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.

French Viking ravers bring war to the dancefloor

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

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

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

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax