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Kalandra bring past and present into perfect harmony ...

Chaos, blood, death, resurrection – Kerry King and Tom Araya look back on the tumultuous journey of the thrash icons who pushed metal to new extremes

Works by RR Bennett, Holst, Tavener, Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott, Caroline Shaw et al Tenebrae/Nigel Short Signum Classics SIGCD880 80:45 mins Nigel Short’s experience as a King’s Singer has rubbed

Jonas Renkse is forging new landscapes in Katatonia ’s gloom-laden prog metal world. Following the departure of founding guitarist Anders Nyström, a new-look line-up has released Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State . The vocalist and songwriter reveals the vivid dream that inspired the album and his plans for the new incarnation of the band.

Spatial surround sound doesn’t restrain their rip-roaring debut album.

Mariusz Duda binds all of his solo project’s threads together for his first double album.