July 15, 2026
Classic Albums Live’s Led Zeppelin II: A Masterclass in Musical Fidelity at Bridgewater Hall – Concert Review
Classic Albums Live’s performance of Led Zeppelin II at Bridgewater Hall on Tuesday 30 June 2026 felt like a masterclass…
July 10, 2026
God Bless America – Best of Thirsty: An Interview With the Band Behind the Tribute
Guy Bailey spent his career writing songs that served the song, not himself. As founder of The Quireboys and the…
July 3, 2026
MOONSPELL Return from Exile on the Deliberate, Atmospheric `Far From God` – Album Review
Five years is a long time to be silent — particularly for a band that spent much of the previous…
June 25, 2026
TODOMAL’s `Graveyards of Joy` Is a Trilogy-Closing Reckoning with Loss, Landscape, and the Stubborn Persistence of Hope – Album Review
There is a painting on the cover of Graveyards of Joy — Ruïnes (1865) by Catalan artist Lluís Rigalt that…
June 24, 2026
Download 2026: Three Days of Chaos, Catharsis, and Crowd Surfing at Donington
Download XXIII Festival (2026) – Review by Howard Keogh Photos by Enda Madden Download Festival is still evolving. This year’s…
June 13, 2026
Bloodstock Open Air 2026 Preview: Twenty-Five Years in the Field
Twenty-five years is a long time to keep anything alive – let alone an independently owned, uncompromising heavy metal festival…
June 12, 2026
“Krew i Pył” (Blood and Dust): The Polish Extreme Metal Underground and the Weight of a Nation
My grandmother came to America after the Second World War with her Catholic faith largely intact and almost nothing else.…
June 11, 2026
Iceland’s Next Voice: FORSMÁN Arrive with `Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur` – Album Review
Iceland’s black metal scene has earned its reputation not through volume alone but through a genuine conviction that is difficult…
June 8, 2026
The Weight of What Remains: FIRES IN THE DISTANCE Deepen Their Vision on `Circadian Promise` – Album Review
There is a category of album that announces itself not through force but through gravity – records that don’t demand…
June 8, 2026
Two Fires, Different Woods: UADA, Blackbraid, and the Soul of American Black Metal
Black metal has always been a music of place. Its most canonical recordings carry geography in their DNA – the…
