Essential Albums

Psychonaut 4 on stage under their projected logo

Suicidal Black Metal Bands

Eirik Solvang · Sep 7, 2026

Satyricon's Nemesis Divina under Emperor's Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

The Best Black Metal Songs

Eirik Solvang · Sep 7, 2026

Cause of Death, Seven Churches, Altars of Madness and Human, in a row

Death Metal Albums in Chronological Order

Rafael Quintero · Sep 7, 2026

Crypta performing live on stage

Death Metal Bands With Female Singers

Rafael Quintero · Sep 7, 2026

Amalie Bruun of Myrkur playing guitar on stage under blue light

Women in Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Sep 7, 2026

The sleeve of In the Nightside Eclipse, Emperor, 1994

In the Nightside Eclipse: When the Keyboards Arrived

Eirik Solvang · Sep 7, 2026

Bloodbath on stage in 2023

Death Metal Live Albums Worth Owning

Rafael Quintero · Sep 7, 2026

Broken By The Scream performing at Bitterzoet in Amsterdam, four vocalists in black and white stage outfits at their microphones under blue stage light, with the band's logo banner behind them.

Japanese Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Sep 5, 2026

Udo Dirkschneider on stage at the Eventim Apollo in London in November 2025, beside a giant ball marking forty years of Balls to the Wall

The Rebellion Anthems

Declan Rourke · Sep 4, 2026

Hands flipping through crates of records

Underground Thrash Albums You Missed

Declan Rourke · Sep 3, 2026

Nervosa's bassist on stage

Female Thrash Bands: Nervosa, Crisix's Peers and Sabina Classen's Legacy

Declan Rourke · Sep 1, 2026

The four members of Kardashev standing on disused railway tracks overgrown with dry grass beside a river, an old dock crane and a brick warehouse behind them

Deathgaze and Atmospheric Deathcore

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Sep 1, 2026

Necrotted's vocalist, tattooed, in a black cap, sunglasses and a black vest, stands at the front of the stage with his microphone in red light and haze at Rockharz festival, July 2026.

German Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Andrzej Sawicki · Aug 30, 2026

Manowar on stage in 2019, arms raised in front of a packed field

Metal Songs About Metal

Declan Rourke · Aug 29, 2026

Three members of Emperor standing together outdoors by the water

Black Metal Concept Albums

Eirik Solvang · Aug 28, 2026

Emmure vocalist Frankie Palmeri, in cap and bomber jacket, mid-stride at the microphone on stage at Club Soda, Montreal

Nu-Deathcore: When the Bounce Came Back

Jonah Pike · Aug 26, 2026

Cliff Burton playing bass live

The Best Instrumental Thrash Tracks

Declan Rourke · Aug 26, 2026

Drowning Pool at Tramshed, Cardiff, 2026. Photo: Paul Hutchings

The Banned Heavy Metal Songs

Declan Rourke · Aug 25, 2026