Released in 1986, Fatal Portrait is the debut King Diamond album, unusually not a conceptual affair, although five of the songs link to form a short ghost story, a theme that would be returned to again and again over subsequent releases.
Death Metal force Sanguissugabogg - Ohio´s infamous upcoming masters of gore and brutality - re-release their rare and fan-hailed debut EP Pornographic Seizures.
A collaboration between Abasi and Periphery's Misha Mansoor, Animals As Leaders' impact on modern metal cannot be overstated, as it somehow managed to be both genre-defying and genre-defining.
HEALTH showcasing a new range and ambitiousness through collaborations with the likes of industrial rock icons Nine Inch Nails, metal institution Lamb of God, internet savant Poppy, indie mainstays The Neighbourhood, French techno brutalist Perturbator.