Iskra – Ruins album review By Dean Brown published 11 August 16 Superior blackened crust from anarchic enclaves of Canada? Yep, it's the new album from Iskra, reviewed here...
SubRosa – For This We Fought The Battle Of The Ages album review By Dean Brown published 11 August 16 Soulful doom crew SubRosa make a bid for freedom with new album. Read our review here
Zirakzigil – Worldbuilder album review By Dean Brown published 17 July 16 Portland progressive sludge crew Zirakzigil wield too many tools on new album
Monolithe – Zeta Reticuli album review By Dean Brown published 17 July 16 Super-heavy doom crew Monolithe manage to take flight on new album. Read our review here...
Howls Of Ebb – Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows album review By Dean Brown published 19 June 16 Weird, wonderful transgressions from Howls Of Ebb's new album
Caïna – Christ Clad In White Phosphorus album review By Dean Brown published 19 June 16 North England’s ever-morphing BM outfit Caïna turns up the terror on new album
Withered – Grief Relic album review By Dean Brown published 24 May 16 Ever-shifting extreme metal mongrels Withered keep the intensity intact with latest LP
Ghold – PYR album review By Dean Brown published 23 May 16 London’s expansive doom crew Ghold tinker with their DNA on new album
Mirrors For Psychic Warfare: Mirrors For Psychic Warfare By Dean Brown published 26 April 16 Neurosis and Corrections House members dial up the unease
Irkallian Oracle: Apollyon By Dean Brown published 26 April 16 Surreptitious Swedes summon up opposing, arcane forces
How Cobalt kept the extreme alive in their seven years away By Dean Brown published 25 April 16 Cobalt’s deviant, devastating take on black metal resulted in a landmark album, Gin, and a journey to the brink of self-destruction. Seven years later, they’re back and battle-scarred
Graves At Sea: The Curse That Is By Dean Brown published 29 March 16 Long-awaited sludge debut gives way to a sinking feeling
Cobalt: Slow Forever By Dean Brown published 29 March 16 Colorado iconoclasts enflame the synapses again
Church Of Misery: And Then There Were None By Dean Brown published 1 March 16 Serial killer-obsessed Sabbath-worshippers bring in fresh blood
Wolvserpent: APORIA:KĀLA:ANANTA By Dean Brown published 1 March 16 Earthy explorations from Idaho’s atmospheric two-piece
Orthodox: Axis By Dean Brown published 2 February 16 Sevilla-based psychonauts put a new spin on doom
Nachtlieder: The Female Of The Species By Dean Brown published 2 February 16 One-woman black metal project with plenty of bite
Black Tusk: Pillars Of Ash By Dean Brown published 7 January 16 Celebrating a fallen brother’s last holler
Un: The Tomb Of All Things By Dean Brown published 7 January 16 Funeral doom forged from a brush with death
Vastum: Hole Below By Dean Brown published 8 December 15 Death metallers take a primitive route to the pineal gland
Portrait, live in Dublin By Dean Brown published 11 February 15 Not yet rated Support: Rabid Bitch Of The North, Stereo Nasty, Sentinel
Redemption Festival 2014 By Dean Brown published 2 January 15 Not yet rated Primordial head two days of exultant extremity
Krokodil: For Those About To Krok By Dean Brown published 10 November 14 Despite being a young name in the metal world, Krokodil have landed a Mastodon tour and may even have a Slipknot member within their ranks. Hammer investigates...