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Here’s a rundown of heavy metal and hard rock album release dates. They are supplied by record companies and subject …

American heavy metal, it’s God-damn electric, as a leader of American metal, Philip Anselmo once said in his band, Pantera. …

Swedish power metal veterans Sabaton are following up 2019’s The Great War with The War To End All Wars, which …

As the world gets closer to normalcy, 2021 saw some outstanding releases. Here are our picks for 2021’s best heavy …

Welcome to the year-end best of Within The Abyss. 2021 was a good first year filled with many great black …

Gojira are a French progressive death/groove metal band. Their seventh album Fortitude is to be released next week. With that in …

Black metal began in the 1980s as a prototype of and speed and thrash metal. The following list of essential …

2020 was an unprecedented year, and as it always has, music provided escape, comfort, catharsis and hope in an uncertain …

Atlanta based sludge/progressive metal band Mastodon are one of the biggest bands to come out of the New Wave of …

Death was the brainchild of Florida vocalist and guitarist Chuck Schuldiner. Historic for his ruthlessly diligent work ethic and for …

After being ousted from Metallica, Dave Mustaine returned with a vengeance through Megadeth and has left as big of a …

Besides Black Sabbath, there isn’t a band more important to the genre of heavy metal than Judas Priest. In fact, …

Heavy metal was still going strong in 1984, and the variety present in our list shows that. We’ve got a …

Los Angeles based post-metal act Intronaut formed in 2004. The core of the band consists of guitarists Sacha Dunable and …

1982 was a quantum leap forward from 1981, with a plethora of outstanding and influential albums. The NWOBHM was peaking, …

Alice Cooper holds a fond place in the hearts of many old-time heavy metal fans, but neither the band nor …

As we bring 2018 to a close, it was another strong year for heavy metal. From young upstarts to grizzled …

High on Fire formed from the original split of legendary stoner doom outfit, Sleep. Matt Pike wanted to continue with …

2017 will be remembered as the year of death metal, with several classic bands releasing outstanding albums and up and …

1983’s best albums include a mix of NWOBHM bands with younger, rawer groups like Metallica and Slayer along with two …

Building on the traditional metal style of legends Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, power metal was forged out …