Wait, September? Already?! It might not feel like it, but we're now into the final stretch of 2025, and it's been an absolutely massive year for metal. Both Sleep Token and Ghost managed to bag number ...

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The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

In the late 1970s, British rock bands reacted against punk rock and new wave music. They dressed in robes, wrote fantastical lyrics, and dropped the blues from their heavy guitar riffs. Still, some of ...

Here are the 11 best prog metal songs of 2025! It’s truly been difficult to keep track of all the outstanding progressive metal songs released this year by both top-tier acts and artists who’re either ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...

The best Christian metal bands can be a divisive topic to a lot of people considering the nature of the genre. It’s no secret that metal has always had a lot of lyrics against Christ, which makes ...

The following list of the nine best thrash metal songs over nine minutes long proves that the genre had way more going for it than brevity and untamed aggression. Of course, ever since Metallica ...

Metallica songs are not easy to replicate. They’ve built their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legacy with thrashing metal riffs, complex arrangements, and James Hetfield’s outstanding and emotionally ...

After decades in the commercial wilderness, metalmusic is currently enjoying a sizable renaissance. With both Ghost and Sleep Token enjoying number 1 albums in the United States for the first time in ...