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 ...

There are many reasons that can prevent a heavy metal band from reaching the heights of some of the greats, but these 10 ...

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

C reating a studio album is a major accomplishment for any metal band; producingover 10 places them in an iconic category.

Ghost Reveries was a superb swan song for guitarist Peter Lindgren and drummer Martin López, too, as well as an excellent introduction for keyboardist Per Wiberg. It fused the illustriousness of Opeth ...

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 ...