Metal's reputation in the 1990s isn't the most robust, but the best song of each year of this decade proves that when it comes to quality, this scene was thriving. While the overall commercial success ...

In September's best metal, Godflesh dream dystopian industrial structures, Epitaphe connect death metal styles, and Archgoat ...

The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

What's the best metal album of each year of the 1980s? Let's find out! Building off the collective foundation laid by '70s legends such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Led ...

It seems strange now, but thrash metal was the least likely genre to break big — the speed, aggression, and DIY ethos ran counter to every prevailing rock trend. Yet four bands — METALLICA, MEGADETH, ...

Crypta ply a form of dramatic death metal full of majesty reminiscent of Opeth and early At the Gates on their killer new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Few contemporary artists have shaped an entire genre the way ...

The diverging black metal strands prevail in April. On one side, Black Hurst take up the mantle of Necromantia and Varathron, imbuing their sound with a classically metallic tinge. On the other hand, ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...