Portraits

Gary Holt playing guitar live with Slayer

Gary Holt: the riff engine of Exodus, and the man who filled Hanneman's place

Declan Rourke · Sep 9, 2026

Immolation on stage

Death Metal Singers: The Voices That Set the Template

Rafael Quintero · Aug 29, 2026

Kylesa's three members against a pale tiled wall, Laura Pleasants between Phillip Cope and the drummer

The Sludge Metal Artists Worth Following

Ilse Brandt · Aug 26, 2026

Emperor on stage

Christophe Szpajdel, the Lord of the Logos

Eirik Solvang · Jun 9, 2026

Cattle Decapitation performing live on stage

The Death Metal Album Cover Artists

Rafael Quintero · May 18, 2026

The sleeves of Hunted by Khemmis, Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch and Hypnagogia by Evoken laid side by side

The Doom Metal Album Covers, and Who Painted Them

Ilse Brandt · May 10, 2026

High on Fire singer and guitarist Matt Pike shirtless at the microphone with a red guitar, under blue light

The Doom Metal Artists Behind the Bands

Ilse Brandt · May 6, 2026

Motorhead posing together in 1979

Motörhead and the Speed: How Lemmy Set the Tempo for Thrash

Declan Rourke · Mar 18, 2026

Dead singing with Mayhem in Leipzig, 1990, Euronymous on guitar

Dead, and the Photograph That Would Not Go Away

Eirik Solvang · Feb 22, 2026

Cliff Burton of Metallica on stage

Cliff Burton: four years, three records, and a bass that led

Declan Rourke · Oct 3, 2025