Ranking the best albums of any genre is not easy, and metal might be particularly difficult. At least, BBC Music tried.

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 ...

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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 ...

Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary loves music that goes big. He certainly spans a wide range of dynamics and styles in the scoring work he does for film, TV, and video games, but he revels in ...

Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' was one of the most influential albums ever made.

After decades in the commercial wilderness, metalmusic is currently enjoying a sizable renaissance. With both Ghost and Sleep Token enjoying number 1 albums in the United States for the first time in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

The artist known as Hulder lives in a cottage buried within a dense, unnamed forest of the Pacific Northwest, where it always rains and the daggers of sunlight brave enough to pierce the shroud of ...

Metal: Hellsinger recently launched to critical acclaim as a DOOM-inspired first-person shooter powered by an absolutely incredible metal album. Creating such a memorable soundtrack was no easy task, ...

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