Essential Albums

Dave Lombardo playing drums live with Slayer

The Best Thrash Metal Drummers

Declan Rourke · May 13, 2026

The sleeves of Transcendence into the Peripheral by diSEMBOWELMENT, Into the Depths of Sorrow by Solitude Aeturnus and In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend by Reverend Bizarre laid side by side

The Essential Doom Metal Albums, Record by Record

Ilse Brandt · May 13, 2026

The sleeve of Blood Fire Death, Bathory, 1988

Blood Fire Death and the Birth of Viking Metal

Eirik Solvang · May 12, 2026

Accept on stage at Stonedead Festival in August 2026, two guitarists behind a lit stage sign carrying the band name

Heavy Metal Workout Songs

Declan Rourke · May 12, 2026

Behemoth band portrait

Blackened Death Metal Bands

Andrzej Sawicki · May 12, 2026

Kreator on stage

Modern Thrash Metal Bands: Who to Hear Now

Declan Rourke · May 11, 2026

The five members of Sortilege photographed together in leather jackets against a white background

The French Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · May 11, 2026

The members of Thanatos

The 80s Death Metal Bands, Year by Year

Rafael Quintero · May 10, 2026

Ved Buens Ende on stage in red light

The Most Underrated Black Metal Bands of the Nineties

Eirik Solvang · May 9, 2026

The sleeve of Effigy of the Forgotten, Suffocation, 1991

Effigy of the Forgotten and the Invention of the Breakdown

Rafael Quintero · May 8, 2026

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple singing live at The O2, London, 6 November 2024

The Greatest Heavy Metal Singers

Declan Rourke with Julien Vasseur · May 8, 2026

Ved Buens Ende on stage

The Best Norwegian Black Metal Albums

Eirik Solvang · May 6, 2026

Lamp of Murmuur performing live on stage

The Best Black Metal Albums of the 2010s and 2020s

Eirik Solvang · May 6, 2026

Horrendous on stage

Good Death Metal Bands to Start With

Rafael Quintero · May 5, 2026

Breeding the Spawn, Covenant and With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness

The Most Influential Death Metal Albums

Rafael Quintero · May 2, 2026

Volbeat at Utilita Arena, Cardiff, 2025. Photo: Georgia Brittain

Rock or Heavy Metal: The Bands on the Line

Declan Rourke · May 2, 2026

Coroner on stage at the Rock Hard Festival in 2018

Thrash Metal Albums of 1991

Declan Rourke · Apr 29, 2026

Jeff Hanneman of Slayer playing guitar on stage

The Best Thrash Metal Guitarists

Declan Rourke · Apr 29, 2026