Essential Albums

Destruction on stage at Rockharz in 2023

The Rarest Thrash Demos and What They Go For

Declan Rourke · Mar 5, 2026

Voivod posing together

The Best Technical Thrash Albums

Declan Rourke · Mar 2, 2026

Morbid Saint in front of a graffiti wall

Underground Thrash Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 28, 2026

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci performing live at Hartford Amphitheater, Bridgeport, 30 June 2023

The Longest Heavy Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 28, 2026

Doug Pinnick of King's X playing bass live on stage, black and white promotional photo

The Alternative Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 27, 2026

Overkill posing together

Thrash in the 90s: Who Survived

Declan Rourke · Feb 27, 2026

Hands flipping through a crate of records

The Most Expensive Thrash Vinyl Ever Sold

Declan Rourke · Feb 26, 2026

Sacrifice band members posing together on a fire escape in 1987

Canadian Thrash Metal Bands: Anvil, Exciter, Razor, Sacrifice, Annihilator

Declan Rourke · Feb 23, 2026

Obituary's World Demise over Morbid Angel's Covenant and Malevolent Creation's Retribution

The Albums That Defined Florida Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Feb 22, 2026

Cirith Ungol kneeling at the front of the stage with a packed, arms-raised crowd behind them, current lineup

The Heavy Metal Records Collectors Chase

Declan Rourke · Feb 22, 2026

Scorpions performing live on the Rock Believer tour at OVO Arena Wembley, London, 8 June 2024, full band on stage beneath the video-wall backdrop

The Heavy Metal Love Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 20, 2026

Deicide band portrait with Glen Benton at the centre

The 90s Death Metal Bands That Defined the Decade

Rafael Quintero · Feb 19, 2026

The three members of Weedeater, Dixie Dave Collins on the right, standing against a brick wall and a barred door

The Best Sludge Metal Albums

Ilse Brandt · Feb 19, 2026

Lita Ford performing live at MGM Northfield Park, Ohio, November 2024

Women in Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 18, 2026

Heathen in a band portrait

The Best Thrash Albums Not by the Big Four

Declan Rourke · Feb 15, 2026

Artillery on stage at Rockharz in 2015

Underrated Thrash Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026

The sleeve of The Ultra-Violence, Death Angel, 1987

The Longest Thrash Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026

Dio's classic lineup, Ronnie James Dio with Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice and Claude Schnell, at Caribou Ranch, Colorado, 1983

The Greatest Heavy Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Feb 13, 2026