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A fearless trawl through the realms of extreme and experimental metal

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May By Pavel Godfrey

From the muddy banks of the Huron, our man in black stateside, brings us the best in pagan metal and more. Some images are NSFW

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April By Louise Brown

Louise Brown saddles up and rides her warhorse into Metalville, lancing mighty releases by Solstafir, Sabbath Assembly and Royal Thunder as she gallops. Aiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For March By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan takes in Body Count, Obituary, OHHMS, Aluk Todolo and Unearthly Trance while explaining what you can stuff in that Bolt Thrower-shaped hole in your life

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Columnus Metallicus: February’s Heavy Metal By Pavel Godfrey

Pavel Godfrey is back rounding up Jan and Feb's best and most brutal metal from the likes of Immolation, Wiegedood and Horn

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Columnus Metallicus: The Best Metal Of 2016

ALL HAIL Louise Brown, Kez Whelan and Pavel Godfrey as they dig up the highlights in thrash, doom, crust, black, death and classic metal from the past 12 months. HORNS UP! The Body photo by Megan Holmes

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Columnus Metallicus: Bleak November’s Best Metal, By Louise Brown

Louise Brown manages to drag herself out of the pit of disappear this terrible month has pushed us all into to find hope in the rancid art and galumphing noise of Witchwood, Robert Pehrsson's Humbucker, Testament, The Eddy Malm Band, Spiritus Mortis, Tower, T.O.M.B

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Columnus Metallicus: October’s Heavy Metal By Kez Whelan

From Anaal Nathrakh to 40 Watt Sun; from Bölzer to Meshuggah; from Enslaved to 11 Paranoias: Kez Whelan is back with all the metal reviews that count for October

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Columnus Metallicus: September’s Heavy Metal By Pavel Godfrey

Pavel Godfrey this month prays at the altar of all that is grim and pummelling and receives sublime answers in the likes of Darkthrone, Neurosis and Spire

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Columnus Bloody Columnus: Kez Whelan On August’s Heavy Metal

This month tQ welcomes Kez Whelan to sit on the embloodened, Columnus Metallicus throne where he casts his blazing eye across releases by Helms Alee, Horseback, Wrekmeister Harmonies and more

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal Gets An Iron Fisting For July

Our pals from Iron Fist magazine Louise Brown and Angela Davey set their sights on this month's heavy metal albums... and we've got an exclusive from Subrosa!

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Columnus Metalicus: June’s Heavy Metal By Pavel Godfrey

Fire up the BBQ and crack open a beer, Summer is here and it's time for Death Fortress, Jute Gyte, Kvelertak and Nails, says Pavel Godfrey

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Columnus Metallicus: May’s Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Louise Brown once again bestrides the world of metal like a damn colossus. This month she points her laser eyes at Grand Magus, Katatonia and Ghold among others...

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Columnus Metallicus: April In Heavy Metal By Dean Brown

Daemonic Dean Brown brings you all the very best from the length, breadth and Satanic depth of Heavy f'in Metal

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Columnus Metallicus: March In Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Louise Brown is both the Iron Fist and the velvet glove of heavy metal. Bow down and quiver before her album selections for this month

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! Columnus Metallicus Is Back For February

Throw your horns towards the crepuscular frost bitten moon and say a mighty 'HAILS' to our interim metal reviewer, Tom Dare who looks over Megadeth, Anthrax, Dream Theater, Oranssi Pazuzu, Abbath and more

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Columnus Metallicus: September’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Like drainpipe jeans and pneumonia, Toby Cook is back! And he has all the metal that's unfit for review with him. Myrkur portrait by Rasmus Malmstrom

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Columnus Metallicus: August’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he reviews within his head? 'Iron' Toby Cook returns with more metal observations. Horns up, ya shitters...

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Columnus Metallicus: Spring’s Best Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Toby Cook meditates on the symbolism as the one way stream as he reviews the latest in metal and pours HAIL upon new LPs by Death Karma, Lightning Bolt, Ghold, Acid King, Saturnalia Temple, Dødheimsgard, Pyramids, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Bad Guys and UFOMammut

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Columnus Metallicus: January’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Toby Cook reviews all the metal that's fit for your shell-like: Napalm Death, The Body, Thou, Xibalba, Lotus Thief and Necrocanibalistic Vomitorium

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Columnus Metallicus: The Best Metal Albums Of 2014 With Toby Cook

Toby Cook threw a party for his celebrity mates recently. The price of admission? They had to help him write about the best heavy metal albums released this year

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! A Columnus Metallicus For October

Nay! Cast down those crotch-torn jeans, stop worshipping your favourite band and hear ye: it's time for Toby Cook's recent metal releases rundown

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! Columnus Metallicus Albums Of 2014 So Far

He is return'd! Slay the fatted lamb! Fill the monkey skull goblets with Jager! Toby Cook is back with his favourite metal albums of the year so far

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On March The Saints: The Evolution Of New Orleans Metal

With new music out by New Orleans' three best metal bands, Eyehategod, Downn and Crowbar, Dean Brown takes a look at what makes heavy music from the Crescent City tick in the way it does

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! A Columnus Metallicus For February

Mat Colegate forces himself face down into the best recent metal releases

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Quietus Counts Down The Best Metal Of 2013

Mat Colegate introduces the Quietus list of the best of the year's metal and is aided and abetted by Kim Kelly and Toby Cook

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Recent Metal Reviewed

Mat Colegate steps manfully into the breach and surveys the recent metallic activity

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Recent Metal Reviewed

Riffs, riffs and more bloody, bludgeoning, groove-laden riffs? That's right, it's that time again - Toby Cook returns to drag you kicking and screaming through the best metal of the last few months

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! July’s Best Metal Reviewed

'Like having your limbs ripped off and being beaten to death with the soggy ends'? Yes, it can mean only one thing - Toby Cook returns to take you by the hand and lead you through the month's best heavy metal

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! June’s Best Heavy Metal Reviewed

Toby Cook takes you on a riff-splattered tour through the month's best metal - from Shining and Autopsy to Power Trip and Death Trip - all the while subliminally commanding you to stop what you're doing and listen to more Bongripper

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! A Columnus Metallicus For May

Toby Cook dissects this month's metal releases and ponders which go best with a weed-free lifestyle

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! Best New Metal LPs Reviewed By Toby Cook

Toby Cook is back to wail at a McDonald's ad and review new LPs from Darkthrone, Humanfly, Baptists, Pombagira, From The Bogs Of Aughiska, Phil Anselmo & Warbeast, Blood Tsunami, Rotting Christ, Intronaut and Holly Hunt

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Horns Up Ya Shitters! February’s Best Metal Reviewed

He's never early, he's always late, we're just waiting for Toby Cook's Columnus Metallicus...

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Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May By Pavel Godfrey

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April By Louise Brown

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For March By Kez Whelan

Columnus Metallicus: February’s Heavy Metal By Pavel Godfrey

Columnus Metallicus: The Best Metal Of 2016

Columnus Metallicus: Bleak November’s Best Metal, By Louise Brown

Columnus Metallicus: October’s Heavy Metal By Kez Whelan

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Columnus Metalicus: June’s Heavy Metal By Pavel Godfrey

Columnus Metallicus: May’s Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Columnus Metallicus: April In Heavy Metal By Dean Brown

Columnus Metallicus: March In Heavy Metal By Louise Brown

Horns Up Ya Shitters! Columnus Metallicus Is Back For February

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Columnus Metallicus: August’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

Columnus Metallicus: Spring’s Best Metal Reviewed By Toby Cook

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