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Arctangent – the UK’s best prog metal festival – announces first bands for 2026, including Igorrr, Svalbard, Alcest, Agent Fresco, Chat Pile

The most forward-thinking bands in prog, post-rock and metal will once again gather at Bristol’s Fernhill Farm next August

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The 50 best metal songs of 2024

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

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The 20 best metal albums of 2024 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer

From Judas Priest to Opeth, Poppy to Bring Me The Horizon, these are the metal albums you said defined metal in 2024

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The 10 best black metal albums of 2024

You may as well rename Ihsahn, Zeal & Ardor and Witch Club Satan “Spinal Tap”, because there was none more black in 2024

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“Shamans retreat, sometimes very long, to be reunited with their power.” Heilung to go on hiatus

The ‘Amplified History’ collective will take a break for an undisclosed period of time after their summer 2025 tour

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“We’ve never made a song as close to our core”: Deftones- and Alcest-approved synth-punks Kælan Mikla release new single Stjörnuljós

The Icelandic trio, who’ve toured with Deftones and Him’s Ville Valo, have shared their first original music since 2021

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“I could feel energy and love around me… People who’ve had a near-death experience have described a similar feeling”: He created Alcest out of loneliness, but Neige doesn’t need to scream any more

The French duo’s seventh album, Les Chants De L’Aurore, arrived after a period of writer’s block. It’s still blackgaze, but it’s surprisingly uplifting – and there’s a reason for that

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“I spent a whole year without being able to do anything on the guitar, which was really scary. I thought, ‘OK, maybe I’ve lost it for good’”: How Neige’s ascent from the creative abyss led to Alcest’s most ethereal and life-affirming album

The French black metal institution has always let the light in, embracing shoegaze and post-rock experimentalism. Les Chants de l’Aurore is the sound of Neige on the other side of writer’s block, answering “the magic” and finding solace in sound

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Cool new prog sounds from Alcest, Lesoir, Nick Magnus and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

The week's best new prog music to check out from Kalandra, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Nine Stones Close and more...

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Every Alcest album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best

From groundbreaking EP Le Secret to brand-new album Les Chants De L’Aurore, this is the dream-like discography of blackgaze’s pioneers ranked

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"Alcest are blackgaze’s undisputed masters, no matter how far they sometimes run." Black metal pioneers Alcest return to their roots on Les Chants De L’Aurore

Alcest might have a complicated relationship with blackgaze, but they return to the style with stunning results on new album Les Chants De L'Aurore

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

From Bad Omens' fascinating new project to the latest cuts from Oceans Of Slumber, Gatecreeper and more, this is all the new metal you need in your life this week

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Alcest announce the release of their seventh album Les Chants De L'Aurore

Atmospheric French duo Alcest will tour the UK and Europe later this year

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The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Judas Priest, Anette Olzon and Alcest are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024

From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year

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10 metal bands who ‘went soft’ – and were better off for it

Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Gojira took their careers to new heights after dialling back the aggro

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Every Alcest album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best

From Le Secret to Spiritual Instinct, this is the dream-like discography of blackgaze’s pioneers ranked

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10 incredible non-metal albums made by metal bands

Bring Me The Horizon, Loathe and Ulver have all proven metal bands don’t need sick riffs to make great music

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A beginner's guide to black metal in five essential albums

Everyone knows metal’s evilest genre for the arson and murder, but the music’s been transgressing boundaries for four decades

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Alcest announce second album Ecailles de Lune 10th anniversary European tour

Alcest finally confirm live tour to celebrate second album Ecailles de Lune's tenth anniversary after several postponements

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