Essential Albums

Borknagar performing live on stage

Melodic Black Metal Bands

Eirik Solvang · Jul 11, 2026

Exciter live in 2018

Speed Thrash Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Jul 10, 2026

Thrash albums from the 2020s

The Best Thrash Albums of the 2020s (annual)

Declan Rourke · Jul 9, 2026

The year of major label money, and of the best record almost nobody bought

The Best Thrash Albums of 1988

Declan Rourke · Jul 8, 2026

German thrash album sleeves

The Best German Thrash Metal Albums

Declan Rourke · Jul 3, 2026

Forgotten Tomb performing live on stage

The Best DSBM Albums

Eirik Solvang · Jul 2, 2026

1987: the second wave arrived, and death metal, grindcore and crossover all got their founding records

The Best Thrash Albums of 1987

Declan Rourke · Jul 2, 2026

Albums by the expanded big eight

The Big 8 of Thrash: Exodus, Testament, Overkill, Death Angel

Declan Rourke · Jul 1, 2026

Cruciamentum performing live on stage

The Best New Death Metal Bands

Rafael Quintero · Jul 1, 2026

Behemoth performing live on stage

Black Metal Bands Everyone Names First

Eirik Solvang · Jun 30, 2026

Necrobutcher of Mayhem on stage in 2014, the bass player on Deathcrush

Deathcrush: The EP That Started It

Eirik Solvang · Jun 29, 2026

Entombed performing live on stage

The Best Death Metal Albums of the 1990s

Rafael Quintero · Jun 28, 2026

Immortal performing live on stage

The Iconic Black Metal Album Covers

Eirik Solvang · Jun 26, 2026

Cryptopsy performing live on stage

None So Vile: Cryptopsy and the Canadian Extreme

Rafael Quintero · Jun 26, 2026

Four records between March and October 1986, and nothing since has come close to that concentration

The Best Thrash Albums of 1986

Declan Rourke · Jun 25, 2026

Atheist playing a festival stage, the Florida band behind Piece of Time

Piece of Time: When Jazz Fusion Met Extreme Speed

Rafael Quintero · Jun 24, 2026

Sacred Reich on stage at Wacken

Sacred Reich, Flotsam and Jetsam, Heathen: The Second Tier That Deserved Better

Declan Rourke · Jun 23, 2026

Suicidal Tendencies on stage at Rockharz in 2024

Excel, Attitude Adjustment, Wehrmacht, Cryptic Slaughter: The Second Tier

Declan Rourke · Jun 21, 2026