A deep review of Sound Barrier’s 1986 album Speed of Light and a look at Black heavy metal bands of the 1980s including ...

In Metal, longevity has always been part of mythology. Only a rare few bands who grind it out across multiple albums, tours, and (I'll just say it), years of failure, before finally breaking through.

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

A popular English heavy metal band will release its first new album in five years. Loathe will release “A Stranger to You” on ...

After more than a decade-long hiatus, '90s heavy metal band Pro-Pain is back with new music. The announcement was shared via Instagram on Wednesday morning, and the band is excited to let longtime ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...

Here are 11 prog metal bands whose first album is their best! Loudwire has already looked at a ton of rock and metal bands whose second, third, fourth, fifth and final albums are their best, and we’ve ...

Bands get their whole lives to make their first album. They usually get about six months to make their second. The pressure ...