Essential Albums

Psychonaut 4 on stage under their projected logo

Suicidal Black Metal Bands

Eirik Solvang · Sep 7, 2026

Udo Dirkschneider on stage at the Eventim Apollo in London in November 2025, beside a giant ball marking forty years of Balls to the Wall

The Rebellion Anthems

Declan Rourke · Sep 4, 2026

Hands flipping through crates of records

Underground Thrash Albums You Missed

Declan Rourke · Sep 3, 2026

Nervosa's bassist on stage

Female Thrash Bands: Nervosa, Crisix's Peers and Sabina Classen's Legacy

Declan Rourke · Sep 1, 2026

Manowar on stage in 2019, arms raised in front of a packed field

Metal Songs About Metal

Declan Rourke · Aug 29, 2026

Three members of Emperor standing together outdoors by the water

Black Metal Concept Albums

Eirik Solvang · Aug 28, 2026

Cliff Burton playing bass live

The Best Instrumental Thrash Tracks

Declan Rourke · Aug 26, 2026

Drowning Pool at Tramshed, Cardiff, 2026. Photo: Paul Hutchings

The Banned Heavy Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Aug 25, 2026

Cannibal Corpse band portrait

The Best Death Metal Songs

Rafael Quintero · Aug 25, 2026

The sleeves of Coma of Souls, Nothingface, Beneath the Remains and Endless Pain

Thrash Metal Bands by Country: The World Map

Declan Rourke · Aug 23, 2026

The album sleeves of Crowbar by Crowbar, Through Silver in Blood by Neurosis and Come to Grief by Grief laid side by side

The Sludge Metal Albums That Made the Style

Ilse Brandt · Aug 17, 2026

The sleeve of A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Darkthrone, 1992

A Blaze in the Northern Sky

Eirik Solvang · Aug 15, 2026

Arch Enemy performing live on stage

Women in Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Aug 15, 2026

The sleeve of Under a Funeral Moon, Darkthrone, 1993

Under a Funeral Moon

Eirik Solvang · Aug 15, 2026

Disentomb on stage

The Heaviest Death Metal Bands

Rafael Quintero · Aug 14, 2026

Hangman's Chair playing under blue stage light, the bassist with a white bass in the foreground and the drummer behind

The Modern Sludge Metal Bands

Gareth Llewellyn · Aug 14, 2026

Edge of Sanity band portrait by a cemetery cross

Death Metal Concept Albums

Rafael Quintero · Aug 14, 2026

Gene Simmons of Kiss in full Demon greasepaint playing bass on stage in 1980

The Heavy Metal Bands That Wear Masks

Declan Rourke · Aug 11, 2026