Metal is a genre that prides itself on its technicality – but sometimes a meaty guitar riff is all you need to serve a great song. Getting faces scrunched and heads banging is one of the best things a ...

Orbit Culture return with yet more evidence of why they're one of the best bands in the current European metal scene ...

Just when it was looking like the remainder of the summer festival calendar was going to be a total washout, the sun has returned! A little, anyway, but it'll do as we prepare for the last few summer ...

Sure, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax have given metalheads enough riffs to last a lifetime. But the genre is rife ...

Revocation have stood as a pillar of technical death metal for nearly two decades now as leader/guitarist/vocalist Dave Davidson continues to dazzle with his multi-threat skillset. On the surface, the ...

It’s safe to say that the next generation of metal and rock is alive and well. 11-year-old Cole Parsons went viral thanks to his crazy shredding skills on the guitar. While it’s unknown if he won his ...

On Friend Of A Phantom they turn on the switch marked ‘metal’ to activate pummelling kick drums, beef up their riffs to cavern-filling size, and summon the essence of Satan’s own belch. The follow-up ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here. Critics ...

Firespawn, the Swedish death metal juggernaut made up of veterans from some of the country’s most ferocious bands, have officially announced their return. And yes, they’ve tapped none other than ...