Genre Histories

The Chilean band Nuclear on stage at Rage Against Racism in 2017

Chilean Death Metal

Rafael Quintero · Jun 4, 2026

Masacre of Medellin on stage at a European festival in 2024

Mexican and Latin American Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Jun 2, 2026

Autopsy performing live on stage

The Banned and Censored Death Metal Covers

Rafael Quintero · May 28, 2026

Power Trip on stage at Rock am Ring in 2019

Power Trip: "Nightmare Logic" and the Last Great Thrash Record

Declan Rourke · May 26, 2026

Bay Area second wave album sleeves

"Forbidden Evil" and "Eternal Nightmare": The Second Bay Wave on Record

Declan Rourke · May 24, 2026

Punks and metalheads outside a venue in 1983

Punks vs Metalheads: The War That Crossover Ended

Declan Rourke · May 23, 2026

Prairie Sun, Cotati: ten acres of former chicken farm, an hour north of San Francisco

Prairie Sun and the Studios That Recorded the Bay Area

Declan Rourke · May 23, 2026

A basement record shop in Tokyo

Japanese Thrash: Outrage, United, Casbah

Declan Rourke · May 21, 2026

Nokturnal Mortum performing live on stage

Russian and Ukrainian Black Metal

Andrzej Sawicki · May 19, 2026

James Hetfield of Metallica on stage in 1983

The Bay Area Demo Tapes That Changed Everything

Declan Rourke · May 16, 2026

Gorgoroth performing live on stage

Corpse Paint: The Complete History

Eirik Solvang · May 16, 2026

Accept on stage in 2022

Accept's "Fast as a Shark": The First Thrash Song, by Accident

Declan Rourke · May 15, 2026

A low stage, no barrier and a few hundred people: the circuit a Bay Area band climbed

The Stone, the Keystone and the Rest of the Circuit

Declan Rourke · May 10, 2026

Cannibal Corpse performing live on stage

Why Death Metal Album Art Is So Graphic

Rafael Quintero · May 9, 2026

Death Angel live in 2010

Death Angel's "The Ultra-Violence": Teenagers

Declan Rourke · May 9, 2026

Vader live in Rostock, 2011

Thrash Behind the Iron Curtain: Kat, Turbo, Arakain, Tormentor

Declan Rourke · May 6, 2026

Voivod on stage at the Rock Hard Festival in 2015

Noise Records: The Berlin Label Behind Teutonic Thrash

Declan Rourke · May 5, 2026

Decapitated performing live on stage

Death Metal in the 2000s

Rafael Quintero · May 4, 2026