Reviews The big review: Fortress Festival 2024None more black! Scarborough falls under a dark spell as Triptykon, Wolves In The Throne Room, Blackbraid and more bring two days of black metal madness to Fortress Fest…
Features “It was more run by idealism rather than good business sense”: The story of notorious Norwegian record store HelveteIn this exclusive excerpt from black metal historian Dayal Patterson’s new expanded book, Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult, members of Norway’s black metal community remember the inception and impact Helvete, and how “it was not just a record store but a society”…
News The Heavy Trip movie sequel has been announced for 2024Heavier Trip – the aptly-named sequel to 2018 cult favourite metal film Heavy Trip – is arriving next year…
Features Matt Heafy’s guide to black metalAs Trivium frontman Matthew Kiichi Heafy unleashes one-man black metal project IBARAKI, he talks us through his love for metal’s darkest subgenre…
Reviews The big review: IBARAKI – RashomonTrivium’s Matt Heafy recruits Gerard Way, Ihsahn and Nergal for his black metal project IBARAKI.
News Cradle Of Filth announce UK/European tour with AlcestCradle Of Filth and Alcest will be touring across the UK and Europe this October
Features 5 reasons why you need to check out UnderdarkUnderdark are amongst the most ferocious faces of the new wave of British black metal. Here’s a roadmap into their shadowy realm…
The Cover Story Zeal & Ardor: “I just want to take people by surprise”Zeal & Ardor were only meant to be a one-time thing on the internet. Now, on the eve of their brilliant, self-titled third album, they’ve become celebrated as one of metal’s most forward-thinking bands. For mainman Manuel Gagneux, it’s a strange development to process. Here’s how he went from a teenage punk hanging out in Swiss squats, to the man lighting up heavy music…
Culture “I’m under the influence of wood nymphs”: Meet Barry The Blackwood BaptistWe head into deepest, darkest Cumbria to meet a man who exists at one with nature, and channels its power into some of the heaviest, most immersive live events in the country. It’s quite a trip…
Reviews Album review: Aquilus – Bellum IAussie atmospheric black metal maestro Aquilus roars back after a decade away with grandstanding second album Bellum I...
Features Per “Dead” Ohlin was black metal's most tragic lossMayhem vocalist Per “Dead” Ohlin was black metal’s crucial contributor, not just its victim.
Features Remembering when an unknown metal band sent Britain into a Satanic panicWhat caused four metal fans from Kent to go on a rampage in 1994?
Features How Cradle Of Filth’s debut album changed black metal foreverOn the 27th anniversary of its release, we look at Cradle Of Filth's The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh and how it altered the course of black metal as we know it.
Features How extreme metal helps me fight seasonal depressionWhen the world is a cold, dark place, warm yourself on the fires of Hell.
Features 10 bands who wouldn't be here without Cradle Of FilthExtreme metal as we know it today wouldn't be the same without the influence of Cradle Of Filth. Here are just 10 bands who supped from their fetid cup...
Features The story of black metal in 14 songsFrom deepest darkest Newcastle to the frostbitten north and beyond, this is your whistle-stop tour of black metal in 14 songs.
