Our regular metal column, and your pipeline to darkness.
A look back at 30 years ago in metal.
Some of the best metal albums that metalheads love to hate.
A high five to five great labels.
Who will be the next stadium-filling metal band?
Death metal makes us feel good.
We should only blame ourselves for littering the metal canon with assholes.
A new resolution for a new year.
You won’t see a lot of Best Metal Songs lists this year, and that’s kind of a bummer.
An appreciation of Judas Priest, plus the best metal tracks of the month.
A look back at an underrated classic, plus the best new metal tracks of the month.
The best things happening in metal are coming from bands willing to step outside of it.
A badass looking album is just as important as a badass sounding one.
Overwhelmed with so many MVPs in metal releasing new music.
A non-review of one of the most important metal releases of the year, in a lot of words.
Metal is full of trolls, but they don’t speak for everyone.
Celebrating a label that helped to change the metal landscape.
Hopes for the coming year in metal.
The 20 albums that made heavy music great in 2017.
The behind-the-scenes stuff that went into that list you liked. Or didn’t.
Metal is shaped by the choices we make, and I choose to side with those who aren’t racists.