Serena Cherry puts it simply. “Metal is my outlet for anything that’s troubling me,” says the lead guitarist, frontwoman and principal songwriter for Bristolian quartet Svalbard. “If you’re having a bad day, metal is the thing that lifts you up and helps you release all those negative emotions.”
These words will no doubt ring true for anyone who’s ever experienced the uniquely therapeutic effect that plugging in, turning up and thrashing out some ultra-savage riffs can have on both the heart and mind. But the
