Out of tune

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

PAINKILLER returns, and this time it’s brought friends

Cradle Of Filth’s corpsepainted frontman on his skate punk roots, exploding basketballs, and 11th-century ghosts

Daggerheart as a name, is one of those really epic sounding oxymorons. DAGGER, lovely and mysterious, a bit threatening, a dash of danger and intrigue, combined with HEART, associated with love, hope

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

CONTINUED ADVENTURES IN GAMING