Explainers

Peter Steele of Type O Negative in a top hat with a bass, arm stretched out, in front of green banners with the band logo

Is Type O Negative Doom Metal?

Ilse Brandt · Jun 12, 2026

The five members of Neurosis standing on a stony shore with water and trees behind them, in black and white

Atmospheric Sludge Metal

Ilse Brandt · Jun 11, 2026

The sleeve of Burzum's 1992 debut

Raw Black Metal: Why Lo-Fi Became a Style

Eirik Solvang · Jun 10, 2026

Sweet live, mid 1970s. Photo: courtesy of the band

Glam Rock vs Glam Metal

Declan Rourke · Jun 9, 2026

Candlemass, band portrait, 2022. Photo: courtesy of Napalm Records

Epic Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke · Jun 7, 2026

Guns N' Roses at Hellfest, 2022. Photo: MetalTalk

Is Guns N' Roses Hair Metal?

Declan Rourke with Saint Sylveszter · Jun 4, 2026

The sleeves of Sodom's Agent Orange and Vio-Lence's Eternal Nightmare

Teutonic Thrash vs Bay Area Thrash: The Differences

Declan Rourke · Jun 3, 2026

Geoff Tate sings mid-performance with Queensryche, backed by the full band, April 2014

How to Sing Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke with Julien Vasseur · Jun 3, 2026

Fleshgod Apocalypse in period costume in a red room

Symphonic Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Jun 2, 2026

Manowar's Eric Adams singing live, flanked by the band on the Kings of Metal MMXIV tour, 2019

Is Heavy Metal Bad for You?

Declan Rourke · Jun 2, 2026

Burzum performing live on stage

Why Black Metal Logos Are Unreadable

Eirik Solvang · Jun 1, 2026

The five members of Novembers Doom standing in black in front of a marble mausoleum

Doom Metal and Death Metal: Where the Line Sits

Ilse Brandt · Jun 1, 2026

Discharge in a band portrait

The D-Beat: The Drum Pattern Under Every Thrash Song

Declan Rourke · May 31, 2026

Michael Schenker playing his signature yellow Gibson Flying V beside singer Erik Gronwall on the My Years With UFO 50th-anniversary tour, Maid of Stone festival, Mote Park, Maidstone, 20 July 2025

The Metal Scales

Declan Rourke with Julien Vasseur · May 30, 2026

Underoath at O2 Institute Birmingham, 2024. Photo: Andy Shaw/MetalTalk

Heavy Metal vs Screamo

Declan Rourke · May 28, 2026

A festival crowd seen from behind, fists and horns raised, the lit stage and pyrotechnics beyond them

The Power Metal Underground and Its Fans

Julien Vasseur · May 28, 2026

Mgla on stage

Black Metal for Beginners

Eirik Solvang · May 26, 2026

Korpiklaani, 2022. Photo: courtesy of the band

The Weirdest Metal Subgenres

Declan Rourke · May 26, 2026