The heathens gather for a boozy night of folk and metal in Manchester

Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...

Musical chameleons Ulver have reinvented themselves yet again. With their 14th album, they’ve turned away from the progressive synthpop of their recent releases and delivered something more atmospheric. Mainman Kristoffer Rygg looks back on the personal strife and decades of deviation that have paved the way for Neverland.

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As frontman with Mayhem, Tormentor, Sunn O))) and more, Attila Csihar has been the enigma at the heart of extreme metal for 40 years – and he’s seen the best and worst of it

CENTURY MEDIA Scotland’s goat-worshipping speed metal prodigy shows his trve colours