Explainers

Exodus on stage

Bay Area Thrash vs Los Angeles Thrash

Declan Rourke · May 3, 2026

Autopsy performing live on stage

The Culture: Tapes, Zines, Artwork and the Line You Could Not Cross

Rafael Quintero · May 2, 2026

Cronos of Venom playing bass live, 2013

Is Venom Thrash Metal, Black Metal or Neither?

Declan Rourke · May 1, 2026

Darkthrone performing live on stage

Blackened Death Metal Explained

Andrzej Sawicki · Apr 30, 2026

The Sunset Strip, where a band paid for its own stage time, and which thrash left for Berkeley

Why the Bay Area and Not Los Angeles

Declan Rourke · Apr 27, 2026

Impetuous Ritual performing live on stage

Cavernous Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Apr 23, 2026

German thrash album sleeves

Why Was German Thrash More Extreme Than American Thrash?

Declan Rourke · Apr 20, 2026

Varathron on stage

Second Wave Black Metal Explained

Eirik Solvang · Apr 20, 2026

Paradise Lost performing live on stage

What Is Death Doom?

Rafael Quintero · Apr 19, 2026

Internal Bleeding performing live on stage

Brutal Slam: Where the Two Words Stopped Meaning the Same Thing

Rafael Quintero · Apr 14, 2026

Ved Buens Ende performing live on stage

Post Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Apr 14, 2026

Archspire performing live on stage

Technical vs Progressive Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Apr 8, 2026

Bethlehem performing live on stage

What Is DSBM?

Eirik Solvang · Apr 8, 2026

Rivers of Nihil performing live on stage

Progressive Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Mar 29, 2026

Mayhem on stage

What Was the Inner Circle?

Eirik Solvang · Mar 28, 2026

Alcest on stage

Blackgaze Explained

Eirik Solvang · Mar 21, 2026

Krisiun performing live on stage

Why Death Metal Declined in the Mid Nineties

Rafael Quintero · Mar 15, 2026

Ulver performing live on stage

Atmospheric Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Mar 14, 2026