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

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

Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

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

Thanks to the fandom on TikTok, bands found themselves headlining stadiums and festivals

OBITUARY / DESTRUCTION / NERVOSA O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON