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

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

OBITUARY / DESTRUCTION / NERVOSA O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON

Industrial metal’s new champions dance in the face of despair

Sun Triptych Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints et al; BBC Concert Orchestra/ Dobrinka Tabakova ECM 4878558 64:61 mins This is the second ECM disc to feature the extremely accessible music of Bulga

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