Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...

Bristol blues punks/chaos merchants punch harder on second album.

HEAVY METAL HAS evolved a great deal since four young musicians in Birmingham, England, saw a crowd gather across the street from their rehearsal room, lining up for an opportunity to get terrified by

A choir on one of Germany’s Big Four thrash bands’ new album? “We always did our own thing.”

THWB: songs that are hummable, emotive, memorable and ...

If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in their firing line.