Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024 By Metal Hammer published 31 December 24 From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
"A lurid, increasingly Neanderthal-minded caricature of the band’s trademark sound. It's an absolute blast." US hardcore brutes Nails are reborn anew on Every Bridge Burning By Kez Whelan published 26 August 24 Eight years and more than a few band members since their last record, Nails are back and brutal as ever
"It’s incredibly refreshing to hear Thou cutting loose and just rocking out with such gleeful enthusiasm." Umbilical proves Thou are still one of sludge metal's most adventurous and innovative bands By Kez Whelan published 31 May 24 US underground darlings Thou prove there's so much more to them than just sludge on expansive sixth album Umbilical
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023 (and the stories behind them) By Rich Hobson published 27 December 23 Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
The 50 best metal albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 26 December 22 From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The 10 best metalcore albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 17 December 22 From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore albums of 2022
The 10 best doom metal albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 15 December 22 From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
Venom Inc.’s There’s Only Black: metal warhorses prove they’re more than a nostalgia act By Kez Whelan published 21 September 22 Album review: original Venom guitarist Mantas out-paces old foe Cronos with new album There’s Only Black
Wiegedood's There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road: a snarling beast of black metal intensity and ingenuity By Kez Whelan last updated 14 January 22 Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road
Death metal maniacs Baest take a swim in the grim on new album Necro Sapiens By Kez Whelan published 4 March 21 Looking for brutish, no-nonsense death metal riffery? Baest’s new album Necro Sapiens has got you covered
Anaal Nathrakh’s Endarkenment: filthy nihilism out, unexpected optimism in By Kez Whelan published 7 October 20 Blackened grind doomsayers Anaal Nathrakh clean up their act on new album Endarkenment – but it can’t dispel the whiff of formula
Paradise Lost’s Obsidian: doom majesty meets old school goth bangers By Kez Whelan published 14 May 20 The UK’s masters of misery Paradise Lost channel their inner Sisters Of Mercy on new album Obsidian
Elephant Tree’s Habits album: the Smashing Pumpkins go doom By Kez Whelan published 29 April 20 Melancholy British doom squad Elephant Tree present their most expansive album yet
Introducing Limelight band The End Of The Ocean By Kez Whelan published 28 April 19 Former punks breathe new life into post-rock...
Krisiun – Scourge Of The Enthroned album review By Kez Whelan published 6 September 18 Brazil’s longest-serving death metal band Krisiun still mean business with Scourge Of The Enthroned
The Lion's Daughter – Future Cult album review By Kez Whelan published 20 July 18 Blackened sludge gang The Lion's Daughter fire up their synths and get weird on Future Cult
