Here are the 11 best progressive death metal bands of all time! On paper, mixing prog rock and death metal might seem like mixing oil and water. Why? Because the former subgenre is largely known ...

Niklas Sandin picks the five most gut-churning, face-scrunching and ball-kicking albums to ever crawl out of death metal ...

Easter is right around the corner, and families are already planning their annual springtime gatherings. Some are looking forward to watching the kids hunt eggs. Others can’t wait to dig into ...

Bay Area metal outfit Machine Head brings its current co-headlining tour with In Flames to the Fox Theater in Oakland ...

Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...

A groundbreaking heavy rock band that has shaped the sound of punk and metal for over 40 years, the Melvins bring their current tour with UK grindcore greats Napalm Death to San Francisco and San Jose ...

So, below, I’ve sung the praises of nine metal bands who set the stage for these cultists to take over. Meshuggah invented a new language of metal. During the Swedes’ 90s and 00s ascent, Tomas Haake ...

It’s hard to defend a lot of the stuff that happened in that period but, in retrospect, it moved some boundaries that needed ...

Looking for some new music? Here are four lesser-known subgenres that are gearing up for a resurgence, plus some featured artists.

Fuck, for all I know he spends his off time singing opera somewhere.) That fond memory shared, let us return to the present ...

The conversation around nu-metal came about on Ellefson’s podcast, the creatively named The David Ellefson Show. While speaking with his co-host and ex-Primer 55 bassist Joshua Toomey, Ellefson opined ...