Essential Albums

Spite vocalist standing arms outstretched on a stage riser in front of the band's logo on a video backdrop, the band playing behind him in purple light and smoke.

Underground Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Jul 28, 2026

All Shall Perish bassist Mike Tiner leaning back with a white six-string bass on an open-air stage, the drummer in a cap raising his sticks behind him, 2008

The Best Deathcore Albums of the 2000s

Jonah Pike · Jul 27, 2026

Suffocation performing live

The Best Brutal Death Metal Albums

Rafael Quintero · Jul 27, 2026

Toxik on stage at Headbanger Open Air in 2017

Thrash Concept Albums

Declan Rourke · Jul 26, 2026

Whitechapel guitarist playing a black seven-string guitar on a daylight festival stage in front of a hanging red banner, With Full Force 2019.

Bands Like Lorna Shore, Suicide Silence and Whitechapel

Jonah Pike · Jul 26, 2026

Thy Art Is Murder vocalist Tyler Miller crouched at the stage edge in a black cap, microphone at his mouth, under blue and red stage light with the bassist behind him, Albury, 2025

The Turning-Point Records: The Albums That Moved Deathcore

Jonah Pike · Jul 25, 2026

Judas Priest live, 1979. Photo: Ross Halfin

Heavy Metal Quotes

Declan Rourke · Jul 25, 2026

The sleeve of Filosofem, Burzum, 1996

Filosofem and the Sound of Distance

Eirik Solvang · Jul 24, 2026

Iwrestledabearonce on an open-air stage in Lubbock, Texas, in 2011: a guitarist and a bassist on the left and centre, the singer on the right with the microphone at her mouth and her arm stretched out

Women in Deathcore: The Vocalists, the Players and the Female-Fronted Bands

Jonah Pike · Jul 24, 2026

Whitechapel vocalist Phil Bozeman in profile, screaming into the microphone under red and purple stage light at Red Flag in St. Louis, 2023

The Essential Deathcore Albums

Jonah Pike · Jul 23, 2026

The sleeve of Epicus Doomicus Metallicus by Candlemass, a white skull pierced by spikes on black

The Best Doom Metal Song

Ilse Brandt · Jul 23, 2026

Two cellists of Apocalyptica playing facing each other at Hellfest in June 2025

The Heavy Metal Cover Songs

Declan Rourke · Jul 23, 2026

Necrobutcher's denim vest and the original laminate from the 1990 Leipzig concert, in a museum display case.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas: The Record and Everything Around It

Eirik Solvang · Jul 22, 2026

Signs of the Swarm vocalist leaning back with one arm raised and the microphone at his mouth, white stage beams and haze behind him, live on 11 April 2025

The Heaviest Deathcore Bands

Jonah Pike · Jul 21, 2026

The sleeve of Obscura, Gorguts, 1998

Obscura: Gorguts and the Record That Broke the Rules

Rafael Quintero · Jul 19, 2026

Job for a Cowboy on a smoke-filled festival stage at night, the band in silhouette above the crowd, at Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2023

The Greatest Deathcore Bands of All Time

Jonah Pike · Jul 18, 2026

Thy Art Is Murder on stage, the vocalist crouching at the lip of the stage mid-scream, a guitarist and the bassist behind him under moving lights

The Deathcore Bands You Need to Know

Jonah Pike · Jul 16, 2026

Sacrifice in an underground car park

The Best Thrash Albums of 1989

Declan Rourke · Jul 15, 2026