Terence Hannum of experimental metal trio Locrian told us about his experience watching Assück, Hot Water Music, and Frodus in Florida. Terence Hannum: The walls were sweating. The crowd was a ...

Terence Hannum: The walls were sweating. The crowd was a mass, a swarm, total chaos of sweaty hardcore fans, metal heads, and emo nerds. An absolute freak show. It was dark, there were no stage ...

Imagine: You’re on tour and you hear a song that gets its hooks into you. When you’re in the van singing it with bandmates, does that song connect a little deeper? When you play that song ...

Let’s be honest—there are so many beauty products to choose from out there that it can get downright confusing. But not with the Skin Research Institute. Thanks to their curated and innovative ...

Are black metal bands now being formed at a higher rate than bands in any other metal genre? This question surfaced in the 11th hour while I was working on a different data mining project.

If the heavy metal umlaut demonstrates anything, it is a simultaneous dissatisfaction with English and an inability to escape it. To adorn an English band name or album title with an umlaut reveals an ...

Welcome to Blast Rites, SPIN’s monthly metal column! In this edition, we’ll dive headfirst into Blut Aus Nord visionary Vindsval returning to his roots, pummeling SoCal sludge, new heat from ...

Three decades since Napalm Death appeared on the BBC and shocked the world at large, grindcore remains extreme metal’s most brutalising achievement When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

With blackQueen, it's all about that sweet spot between the poles. The band's music is an awesome coming-together of sonic elements from across metal's wide horizon, but still manages to hold onto ...

Grindcore is a style of music that emerged at the nexus of hardcore punk and heavy metal in mid-1980s U.K. The style is marked mainly by the “blast beat,” a drummer’s rapidfire alternation ...