As Metallica et al broke through, Kreator, Sodom and Destruction were forging an even harder sound. They recall gigs in coalmines, sessions in steelworks – and boozing with Slayer ...

Jonas Rogowski / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Despite often being labelled as meat-headed and aimlessly aggressive, time after time metal ...

Every now and then something decent comes along on Twitter that actually catches our attention for all the right reasons. See, it can be good for something other than getting yourself worked up at ...

Here's the 25 best rock and metal albums of the 2020s ... so far! We've completed six full years of the decade already, so it's time for a status report on the absolute best releases among a pile of ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

Those who know the pain of going through airport security while wearing a bullet-belt will need no introduction to Hellripper's brand of blackened thrash and speed metal steel, but for everyone else, ...

Here’s five new rock and metal albums announced this week that you can look forward to. This past week’s leading announcements is for fans of the underground, ranging from deathcore, death-thrash, ...

In 1997, Sparks released Plagiarism, which boasted alternative versions of the best-known songs by brothers Ron and Russell Mael. Naturally, their biggest hit This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...

After intense deliberation, we can confidently present the best hair metal band for each letter of the alphabet — but first, ...

Jonas Rogowski / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Despite often being labelled as meat-headed and aimlessly aggressive, time after time metal ...