music REVIEW: Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse – Wisdom of Crowds
The frontmen of Pineapple Thief and Katatonia join force to relate the ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ – Chris McGarel adds his voice to the throng.
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music LIVE REVIEW: Sonic Obliteration (feat. Cattle Decapitation & Cryptopsy) @ The Underworld, London – 04/05/2013
9 bands at the underworld, including famed brutalists Decrepit Birth, Cattle Decapitation, a band OneMetal’s death metal specialists can’t get enough of and headlined by legends Cryptopsy? Well, it would be rude not to. Jack Traveller boldly goes forth.
music LIVE REVIEW: The Algorithm, Visions, Shattered Skies & Subversion @ Surya, London – 05/04/2013
Nicholas Cleeve reports back on a fun-filled evening of confusing time signatures and guitars with too many strings, headlined by the truly inimitable electronics focused The Algorithm.
music LIVE REVIEW: Bongripper, Conan & Humanfly @ DQ, Sheffield – 23/04/13
Danny Heaten braves the slings and arrows of incompetent sound engineers to bring you his appraisal of an evening of doom and drone courtesy of Bongripper, Conan, Humanfly and local supports Trudger and Ivory Tusks.
music REVIEW: Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Larry and his Flask & George Frakes @ The Forum, Kentish Town – 25/04/13
Henry Fogarty finds that punk is far more than a four-letter word.
music INTERVIEW: OneMetal Talks to Undersmile
Danny Heaton brings you the largely unedited highlights of his recent in-person and email-based conversations with Oxfordshire-based doom/sludge quartet Undersmile.
music INTERVIEW: OneMetal talks to The Algorithm’s Rémi Gallego and Mike Malyan
Just before their incredible gig at the Surya, Nicholas Cleeve sat down with The Algorithm’s Rémi Gallego and Mike Malyan for a quick chat about their musical influences and current gaming obsessions.
music ARTICLE: Round-Up: Black Metal
Kit Rathenar checks in with a few of black metal’s darkest lights to uncover some quality releases that we didn’t manage to review at the time, courtesy of Setherial, Vreid, Hellsaw, Enthroned, Saille and Kampfar.
music NEWS: Round-Up: Progressive Death Metal
Phil Whitehouse casts judgment on a selection of releases from the brainier, widdlier end of the death metal spectrum, courtesy of Over Your Threshold, Sentence, Okular, Chosen and Supuration.
music LIVE REVIEW: Kvelertak, El Doom & the Born Electric & Truckfighters @ Electric Ballroom, Camden – 14/03/13
Mike flouts his restraining order and continues to stalk Kvelertak, this time catching them as they play their biggest UK headline show to date, at Camden’s Electric Ballroom.
music INTERVIEW: OneMetal talks to Scar Symmetry’s Per Nilsson
Nicholas Cleeve discussion with Scar Symmetry guitarist Per Nilsson about the band’s upcoming sixth album ends up leading to the proposal of the most metal cooking show ever concieved…
music LIVE REVIEW: Scar Symmetry, Beholder, Bloodshot Dawn & Bloodloss @ O2 Academy2, Islington – 27/03/13
Nicholas Cleeve returns to Islington to be sadly let down by Swedish melodic death metallers Scar Symmetry.
music LIVE REVIEW: Aeon Zen, De Profundis and When Our Time Comes @ O2 Academy2 Islington – 09/03/2013
Nicholas Cleeve heads down to Islington to see rising UK progressive metallers Aeon Zen hold a little release party for their new album Enigma.
music LIVE REVIEW: Hammerfest V: Saturday
Nursing something of a hangover from the night before, OneMetal’s fearless scribe bravely advances to do battle on the Saturday of Hammerfest.
music ARTICLE: Hammerfest V: Thursday and Friday
After a epic journey through the mountains, OneMetal arrive at Wales for Metal Hammer’s fifth festival outing. Here’s what Jack Traveller made of the first day.
music ARTICLE: Festival Preview: ‘Kin Hell Fest 2 – Ones to Watch
Danny Heaton and Phil Whitehouse take you through some of the bands they’re looking forward to seeing at ‘Kin Hell Fest 2 at the Templeworks in Leeds, a three-day festival to be held from the 26th to the 28th of April for the wallet-pleasing sum of £35.
music LIVE REVIEW: Deftones @ O2 Academy Brixton, London – 20/02/2013
Dave Fensome takes in a triumphant set by alternative metal legends and nu-metal survivors Deftones at the Brixton Academy.
music LIVE REVIEW: Quicksand @ Metro, Chicago – 12/01/13
Dave Fensome crosses the Atlantic to catch reunited post-hardcore pioneers Quicksand in Chicago.
music ARTICLE: Round-Up: Progressive Metal
Nicholas Cleeve takes a look at a diverse bunch of prog metal albums that slipped under our radar when they were first released. In yet another edition of OneMetal Round-Up, we take a look at the work of Barren Earth, Despite Exile, Haken, MaYaN and Mirrormaze
music INTERVIEW: OneMetal talks to Aeon Zen’s Rich Hinks
Nicholas Cleeve has a word with Aeon Zen’s bassist about their new album and upcoming plans for the summer festival season while learning a valuable lesson about battery life…