Essential Albums

The sleeve of Left Hand Path, Entombed, 1990

Left Hand Path and the Sound That Came With It

Rafael Quintero · Apr 15, 2026

Ghost on stage at the O2 Arena in London in April 2022, Papa Emeritus IV in front of the stained glass set

The Modern Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Apr 15, 2026

The sleeves of Hell Awaits and Spreading the Disease

Thrash Metal Albums of 1985

Declan Rourke · Apr 14, 2026

Chuck Billy of Testament singing into the microphone

Thrash Metal Singers: The Great Voices

Declan Rourke · Apr 14, 2026

Ratt photographed in the studio in the mid 1980s by Ross Halfin

The Best Hair Metal Albums

Declan Rourke with Saint Sylveszter · Apr 14, 2026

Draconian on stage under blue lights, the singer at the centre microphone in front of the band's logo on a screen

The Gothic Doom Metal Bands

Ilse Brandt · Apr 13, 2026

Sworn to the Dark, MoRT and Diadem of 12 Stars

The Best Black Metal Albums of the 2000s

Eirik Solvang · Apr 12, 2026

Paradise Lost live, the singer at the microphone and a guitarist beside him under red and blue stage light

The Essential Doom Metal Albums

Ilse Brandt · Apr 12, 2026

Deicide's debut on top of Death's Symbolic and Obituary's The End Complete

The Essential Death Metal Albums

Rafael Quintero · Apr 11, 2026

The three members of Reverend Bizarre standing in an overgrown churchyard beside a wooden cross and an old tree

The Top Doom Metal Bands

Ilse Brandt · Apr 11, 2026

The members of Necrophagia

The Early Death Metal Bands That Started the Genre

Rafael Quintero · Apr 10, 2026

Immolation on stage

The Best Death Metal Bands of All Time

Rafael Quintero · Apr 10, 2026

Convulse on stage at Finnfest in 2020

The Most Underrated Death Metal Albums of the Nineties

Rafael Quintero · Apr 9, 2026

The four members of Blind Guardian standing in a row in front of a rusted metal wall for an official press portrait

The Power Metal Bands and Groups You Need to Know

Julien Vasseur · Apr 9, 2026

Wolf Hoffmann and Uwe Lulis of Accept live, Nashville, 2024

Heavy Metal Songs About War

Declan Rourke · Apr 8, 2026

Deathspell Omega on a dark stage, guitars in silhouette

The Most Influential Black Metal Bands

Eirik Solvang · Apr 4, 2026

Preproduction background painting of the fantasy city of Neverwhere for the Den segment of the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal

The Heavy Metal Movies

Declan Rourke · Apr 4, 2026

Tomb Mold band portrait

Modern Death Metal Bands

Rafael Quintero · Apr 2, 2026