Heavy Metal

Malevolent Creation With Kalakai, Maruta, Upheaval, and Behold the Ruins

Storming the Gates

Black-metal titans Satyricon take America.

Soilwork Will Rip Your Face Off - Melodically! - at the Culture Room tonight

via Soilwork.orgSwedish death metal band Soilwork has been playing together for 13 years now. When the band first got together and started playing, what came from their amps was pure grind it out death metal, complete with throaty growls and enough blast beats to shake a building to the ground. They ... More >>

The Last Gasp of Year-End Bests Lists: Metal-ish Albums and Reissues You May Have Missed, Part 1/3

Boris(Photo via Boris' MySpace page.)Was 2008 another renaissance year for metal? Well, yes -- but the point should be moot by now. Whether metal is "in" or "out" during any given year, the music has gone through a creative revitalization every year -- especially when you consider heavy music and a ... More >>

2008's Top Underground Metal (etc.) Releases, Pt. 2

6. Jesu Why Are We Not Perfect (Hydra Head)Technically not a heavy release, but how can we discount Justin Broadrick, founding member of both Napalm Death and Godflesh? Fed up with the single-minded bludgeoning of those classic acts, Broadrick's intention from the start in forming Jesu was so that ... More >>

The Last of The Year's Best Metal: Reissues

1. CarcassNecroticism (Earache)Arguably grindcore's finest hour, Necroticism captures Carcass hitting previously unheard-of heights of technical proficiency with such jaw-dropping skill that the album sounds absolutely fresh 16 years after it came out. Rarely has a grind band achieved the thrilling, ... More >>

Top Ten of '08: Metal

The year's highlights came from the Southern Hemisphere, the rage within, and the mouths of babes

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Swedish metal act Opeth storms Revolution on Monday

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Apocalyptica

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

The Sword

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Q&A with the Sword, Playing at Culture Room on Friday

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Orlando Metallers Trivium Kick Off Tour at Revolution, Discuss Latest Album, Shogun

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Q&A: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Live Tonight at the Fillmore Miami Beach

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Q&A With Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Nile at the Culture Room this Sunday

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. G ... More >>

Fifth Element

Exodus proves why it deserves to be ranked among the top thrash-metal acts of all time

Interview: Dillinger Escape Plan

Exodus proves why it deserves to be ranked among the top thrash-metal acts of all time

Avenged Sevenfold this Sunday at Revolution

Exodus proves why it deserves to be ranked among the top thrash-metal acts of all time

Hell or High Water

Down finds hope and resolve in devastation

Interview: Pepper

Down finds hope and resolve in devastation

UNlimited Heavy Metal

Down finds hope and resolve in devastation

Egyptian Cock Rock

Nile's sausage fest collides with Ozzfest

Antichrist Superstars

Marilyn Manson teams with Slayer this summer, but will they survive each other?

Getting Cheeky

Saving lives with flair and DNA

Death Metal Takes a Chill Pill

Chimaira

Hell's Angels

Slayer celebrates its 25th anniversary with a club tour, a Grammy, and not sucking

Bloody Hell

Mastodon

Rock Out, Baby!

2006 Year-End Music Wrap-Up

Weapons of Mass Distortion

Disturbed, Flyleaf, Stone Sour, and Nonpoint

Mushroomhead

Savior Sorrow (Mega Force)

Fret Dreams

Gigantour honors the high art of the guitar solo.

Various Artists

Gigantour (Image Entertainment)

Extended Family

Old faves and new tastes make for a more diverse Family Values Tour.

Buried Metal

Six Feet Under

Battle Axis

Battle Axis (Self-released)

Operation: Sequel

A play in three acts

Slayer

Christ Illusion (American)

Brian Posehn

Live In: Nerd Rage (Relapse)

Ozzy’s Outta Here

Osbourne parks his tour bus in West Palm Beach

Cure 'Em All

Five steps to achieving metal health, the Metallica way

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Five steps to achieving metal health, the Metallica way

Slay Ride

Slayer is older, wiser, and still reigning in blood

Fire Starter

Melissa Auf der Maur steps into the spotlight and channels the heavy

The Wildhearts

Melissa Auf der Maur steps into the spotlight and channels the heavy

Reign in Fake Blood

Metal sad. Metal heartbroken. No, metal doesn't want a hug!

Living in the Ice Age

Discovering Mastodon's North American metal heroics

The Devil Inside

Danzig with Six Feet Under, Disturbed, and Hatebreed

Guns N' Roses

Live Era '87-'93