James Hetfield will always remember the first time he saw Cliff Burton on stage. It was in 1982, and Burton was bassist for ...

You can define the 1980s by many things, but restraint isn’t one of them. And in 1984, there were plenty of long songs.

In addition to so much timeless music, 1991 also boasts a staggering list of debut albums from rock bands that are now ...

Metallica’s 1991 self-titled fifth studio album, commonly referred to as “The Black Album,” was a landmark album for the metal world. While Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath had helped bring heavy metal ...

As Dave Mustaine prepares to ride Megadeth out into the sunset, we chart the thrash pioneers’ explosive studio output, album ...

It's safe to day that even the most patient music teacher struggle to explain the polyrhythms that provide the backbone of ...

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

The extreme underground icons unite for a true joint LP, arriving April 10 via Ipecac, with the first track already unveiled. While the title may be familiar to fans of the bands' legendary Savage ...

As with 2014’s Esoteric Warfare and 2019’s Daemon, the Mayhem that appears on Liturgy of Death comprises Csihar, Necrobutcher, Hellhammer, and guitarists and co-songwriters Ghul and Teloch. That’s by ...

There's no arguing the integral role Mayhem played in shaping that which is known as black metal, and while they have not consistently delivered the goods across their career, as they pass the 40-year ...

Rock’n’roll musicians have a habit of thinking of themselves like secular gods, but the truth is they’re not infallible. No matter how successful a band may or may not have been in the past, there’s ...

Diutch black metal band Doodswens will deliver their new self-titled album this spring. Announced today, the seven-track record will arrive on April 17th via Svart Records. A new single (and first ...