Nick Shellenberger is better known as the frontman of Pennsylvanian avant-garde metal favourites, Cleric, but 2020 will be remembered as the year he branched out on his own. Retreating to…
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Guitar wizard, Ben Ash, had a remarkable decade in the 2010s. As if from a Hollywood script, he went from uploading guitar tutorials on You Tube to joining the touring…
Australian prog metal maestros, Voyager, released one of the most mesmerising albums of 2019 with Colours in the Sun. Not only was it their debut record for Season of Mist,…
Few bands can claim to have a sound identifiable within the opening seconds of a song. But few artists are as innovative as Voivod. Like all the greats, these French-Canadians…
Russian metal sensations, Neorhythm, have had a momentous 2020 with the release of their ground-breaking Terrastory album. Progressive metal has not sounded as urgent or as heavy since Gojira exploded…
Norwich thrash sensations, Shrapnel, released one of the fiercest metal albums of the year in May with the excellent Palace For The Insane. It also cemented their place in the…
Cauldron Black Ram’s Slaver is a pernicious blast of misanthropic fury and the most evil-sounding album you’ll hear all year. Taking the sinister torture of early My Dying Bride and…
Yorkshire’s Paradise Lost are one of the most influential bands of the last thirty years. Goth metal and death-doom would be nothing without their innovation. They’ve experienced the highs of…