Edwin McFee

Shelved for three years, Burden has finally been dusted off and released, showing a bold new vision for Chicago psych-doomers Rezn

All Hail The Yeti offer up more hook-laden, Southern-simmered metal from the Hollywood Hills

Sweden’s revered gloom-mongers Draconian find new depths of glory on Under A Godless Veil

Venom Prison give fresh life to hard-to-find old songs on bulldozing new album Primeval

Bay Area thrash originals Heathen triumph over adversity on new album Empire Of The Blind

Melodic black metal mythologists Naglfar return from eight-year Odin Sleep to wreak death and destruction on new album Cerecloth

Belgium’s beloved gorehounds Aborted get their fingers dirty once more with TerrorVision

Irish icons Therapy? wring a diamond from our current grim reality with Cleave

Ireland’s underground veterans Primordial come through a trial by fire with Exile Amongst The Ruins

Greek death/thrashers keep blazing along the same path

Chicago’s scabrous riff-wielders embark on a wild ride

Epic, blackened death extremity from Cairo practitioners

Veteran Teutonic thrashers keep their blades sharp

Mystic nightmares from enigmatic Japanese cult’s new configuration

Long-gestating doom unit live up to their collective pedigree

Former depressive BM crew begin to get their groove on

A sci-fi/progressive sludge odyssey launched from the wilds of Ireland

Australian riff-wielders take aim at our insane modern age

Death metal/flamenco troupe stamp their authority on their second album

Nocturno Culto-fronted allstars make a timely return

Death metal titans offer another surplus of gore

East Anglian thrashers turn a new page on album number two

UK death metal pack-leaders present another show of force