It's difficult to believe that death metal has been around for over 30 years. The mainstream's ignorance toward sonic brutality remains vehemently unswayed as outsiders still call it "noise" and label ...

These are the five most brutal metal albums of the 21st century, hand-picked by Sanguisugabogg vocalist Devin Swank. Swank the Tank is a pretty brutal dude, evidenced by his ceaseless desire to front ...

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 ...

Here’s five new rock and metal albums announced this week that you can look forward to. This past week’s leading announcements is for fans of the underground, ranging from deathcore, death-thrash, ...

Everyone loves a good concept album. We just love it when heavy metal artists take a central theme and develop it over the span of a cohesive collection of tracks to create an experience for listeners ...

In the early to mid 1980s, heavy metal music began to broaden beyond the first era of bands like Maiden, Priest, and Dio. It evolved into darker, faster territories with thrash metal like Slayer, ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...