Heavy metal is more than a genre of music. It’s a vast, vast world full of its own countless subgenres, thriving regions all around the world, and more bands than any individual person can keep track ...

Have three of the world’s biggest metal bands just… all swapped drummers? It’s looking likely that Slipknot, Sepultura and Suicidal Tendencies have all just traded tubthumpers, after ex Slipknot ...

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Metal: Hellsinger is, by many accounts, a heavy metal good time in which you slay to the excellent parade of music crafted for the game by some of the best musicians in the genre right now. Music is a ...

Thrash-and-blast rhythm shooter Metal: Hellsinger has a pretty simple hook: It’s extremely fun to pump demons full of lead in time with your favorite hard-rocking artists absolutely shredding on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Tragically, music is not a meritocracy. You can be the best and most original band in the world, but you still won’t make it far without a loyal fanbase, talented businessmen and a good, stable lineup ...

Blackbraid, aka Sgah'gahsowáh, begins his first-ever national tour this week. Living in the southern Adirondacks is a star among black metal fans. In the next couple months, his profile within that ...

By Antoine Grand A comprehensive breakdown of Black Metal albums, examining the “true” history of Satanism in the genre and featuring 35 different albums across 41 chapters. It’s full of bests and ...

A history of Doom's soundtracks, and how The Dark Ages is continuing the series' metal legacy.

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...