metal
A game-changing metal album turns 40
An impeccably crafted album that still feels like it’s missing a certain magic.
A round-up of the month’s best metal, with an emphasis on ambience
Drift off with the group’s cosmic new electronic LP
As the death metal band’s ambition grows, their direction becomes more confounding
We chat with the longtime member of the duo about their greatest and most ambitious moments.
Hear an atmospheric new epic from the drone-doom act.
The Norwegian band’s 2000 album found them embracing reinvention and new directions
The Swiss black metal group evolves further on this diverse set of heavy new songs
Tristan Shone continues to bend his machine metal into more melodic and experimental shapes
Plus Full of Hell, The Silver, The Red Chord, Nuclear Assault, Soul Glo and more
It’s cold out there. Turn these albums up to keep it that way.