Who wants to be scum anyway?

Design Master Yoel Mazur builds LEGO City racers as he tells Blocks Editor Graham E. Hancock how being persistent led to his dream role, what it is like to create new elements every day and the advantages that come with making concept models

One of metal’s buzziest bands is fronted by a sword-waving, chainmail-bikini-clad barbarian who dies and is reborn onstage each night. Step into the world of Castle Rat

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…with the sound of screaming. And where’s the noise coming from? Boundary-pushing next-gen deathcore trailblazers Paleface Swiss, the band rewiring metal for 2026

Having said new music was unlikely, the Norwegians return with their first album in two decades.