades, Earth’s journey in sound has been a long and fascinating one. Right now, all they want to do is rock...
Blood Of Kingu: Dark Star On The Right Horn Of The Crescent Moon By Dayal Patterson published 19 August 14 Rewarding but near-impenetrable opus from Team Ukraine
Bloody Hammers on horror stories and folk tales By Dayal Patterson published 27 June 14 Introducing the horror-loving psych rockers
Patria: Individualism By Dayal Patterson published 27 May 14 Uncharacteristically second wave black metal sounds from Brazil
Infestus: The Reflecting Void By Dayal Patterson published 27 May 14 A cold but complex rewriting of the solo black metal rulebook
Down Payment Blues By Dayal Patterson published 6 May 14 The new Down EP, IV Part 2, is being exclusively streamed on the Metal Hammer website. This feature, from issue 240, looks back at the previous EP, IV Part 1
Agalloch: The Serpent & The Sphere By Dayal Patterson published 29 April 14 Convincing return for genre-hopping Americans
From Beneath Billows: MOnolith By Dayal Patterson published 4 February 14 Ambitious Norwegians forget to add emotion to their atmosphere
Ewigkeit: Back To Beyond By Dayal Patterson published 7 January 14 Meads Of Asphodel founder returns to his roots
Murmur: Murmur By Dayal Patterson published 7 January 14 The Windy City unleashes a twisting, genre-defying assault
Avichi: Catharsis Absolute By Dayal Patterson published 7 January 14 One-man US black metal outfit seeks out the middle path
Monolithe: IV By Dayal Patterson published 10 December 13 Immersive funeral doom that’s not by the numbers
Code: Auger Nox By Dayal Patterson published 10 December 13 Progressive, meanderings from blackened British voyagers
An Autumn For Crippled Children: Try Not To Destroy Everything... By Dayal Patterson published 10 December 13 Wistful post-black metallers in resplendent form
Master: The Witchhunt By Dayal Patterson published 12 November 13 Veteran death metal deviants make a swift but solid return
