Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Pineland Moor, Krigsvard, Among Phantoms, Disarmer, Cinerea, and Yarn.

Has it been a year already? It seemed like it was only a few weeks ago that I was gawping over Blood Incantation putting on a masterclass, one that it is still vivid in the memory banks. Well, time’s endless march carried on and brought me to today, the next edition of London's premier extreme metal festival, Incineration 2026.

We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.

Gather around ye! This is how Roadburn Festival went down this year.