Essential Albums

Within the Ruins guitarist bent over a white seven-string guitar, fretting hard, with the vocalist mid-scream behind him in green stage haze at Scout Bar, Houston

Technical Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Aug 10, 2026

Bleed from Within guitarist, backlit by stage lights and haze, playing a white seven-string guitar live, black and white photograph

Melodic Deathcore Bands, and Where Melody Stops Being Symphonic

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Aug 7, 2026

Born of Osiris vocalist at the front of the stage, microphone raised, under green and red stage light, a guitarist playing behind him, Detroit 2019

The Best Deathcore Songs

Jonah Pike · Aug 5, 2026

The sleeve of Hvis lyset tar oss, Burzum, 1994

Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Eirik Solvang · Aug 4, 2026

Chelsea Grin guitarist playing a green electric guitar, one foot on a monitor wedge, head bowed over the fretboard, through stage smoke and purple light at Impericon Festival Munich, 2016

The Great Deathcore Guitarists

Jonah Pike · Aug 4, 2026

Carnifex on stage at The Wiltern in Los Angeles under red and white beams, a large red Carnifex logo backdrop behind the band and raised fists in the crowd, May 2026.

Blackened Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike with Eirik Solvang · Aug 3, 2026

The album sleeves of Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss and The Action Is Go by Fu Manchu laid side by side

The Stoner Metal Albums That Set the Sound

Ilse Brandt · Aug 3, 2026

Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan, 1984. Photo: Ross Halfin

The Worst Heavy Metal Album Covers

Declan Rourke · Aug 3, 2026

Cirith Ungol kneeling at the front of the stage with their arms raised, the crowd packed behind them

The Heaviest Heavy Metal Bands

Declan Rourke · Aug 2, 2026

Mental Cruelty band portrait: five members standing in a dark, smoky studio frame, black and white, 2023

The Best Deathcore Albums of the 2020s

Jonah Pike · Aug 2, 2026

Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost at Islington Assembly Hall, London, 17 October 2025. Photo: Robert Sutton

The Baritone Metal Singers

Declan Rourke with Julien Vasseur · Aug 1, 2026

Suicide Silence drummer Alex Lopez behind his kit at Wacken Open Air, hair soaked in sweat, cymbals and microphones around him and the band backdrop behind.

The Great Deathcore Drummers

Jonah Pike with Rafael Quintero · Aug 1, 2026

The two members of Vile Creature lit from the side against a black background, in black and white

The New Sludge Metal Bands

Gareth Llewellyn · Aug 1, 2026

A Shadow of Intent guitarist, backlit in silhouette, bends over his seven-string guitar under purple stage beams at The Factory, St. Louis, in September 2025.

Symphonic Deathcore: The Bands and the Orchestral Layer

Jonah Pike with Julien Vasseur · Jul 31, 2026

Make Them Suffer keyboardist and vocalist singing into the microphone behind her keyboard rig, tattooed arm in the stage light, black and white, Albury 2025

The Best Deathcore Albums of the 2010s

Jonah Pike · Jul 29, 2026

Black Sabbath live, the singer kneeling at the front of the stage with arms spread, a guitarist and a bassist on either side under white spotlights

The Black Sabbath Songs That Became a Genre

Ilse Brandt · Jul 29, 2026

Raven on stage

NWOBHM Bands Every Thrash Fan Should Know

Declan Rourke · Jul 28, 2026

A festival crowd in front of a PA stack

The Heaviest Thrash Metal Albums Ever Made

Declan Rourke · Jul 28, 2026