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Meshuggah has embarked on a tour through Sweden and Norway, and I had the joy of attending the show in both my own and Meshuggah's hometown, Umeå. As support, they had a trio of excellent Swedish bands consisting of Scar Symmetry, Orbit Culture and The Halo Effect. Coincidentally, this show took…

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Iron Asparagus, Stonesword Key, VVAIL, Beheth, Crown Of Madness, and Dying Heart.

This year's concert season has begun relatively late for me. And although late, it has started ferociously, with the 'Season Of Violence'. That's right, the Singaporean grindcore purveyors Wormrot were up for a mind-blowing demonstration.

It's been a few weeks now, so you've had time to process the results of the 2022 Metal Storm Awards. Now we can reveal the true results.

So I went to E-an-na's album release party last night.

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 Lobo Is Mute, Pig Farm, Kasck, Elizabeth Shaw, Harvest, and Carathis.

Two heavyweight prog tours passed through the UK last week; musclassia missed one of them, but witnessed the other, and here is his testimony.

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.

Concert review in five haikus.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from O Sluggard, Black Riding Hood, Druids Of Eld, Servant Of Sorrow, Tumulation, and Сатано.

It's that special time of year when Metal Storm's users line up in feverish anticipation of the next edition of the Metal Storm Awards... and then the staff members talk about themselves instead.

We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!

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.

What can make someone's day? A good concert. And what can provide someone an unforgettable evening? A concert with Clutch performing.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Devil Moon, Titan's Wrath, Laere, Kala Azar, Anemye, and Pegzilla.

On the eve of the band’s 25th anniversary, there has never been a better time to Get Into Cult Of Luna, so let’s explore the many albums in their illustrious career to date.

Normally, when going to concerts outside of my country, I'm going there specifically for the concert. In this concert trip, we already knew we'd go to Budapest, and we searched for what concerts we could catch there instead. Here's how it went.

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.