Reviews Album review: Opeth – The Last Will & TestamentSwedish prog metal overlords Opeth return with intense, beautifully delivered but ultimately baffling concept record.
News Opeth release another new single from The Last Will & TestamentOpeth have shared a new single, §3, from next month’s album The Last Will & Testament – but Mikael Åkerfeldt has no idea what to say about it…
Features “Screaming, for me, is almost like rapping”: Mikael Åkerfeldt talks Opeth’s new album, The Last Will & TestamentOpeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt lifts the lid on the record’s dark concept, special guests, and why the growl’s returned…
Features “I wanna see more sex in the mosh-pit”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at Bloodstock 2024All the gossip, news and funny stories we picked up at Bloodstock, from Opeth, Green Lung, Mimi Barks and more…
Reviews The big review: Bloodstock 2024There’s nothing better than copious quantities of sun, Satan and heavy metal silliness, so Bloodstock 2024 absolutely cannot disappoint, levelling Catton Park with one of the biggest, boldest, best editions ever…
Reviews The big review: Wacken 2024Kommen sie, bitte, und listen to metal: Architects, Amon Amarth, Jesus Piece, Korn, Scorpions and tons more descend on Europe’s heaviest party!
News Opeth announce first new album in five years, The Last Will & Testament“It feels like a dream…” Opeth have announced details of their new concept album – the follow-up to 2019’s In Cauda Venenum.
News Bloodstock announce final bands for 2024 line-upWith less than a month to go until this year’s Bloodstock, the festival have announced all the Metal 2 The Masses winners…
News Bloodstock confirm final 2024 headliner, plus more bandsA fan-chosen Opeth headline set! Hatebreed and Enslaved on the main stage! Bloodstock have added more bands to next year’s line-up…
Reviews All the highlights from ArcTanGent 2022Last weekend, we headed west to ArcTanGent for three days of the weird, wonderful, and well-good. Here’s all the best bits…
News BMTH, Gerard Way, Sleep Token and more announce exclusive Record Store Day 2022 releasesHere’s everything you need to know about the rock and metal Record Store Day releases in the UK in 2022 – from Bring Me The Horizon to Gerard Way to Sleep Token and more.
Features The 50 best albums from 2011From Mastodon and Machine Head to Foo Fighters and Frank Turner, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2011…
Features The 50 best albums from 2001From Slipknot and Sum 41 to Tool and Tenacious D, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2001…
Features The 13 essential progressive metal albums you need to knowFrom Opeth to Mastodon to Tool, these are the progressive metal albums that everyone needs in their record collection…
Features 20 classic albums that are 20 years old in 2021Relive the turn of the millennium with these 20 barnstorming records from 2001
News 16 Essential Record Store Day Releases For The August 2020 DropFrom limited-edition picture discs to extravagant splatter vinyl, these are the best Record Store Day releases coming in August 2020
Features The 50 best albums from 1999From Nine Inch Nails and blink-182 to Metallica and Korn, these are the 50 best albums from 1999.
