Dean Brown

Hellripper

The Affair of the Poisons

One man Scottish metal machine James McBain returns with a second album of righteous manic energy and forbidden enticement with thrilling effect, finds Dean Brown

Napalm Death

Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

Brummie 'grindstitution' Napalm Death return with their sixteenth album and they're still pushing boundaries, offering up some of their finest experiments to date, finds Dean Brown

Cattle Decapitation

Death Atlas

Now that we are starting to wake up to the imminent climate apocalypse, Cattle Decapitation seem more prescient than ever, finds Dean Brown

Opeth

In Cauda Venenum

Opeth's thirteenth album – and their first to be sung in Swedish – finds the group in a playful mood whilst still delivering a powerhouse performance, finds Dean Brown

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

Megadeth

Dystopia

Baroness

Purple

Total Ledge Mate! The Shining’s Jørgen Munkeby Interviewed

Dean Brown talks to Shining (NOR) mainman Jørgen Munkeby about taking risks both physical and musical. Includes video for 'The Last Stand'

VHÖL

Deeper Than Sky

Myrkur

LISTEN: Debut Cruciamentum Album

Six years on their first material surfacing, Cruciamentum are now ready to unleash their debut album; stream it in full below

FESTIVAL REPORT: Temples

Dean Brown picks his ten highlights from this year's edition of Temples Festival held in Bristol. Photo by Fran Geoghegan

C.R.O.W.N.

Natron

Ghost

Meliora

LISTEN: New Indesinence

Four piece share 'Nostalgia' from their forthcoming third full-length album; listen to the track below

Paradise Lost

The Plague Within

Coliseum

Anxiety’s Kiss

Leviathan

Scar Sighted

25 Years On: And The Circus Leaves Town By Kyuss Revisited

Dean Brown revisits the stoner rock giants' flawed but rewarding swansong

Sumac

The Deal

Napalm Death

Apex Predator - Easy Meat

Trial

Vessel

Venom

From The Very Depths

Marilyn Manson

The Pale Emperor

Caïna

Setter Of Unseen Snares

Desolate Shrine

The Heart Of The Netherworld

The Body & Thou

You, Whom I Have Always Hated

Krokodil

Nachash

Slipknot

.5: The Gray Chapter

Decapitated

Blood Mantra

Cathartic Release: Divider Interviewed

The effects of Hurricane Sandy are imprinted deeply on the New York hardcore band's debut album All Barren, comprising songs written both before and after the storm struck their native Long Island. Their singer Chris Tzompanakis gives Dean Brown the backstory

Ides Of Gemini

Old World | New Wave