Overcoming technical troubles and an initially thin crowd, the three bands offer unique approaches to mind-expanding music
Opeth go Miss Marple via Edgar Allen Poe on the prog-death-jazz metal odyssey that is The Last Will And Testament
Body Count only seem to improve with age courtesy of their heaviest album yet
Celebrating their seminal classics and modern material alike, Sepultura bow out in impeccable form at London’s Hammersmith Apollo
Teaming up with ex-Bring Me The Horizon man Jordan Fish, Poppy has crafted an anthem-stacked, arena-ready metal record
Linkin Park's new album nods to every era of the band's career so far while still sounding fresh, new and like the band have something to say
Sum 41's farewell tour touches down for their biggest UK show ever
Every shade of Sólstafir gets a look in on album number eight
Defences haven't quite perfected their formula yet, but if you love yourself a good slice of modern metalcore, you're gonna wanna hear this
Wembley might have had pyro and dancers, but a roaring crowd in Manchester proves Creeper don't need big production to put on a massive show
Vola continue to move their sound forward on album number four
Brothers Of Metal harness everything from 80s glam to gothic rock on their fun as hell third album
Tribulation continue to flirt with the gothic rock flourishes they've moved towards in recent years
Lacuna Coil might've started out in goth metal but three decades on its only a small part of their magnificent sonic offering as they return to the UK for a headline tour
After breaking into the US top 50 with 2022's Oh What The Future Holds, Fit For An Autopsy are still pushing boundaries of deathcore
Devin Townsend's latest studio album is more of a greatest hits than the return to straight-up heaviness he suggested
Gaerea's third studio album is another very good, if sometimes over-egged, slab of epic black metal
The first Better Lovers album is what you'd imagine, which is certainly no bad thing
At her debut solo concert, shredder extraordinaire Sophie Lloyd largely eschews the hard rock covers that made her famous
