"They used to describe us as the Rush of thrash metal": Coroner invented a genre. Decades on, they know how to write less complicated songs but they won't

Coroner studio portrait.

Coroner were in the progressive wing of the old-school European thrash scene. Between 1987 and their split in 1996, the Swiss trio released five albums that incorporated increasingly unorthodox, prog- and jazz-inspired textures into their music.

Fourteen years after reuniting, they’ve released their belated sixth album, Dissonance Theory, which brings their titanium-edged technicality into the 2020s.