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From Agriculture to Ancient Death, Paradise Lost to Pissgrave, Corpus Offal to Coroner, here are the best metal albums of ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

The film, directed by Mona Fastvold, tells the story of a self-styled messiah who was celebrated as a trailblazer and ...

Jethro Tull's 'A New Day Yesterday' embodies the essence of blues-rock with its electrifying guitar riffs and pulsating drum ...