Gaerea might be masked and anonymous, but their new album is all shaped by personal grief ...

Peasant metal, Native American folk by way of black metal and gorgeously symponic power metal all appear in this week's best new metal songs.

Sound Barrier brought real heavy metal fire to Los Angeles in the 1980s, but the industry was not ready for four Black men ...

The heavy metal genre isn’t inherently satanic. It’s hearty, loud, aggressive and loaded with guitar distortion and commanding vocals. But none of that makes it satanic. The devil, as they say, is in ...

Deep in the recesses of black metal’s cold, abyssal heart lies the spirit of rebellion. It always has. So this Fourth of July, as Americans celebrate their day of independence, we choose to celebrate ...

Here are Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne’s five favorite Swedish death metal albums. As a more than three-decade veteran of the Swedish metal scene, the 50-year-old Stanne is, of course, one ...

Christopher Dean, a.k.a. “NecrosHorns,” has established a formidable international following with his black metal photography. NecrosHorns is not only a leading metal photographer, but he is also ...

Today, we aim to pay respect to black metallic excellence by highlighting outfits with the most formidable all-star lineups. Before diving into our main list, however, we would like to send shout-outs ...