Explainers

Riley Gale and Power Trip on stage

Why Old Thrash Sounds Different

Declan Rourke · Dec 22, 2025

Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales beside Satyricon's The Shadowthrone

First Wave vs Second Wave: What Actually Changed

Eirik Solvang · Dec 16, 2025

A mixing desk and tape machines in a recording studio

How Thrash Records Were Made in the 1980s

Declan Rourke · Dec 15, 2025

Death's Scream Bloody Gore beside Massacre's From Beyond

Where Did Death Metal Originate?

Rafael Quintero · Dec 10, 2025

The Burning a Sinner single sleeve by Witchfinder General, the four band members drawn in black ink in front of flames

What Was the First Doom Metal Band?

Ilse Brandt · Nov 22, 2025

A hand picking the strings of an electric guitar

What Makes Thrash Metal Sound Different

Declan Rourke · Nov 19, 2025

Necrophagia on stage at Domination Fest in Chicago

Who Was the First Death Metal Band?

Rafael Quintero · Nov 10, 2025

Quorthon of Bathory between two burning torches

First Wave Black Metal Explained

Eirik Solvang · Oct 18, 2025

Black Sabbath in 1970, the four original members in leather jackets in a black and white studio portrait

Is Black Sabbath Doom Metal?

Ilse Brandt · Oct 12, 2025

Possessed on stage with the crowd behind them, Jeff Becerra at the front

Who Invented Death Metal? Possessed, Death and the Argument That Will Not Die

Rafael Quintero · Oct 11, 2025