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

This month…

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

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

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

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