Essential Albums

Scorpions performing live on the Rock Believer tour at OVO Arena Wembley, London, 8 June 2024, full band on stage beneath the video-wall backdrop

The Heavy Metal Love Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 20, 2026

Deicide band portrait with Glen Benton at the centre

The 90s Death Metal Bands That Defined the Decade

Rafael Quintero · Feb 19, 2026

The three members of Weedeater, Dixie Dave Collins on the right, standing against a brick wall and a barred door

The Best Sludge Metal Albums

Ilse Brandt · Feb 19, 2026

Lita Ford performing live at MGM Northfield Park, Ohio, November 2024

Women in Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 18, 2026

Heathen in a band portrait

The Best Thrash Albums Not by the Big Four

Declan Rourke · Feb 15, 2026

Artillery on stage at Rockharz in 2015

Underrated Thrash Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026

The sleeve of The Ultra-Violence, Death Angel, 1987

The Longest Thrash Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026

Dio's classic lineup, Ronnie James Dio with Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice and Claude Schnell, at Caribou Ranch, Colorado, 1983

The Greatest Heavy Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026

The album sleeves of Into the Depths of Sorrow and Beyond the Crimson Horizon by Solitude Aeturnus laid side by side

The Epic Doom Metal Bands

Ilse Brandt · Feb 13, 2026

Rage bassist Peavy Wagner pointing toward the crowd beside the guitarist on stage at Out and Loud Festival in Geiselwind

The German Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 11, 2026

Iron Maiden at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, 1983, during the recording of Piece of Mind

The Best Heavy Metal Song

Declan Rourke · Feb 7, 2026

Barón Rojo's bassist playing under red and purple stage lights with the drummer visible behind him in the Plaza Mayor, Valladolid

The Heavy Metal Bands from the 80s

Declan Rourke · Feb 6, 2026

Accept, the German band behind Balls to the Wall, posed as a five-piece studio portrait in 2026, all in black leather and denim against a plain white backdrop

The Essential Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

Declan Rourke · Feb 5, 2026

Stryper's four members performing on a purple and yellow lit stage at the Princess Theatre in Brisbane

The Christian Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 1, 2026

A teenager listening to a record on headphones

Thrash Metal Albums for Beginners

Declan Rourke · Jan 31, 2026

Hate Eternal, Erik Rutan in the middle, against a painted wall

Brutal Death Metal Bands

Rafael Quintero · Jan 31, 2026

Metallica with Cliff Burton posing together in leather jackets

Top 10 Thrash Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Jan 30, 2026

Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead playing bass on stage at the Brixton Academy in London, 17 November 2012

The Heavy Metal Bands and Groups You Need to Know

Declan Rourke · Jan 29, 2026