Ascension is another work of magisterial gothic doom from the English metal stalwarts, who are still chasing new ways to articulate melancholy in the infinite sadness ...

At the climax of Jimmy And Stiggs, the latest 16mm-shot splatterfest from raconteur writer/director Joe Begos, a man’s head is split open by an alien parasite. The bug-eyed little monster crawls out ...

The Paradise Lost guitarist on how '80s nightclubs shaped his style, writing guitar as a vocals, and how an old overwound Ibanez Iceman pickup was the holy grail tone on new album Ascension ...

From debut album Lost Paradise to the brand-new Ascension, we revisit and re-order the back-catalogue of one of metal’s most despondent bands ...

Looking like they've stepped out of the world of Conan The Barbarian, Castle Rat are one of metal's most vibrant new bands ...

Inspired by a modded '78 op-amp fuzz, with tighter low-end, the awesomely named Doom Hammer Fuzz is a simple but versatile three-knob stompbox with a wide range of gain ...

If there's one thing you can say about Reikon Games, it's that it knows how to craft a mean cyberpunk world. The brutal metropolis of Rengkok, introduced to us in the studio's gritty twin-stick ...

“DOOM clone” was a prevalent and often pejorative term used in the 1990s for first-person shooters before that more official moniker for the genre was widely accepted. DOOM’s presence was hard to ...

Some might dismiss The Beatles with the word "pop", but when they cranked up the guitars they really cranked up the guitars ...

Jackson expends much of its creative energies in finding new ways to make its fleet of metal guitars go faster and play louder. See the newly launched limited edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range for ...

Forgive Me Father 2 is an occasionally thrilling Lovecraftian boomer shooter that’s held back by stingy upgrade systems.