Why is Swedish metal so melodic? That's the question we propose in Ep. 13 on Loudwire's ongoing video series, "50 Years of Heavy Metal." Akerfeldt and the members of In Flames recall a nationally ...

Earlier this year, Gatecreeper told us about their 10 favorite melodic death metal albums as they got ready to release their own great new album, Dark Superstition, and now Fit For An Autopsy have ...

“Hey, my friend and I forgot our IDs do you think if we gave you money you could buy us some drinks?” some rando teenager asked me after the closing of Oni’s set, the prog/djent metal band from Canada ...

It goes without saying that Nita Strauss knows a thing or two about good guitar riffs, and recently the Alice Cooper electric guitar hero sat down with Guitar World to run through the five riffs that ...

New York City-based progressive/melodic death dealers Solemn Vision signed to Black Lion Records for the release of their forthcoming album, details forthcoming. What we do know is that the band has a ...

Split between Montreal and New York City, the members of Departure Chandelier eschew many of black metal's lyrical tropes in favor something a bit more unique. The trio immerses themselves in the ...

Arch Enemy have released stamping new single Blood Dynasty. The track is taken from the international melodic death metal force’s album of the same name, due out on March 28 via Century Media. Watch ...

With the old-school variety of metallic hardcore coming back alongside the “scene” resurgence, not as many folks seem to acknowledge the wave of metalcore Killswitch Engage road in on. Together with ...

If you’re looking for some new melodic doom to get you through the cold, dead months of winter, you may want to look no further than new and upcoming band Slumbering Sun, who’ve just dropped their ...

Over the past 15 years, a slow, steady swarm of local extreme metal bands have codified the OC/Long Beach music scene, taking things to the next level while still maintaining a tightly knit community.

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 ...

In your metal news today, groovy, melodic-metal outfit DevilDriver have announced they’re releasing a cover album full of outlaw country songs – which actually sounds fucking awesome. Now, metal and ...