London Shepherd’s Bush Empire

We might have lost metal’s founding fathers, but the next generation proved that the music lives on

This month…

Featuring tributes to curry and fantasy battles involving… rats?! here are all the records our critics loved this year

Conquering London’s 02 Arena and the US charts, the kawaii metallers went from strength to strength. Kon! Kon!

Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.