Photo: Fredrik Egerstrand

Yukimi Nagano has released her debut solo single.

The Cure have shared a new song, A Fragile Thing.

Photo: Rainer Paananen

The second you tap play on Oranssi Pazuzu’s new album, ‘Muuntautuja’, you’re sucked ear-first into an immersive yet nightmarish void. Bioalkemisti begins the record with a series of pulsing synths, their ever-quickening speed pulling you closer. It’s a hypnotic induction into a 42-minute maelstrom of black-metal screams, krautrock, psychedelia and noise, which swirls and disorients while the rhythms stay simple, keeping you stuck in place and bobbing your head as all manner of hell unfurls. In 2024, no other metal album has felt so challenging while remaining accessible at the same time.