metal

Castle Rat The Bestiary review

Castle Rat : The Bestiary

The New York band’s fantasy doom pays off in the first act but still needs work on the follow-through

best metal albums of summer/fall 2025 - der weg einer freiheit

12 Great Metal Albums from Summer/Fall 2025

Shadow of the Horns returns with a quarterly metal marathon!

Agriculture The Spiritual Sound review

Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound

The “ecstatic black metal” group retain their intensity while offering a deeper emotional experience

Lust Hag Irrevocably Drubbed review

Lust Hag : Irrevocably Drubbed

The Montana one-woman metal band’s second album raises the stakes

Agriculture interview

Agriculture confront the quiet violence of consumption

We spoke to the band about new album ‘The Spiritual Sound,’ algorithms, branding and what gives them hope

Der Weg Einer Freiheit Innern review

Der Weg einer Freiheit : Innern

A black metal album of feeling as much as conceptualizing

Deftones play Pasadena Daydream on Aug. 31, 2019

A guide to the complete albums of Deftones

We dive into all 10 albums in the long-running Sacramento metal group’s catalog

Deftones Private Music review

Deftones – private music

30 years and 10 albums into their career, the veteran metal group hit another high

Deftones Private Music review

Hear the new Deftones album, private music

Hear the group’s first new album in five years

Mawiza UL

Mawiza : ÜL

The Chilean indigenous metal group sharpen their riffs on their third album

Kayo Dot Every rock review

Kayo Dot : Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason

The art-metal group craft algorithm-averse compositions that are even more dense than usual

Kayo Dot interview

Kayo Dot rallies against algorithms

Toby Driver discusses the band’s new album, and fighting against AI

Wreck and Reference

Wreck and Reference announce new album, Stay Calm

Wreck and Reference have announced a new album. Six years after the release of 2019’s…

The Armed The Future is Here review

The Armed – THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED

The post-hardcore maximalists pare back (a little) for a blistering scream into the void

Ozzy Osbourne

R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne

The godfather of heavy metal has died at 76