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2021 was a year much like any other year, if that other year happened to be 2020. In a way, it seems like the only way to distinguish the two is by noting the new albums that were released in one year or the other, so that's how we have decided to celebrate the passage of 2021 into the oblivion…

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.

Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Grief Symposium, Boarhammer, Éphémère, The Craton, Erroneous, and Dionysiaque.

Enter the court. Stay for a while. Stay forever.

And the first gift was silence.

You might have thought that there would be only three parts to this series, but nay: legends tell of another. The fantastical warriors of epic justice and might have one last song to sing before they fade away into the mists of time, so gather ye 'round the hearth once more and I shall prove to…

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 Mace ‘N’ Chain, Hekseblad, Transgressive, Spirit Temple, Perennial Return, and Dominicide.

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…

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.

Sometimes chronicling the work of a single band is not enough. Here we chronicle Isis, Old Man Gloom, and Sumac, among others, by detailing the works of one Aaron Turner.

Power metal is the most important form of art in all of human history. If for some reason you don't already have a Kai Hansen body pillow and a full-body tattoo of Virgin Steele lyrics, consider this article your roadmap to greatness.

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 Thymele, Ghetto Ghouls, Forebode, Dark Watcher, Derelicted, and Lost And Alone.

An article where we look at numbers and data to learn more about metal, Metal Storm and Metal Stormers.

Mogwai’s discography is a highly varied one, and in being among the first bands to play what is now called post-rock, their cinematic, dynamic music is not only generally a great listen, but an essential influence on the development of metal styles since then.