In a few months' time we're about to mark the 50th freaking birthday of Heavy F'n Metal, says Kez Whelan, so let's get the party started early with news of the year's best death metal album: Hidden History Of The Human Race by Blood Incantation, not to mention stellar cuts from Angel Witch, Caïna, Esoteric and Nile
On the eve of the release of her biography, _Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits_, writer Zoë Street Howe examines her own motivations for writing the book, on how she helped reunite previously disenfranchised members, and why the group's legacy is still important today.