The metal genre is blessed with dozens of sensational debut albums, and these 10 metal artists began their careers with ...

Sounding as bleak, powerful and starkly beautiful as the natural forces ... but one of the essential extreme metal albums of 2024. From obvious touch points like Bolt Thrower, Dismember and ...

The metal world is as vast as ever, and 2024 was full of countless great albums from all across the metal spectrum, by bands from all over the world. We included some of our heavy faves on our ...

Whether it’s with the punkish black metal of debut album Í Blóði Og Anda or the ... sought dominion over a paradisal land inhabited by beautiful women, sorcerers and demons.

This list goes to 11 … and that Spinal Tap joke is about as far as headbanging traditionalism goes with this list of 2023’s best metal albums. The past year has seen beloved metal titans like ...

This album is heavy in a unique way -- a quiet way. Beautiful acoustic guitar parts surround John Haughm's harsh whispers, while tracks like 'The Astral Dialogue' nail a more familiar metal sound.

I find the attempted balance between the brutal and the beautiful to be a fascinating endeavor. With that in mind, here are my six (because it’s an evil number, you see) favorite metal albums of ...