Genre Histories

Anthrax on stage in 2024

The East Coast Thrash Scene

Declan Rourke · Aug 4, 2026

Dying Fetus playing to a packed room

Maryland Deathfest

Rafael Quintero · Aug 1, 2026

Abigail, the Japanese black thrash trio, in a band portrait

Japanese Black Metal Bands

Eirik Solvang · Aug 1, 2026

Katalepsy band photo outdoors

Russian and Eastern European Death Metal

Andrzej Sawicki · Aug 1, 2026

Slayer photographed with their instruments against a black backdrop in 2025

The Church Against Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke · Jul 31, 2026

Death SS at Beyond the Gates, Bergen, 2024. Photo: Aleksandra Majak

Italian Epic Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke · Jul 30, 2026

Johan Langqvist of Candlemass singing on stage at KKs Steel Mill in Wolverhampton in December 2025

Biblical Imagery in Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke · Jul 29, 2026

Master's Hammer performing live on stage

Tape Trading and Zines Before the Internet

Eirik Solvang · Jul 28, 2026

The sleeves of Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?, State of Euphoria, Agent Orange and The Years of Decay

Thrash Metal Mascots: Vic Rattlehead and Friends

Declan Rourke · Jul 25, 2026

Death Angel on stage

Thrash Reunions: Exodus, Death Angel, Forbidden, Sacred Reich

Declan Rourke · Jul 23, 2026

Frozen Soul performing live on stage

Underground Death Metal: Where It Actually Lives Now

Rafael Quintero · Jul 23, 2026

Napalm Death performing live on a festival stage

The Death Metal Festivals That Shaped the Genre

Rafael Quintero · Jul 23, 2026

Fans in cut-off denim and patches outside a venue

Thrash Fashion: The Battle Vest, the Bullet Belt, the High Tops

Declan Rourke · Jul 22, 2026

Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies singing live

The Venice Scene: Suicidal, Beowülf, No Mercy

Declan Rourke · Jul 21, 2026

Ronnie James Dio raising the horned hand on stage in November 2007, Tony Iommi behind him

The Devil Horns

Declan Rourke with Julien Vasseur · Jul 21, 2026

Kataklysm band portrait

Canadian Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Jul 21, 2026

Sadistik Exekution's The Magus beside Destroyer 666's Unchain the Wolves

Australian and New Zealand Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Jul 20, 2026

A Queensryche guitarist leaps mid-air before a packed crowd at Monsters of Rock, Donington, UK, 17 August 1991, during the Empire tour

Why Radio Ignored Heavy Metal

Declan Rourke · Jul 20, 2026