metal

Yob new album 2018

Yob announce 2019 tour

Dates with Voivod, Amenra

Gouge Away Ghost essential track

Gouge Away announce West Coast tour

The Florida hardcore group takes a trip to the West Coast.

portrayal of guilt tour

Portrayal of Guilt announce tour dates

The Texas hardcore outfit plots early 2019 dates.

Baroness European tour

Baroness and Deafheaven announce 2019 co-headlining tour

Two metal heavyweights on tour together in 2019.

Judas Priest 2018 tour

Judas Priest announce 2019 tour dates

The heavy metal heroes head back on tour.

High On Fire fall tour

High On Fire announce 2019 tour dates

The sludge metal trio circles the eastern U.S. in January.

The Best Metal Albums of 2018

The Top 25 Metal Albums of 2018

Twenty-five albums that hit the hardest from the past 12 months.

Astronoid new album 2019

Astronoid maintain their metallic luster on new single “I Dream In Lines”

The shoegazing prog/emo metal band are as complex and thrilling as ever.

Astronoid new album 2019

Astronoid announce new self-titled album

Hear new track “I Dream In Lines.”

Black Flags over Brooklyn festival

Dawn Ray’d, Woe to perform at anti-fascist metal festival in Brooklyn

“This event is for those of us who reject and push back against that poison infecting our scene”

Daughters 2019 tour dates

Daughters announce 2019 tour dates

The Rhode Island noisemakers return to the stage early next year.

Portrayal of Guilt let pain be your guide review

Album of the Week: Portrayal of Guilt – Let Pain Be Your Guide

A blistering, 23-minute hardcore record that blurs the lines between screamo and black metal.

best hardcore albums of the 21st century portrayal of guilt

Stream the new Portrayal of Guilt album, Let Pain Be Your Guide

Hear the debut album by the Austin bruisers.

Iron Maiden announce 2019 U.S. Legacy of the Beast tour dates

The heavy metal gods make their way across the U.S.

mandy indiana ep review

Daughters : You Won’t Get What You Want

It’s sheer terror, and you can dance to it. Sort of.

cult of luna long road north review

The Ocean : Phanerozoic I—Palaeozoic

A powerful, heavy statement at a trying time for the planet.

Envy new single stream

Stream Envy’s new single, Alnair in August

Japan’s post-hardcore legends return with first new music in three years.

Miserable Loverboy review

Miserable : Loverboy/Dog Days

Kristina Esfandiari’s non-King Woman project crafts singular doom-dream worlds.

Sleep 2018

Shadow of the Horns: The underappreciated art of the metal song

You won’t see a lot of Best Metal Songs lists this year, and that’s kind of a bummer.