Fantastical journey

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

The Fateful Symmetry MUTE 7/10

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

Bored Animal PSYCHONAUT

Storytelling family tap into nature, avant-folk and Yes’s back catalogue.

Diagonal and Running Dogs musos team up for intergalactic musical adventures.