For the king, for the land, for the mountain, for the green valley where dragons fly, we roll tonight 'til the guitar bite, and for those about to... wait. Well, whatever. POWER METAL returns with the strength of a thousand whirlwinds, ten thousand noble crusaders, and one hundred thousand fire dragons with racing stripes painted on their scales. Not even Y2K could stop the eternal tide of bigness, so prepare yourself for another installment of "Getting Into: Power Metal."

A dark foggy forest. Enter.

As live music continues on the road to recovery, some of the best of British extreme metal converged on Leeds for Damnation Festival 2021.

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.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Svmmer Kamp, Varnok, The Book, Eonian, Lichfield, and Earthwomb.